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TRAVEL TO OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE

London

Duration:
1.11.03-03.11.03

Mode of transportation:
• Two hours bus-ride (flybussarna) to Stockholm Stavska Airport (to and fro).
• Took Ryanair from Stockholm Stavaska Airport to London Stansted Airport (to and fro).

Activities:

• Buckingham palace
• Big-Ben
• London Eye
• Westminster Abbey
• Tube
• British Museum
• Tower Bridge, London Bridge

Experience and Remark:
It was my first official oversea trip to other parts of Europe and prior to this trip, five of my friends (two from Czech Republic, two from Japan and one from Singapore) held numerous meetings to discuss about this trip. It was challenging because all of us came from different backgrounds, cultures and all of us have different ideals on how we wanted the trip to be. We had several meeting together before we could settle for the final plan.

Helsinki

Duration:
16.11.03-19.11.03

Mode of transportation:
• 4hours bus-ride to harbour in Stockholm
• overnight cruise on VikingLine from Stockholm to Helsinki (to and fro)
• Train from Stockholm Central Train Station to Linkoping Station for return trip

Activities:
• Meet 5 other NUS exchange students in Finland.
• Visit Somarina island (United Nation Heritage Site).

Experience and Remark:

This was one of the most enjoyable trip. This time there were only four of us, two from Singapore and two from Japan. The overnight cruise-trip was enjoyable. The buffet dinner onboard the ship was sumptuous and we truly enjoyed it.

Abisko, Kiruna, Norway

Duration:
22/12/2003 to 4/01/2004

Mode of transportation:
• 20 hours train ride from Linkoping Station to Kiruna Station
• 2 hours driving on our Toyota from Kiruna Station to Abisko
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Activities:
• Northern Lights
• Dog-sledge

Experience and Remark:

This is the most challenging trip in my exchange to Sweden. In this trip, we traveled up to the most northern part of Sweden and Norway in train. It happened last December and this whole trip lasted for two weeks. Things that we tried out include dog sledging, rowing across river, viewing northern light, searching for killer whale in Norway on a safari boat and touring of the fjord. It took us two weeks to complete this trip and in between we drove, took trains and planes to travel from one place to another. There was a point where we traveled on a train for more than 20 hours. Indeed it was a memorable Christmas and New Year experience.

Czech Republic and Paris

Mode of transportation:
• Czech Airline from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to Czech International Airport
• Czech Airline from Czech International Airport to Paris De Gaulle Airport
• Ryanair from Paris De Gaulle Airport to Stockholm Stvasta Airport

Activities:

Czech Republic
• stay at my friends’ university accommodation which used to be a place for the communist.
• Stay at my friends’ house and mountain hut
• Skiing at my friends’ mountain hut
• Tour of Plague

Paris
• Visit Disneyland
• Visit Eiffel Tower
• Visit Louvre
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Experience and remark:

Czech Republic
Plague is one of the most beautiful city in Europe and the cost of living there is extremely low. There is a worry among the people about how the cost of living will rise in the coming year when the government accepts Euro as the official currency. It was also my first experience in skiing. There was a delay at the airport due to air traffic congestion over the sky in Europe.

Paris
English is not widely spoken there. Generally the Paris trip was enjoyable especially the trip to Disneyland. There was a Chinese New Year event near Disneyland. Our trip to France coincided with the visit of China president and for the first time, the Eiffel Tower was lighted in red colour.