My trip to Sweden :)

After finishing university and finding myself so deep in an overdraft I was unable to sleep properly I threw myself into 2 jobs and literally worked myself to the ground, so after Christmas with my bank balance at a steady £0 I decided to treat myself to a little holiday.

However I didn’t want to propel myself into further debt (I have done a very good job at forgetting about the thousands of pounds I actually owe the university) so I decided to visit my very good friend, jenny, who lives in Sweden and was amazed when I managed to get flights for £12!

Now I have always had a desire to travel and considering I managed to fit in a three year degree I have done pretty well for myself in finding cheap ways to see the world. However part of the reason that these flights were ridiculously cheap was that it departed from London Stanstead, but for £12 I didn’t care! I managed to book my trains for £33 which would take me down to London Euston and then pay for a return ticket on an airport transfer bus for £11.50. So in total the cost of travelling to Gothenburg, Sweden for a week was £56.50. I was a very happy girl!

I had never been to Sweden before but whilst landing the only words that could come to my head were “winter wonderland.” Considering Sweden is only an hours flight away, the weather difference amazed me, I mean don’t get me wrong we have received our fair share of snow this year but what I was seeing was something that I had only seen in pictures, and it was very beautiful.

So equipped with my woolly hat and leather boots I began my Swedish adventure for the week and dragged my friend around to every tourist site that was possible, despite the fact that she had grown up and lived here all her life she had seen surprisingly little. Gothenburg City is just like every other city, tall high rise buildings, shops of every nature, the hustle and bustle of hundreds of people and trams flying around in every direction ready to take you to your next destination. I immediately loved it!

Now the beauty of my trip was that my friend didn’t live in the main part of Gothenburg, she lived in the forest, so I got to see 2 very different parts of Sweden. The Swedish are also a lot more adventurous than the English when designing their homes, which were painted of every colour you could imagine, they were all quaint pretty houses, built of wood and had massive porches, very fairytale like.

During my trip we did everything we could think of which included visiting The Universeum, the national science discovery centre, where you could experience rainforest and aquatic environments with live animals. We also visited The Gothenburg Art Museum, The Natural History Museum (not quite a match on our one in London, but still worth a visit), The City Museum and of course the shopping centre, Arkaden, not to forget the many wondrous restaurants you pass on your travels.

There is also a boat trip you can take to see Norway, which was something I would have loved to do, but unfortunately I ran out of days, well there is always next time.

So it was fair to say that after my 5 day holiday I was pretty exhausted but enjoyed every minute, Sweden is definitely worth a visit, especially with it being only an hour away and with flights going for as little as £12 there’s just no excuse not to visit our neighbours.