An Alien in Sweden

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Sometimes I need to remember that I am here in Sweden for a reason. When I think about my life here, I don’t measure successes and failures in terms of whether the move to Sweden “was worth it” anymore. It just is that way now."

Sweden has been my home for 13 months now it is still all so new to me sometimes.
I was a little bored and recently got some work to do in Stockholm just for two weeks. I decided to take the train to Stockholm just for one hour. After i move to flen or before i always take the SJ train to come and retrun its easy and not take a long time. On the train, the ticket inspector didn’t speak any English so it was a decent opportunity to talk Swedish to her. (just say Thank you ) It went well everytime, and I always arrived safely. Now i am back to Flen.

Yet this afternoon reminded me of the decision to leave Thailand and come to Sweden. I needed a challenge, learning new things, meet new peoples, I wanted to brush of the shackles of the past decade that I had in Chiangmai and push myself to new boundaries, but living somewhere new was also the main decision. It’s funny at times living here but i still looking forward to go back to my home in ChiangMai very soon anyway.

So where’s my favourite place in Sweden?
During the summer many will say Stockholm and Göteborg are always going to be the most visited places. But every part of Sweden has its own initial beauty. For me the best place I have been to in Sweden since I moved here is Stockholm. It has a stunning and rock me. Linköping and Norrköping are also great places to visit all year round.
During the winter i will say Åre. up north of sweden its take a train about 8-10 hours. going there for Ski most popular place and very very nice!.
I love a lot about Sweden. It has taken a while to adjust from moving from Thailand to Sweden. I moved during the late summer of 2011. So I had to get used to snow. The things I love most about Sweden are the love of the outdoors. I had to get to used to several dark short winter days but in the summer there are many places to visit and enjoy. Sweden is a BIG country compared to the Thailand, yet has less population than Bangkok. So as long as i am here i still feel like i am an Alien maybe i will love to be like this..lol

Not so soon the snow will arrive. Everything still so green, Walking around the park I got to see some lovely autumnal scenery so Autumn in Sweden is beautiful!

 

My blog is going well. It’s a small window to my world and I have links to my blog also my Facebook pages. Being a writer I like to be creative and blog as much as I can but sometimes it’s not always possible to do so.So thank you for reading so far and I hope that this blog has helped some people make a decision about coming to Sweden, if not then I think you enjoy reading!

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