tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post8744819833576449729..comments2024-03-27T10:35:46.596+01:00Comments on Ravalation: Winter in SwedenRavanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-31548025187577438482016-03-09T04:13:26.762+01:002016-03-09T04:13:26.762+01:00Ah, so it was just a brief "study abroad"...Ah, so it was just a brief "study abroad" experience.<br /><br />/jealous<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-40804282015973140242016-03-06T14:36:57.281+01:002016-03-06T14:36:57.281+01:00I hope your wish comes true one day. I've cert...I hope your wish comes true one day. I've certainly fallen a bit in love with Sweden in the past few years.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-73020777224545826542016-03-05T14:15:06.240+01:002016-03-05T14:15:06.240+01:00My grandfather immigrated from Sweden, so I've...My grandfather immigrated from Sweden, so I've always wanted to go and visit it. It looks like a picture book. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935379854378497639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-22236425277700916102016-03-04T15:35:14.538+01:002016-03-04T15:35:14.538+01:00Wow, that absolutely must have been the same culti...Wow, that absolutely must have been the same cultivated species of tree! Great minds... ;)<br /><br />I hope you still have time to admire the world around you every now and then, even though you are busy. I don't find enough of that, either. Perhaps that's why studying abroad was so refreshing for me: everything is new, so you tend to notice the small things that you might otherwise overlook.<br /><br />We distinguished about 30 different building phases in that wall, so yes, there is actually a lot to see for the trained eye! You can't see them that well from this angle, though. I used my drawing to show the different phases in our presentation and the paper we had to hand in. Because it was digital, I could easily switch layers on and off, so it turned out to be a handy tool to illustrate the narrative. I did get a bit dizzy from all the drawing, though.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-67513451641380558982016-03-04T13:15:53.407+01:002016-03-04T13:15:53.407+01:00Lund has such a cute old town centre; when I cycle...Lund has such a cute old town centre; when I cycled through it to university, it sometimes actually felt like I was living in a fairytale. I'm happy to hear I managed to catch something of that in this blog post. :)Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-58424257583640293402016-03-04T12:36:16.157+01:002016-03-04T12:36:16.157+01:00I haven't been to the US (would like to, thoug...I haven't been to the US (would like to, though!), so I'll have to trust you on that. But I have noticed that architecture gives such a different feeling to places. Here in Europe, it's very different per country (even though they are so very small compared to the US). One of the things I did miss a little bit abroad was the landscape and architecture of the Netherlands. Somehow those really call out "home" to me - odd how that works.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-21839932701320782662016-03-04T12:30:34.031+01:002016-03-04T12:30:34.031+01:00You had comparable temperatures to Southern Sweden...You had comparable temperatures to Southern Sweden then! It doesn't get that cold in the Netherlands (-6 in the night would be exceptional). Chapeau for posting that in Celsius!<br /><br />Not sure about the American terminology, but I had arranged to do a course in Sweden as part of the research master program archaeology that I follow in Amsterdam.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-38375973652255581092016-03-03T12:51:42.434+01:002016-03-03T12:51:42.434+01:00This conversation just took place:
Me: "Awww...This conversation just took place:<br /><br />Me: "Awww, Rakuno has never seen snow." :(<br /><br />Certain Swede: "That's not sad. Where he lives, it's always nice weather. I'd swap every day!"<br /><br />As long as I've known him, Conrad has always detested snow. When asked why, he rants that it only looks pretty the first day and then you have to endure the brown dregs cars and people transform it into for the rest of the winter. Also, when it (inevitably, in Sweden) begins to freeze, the bicycle tracks, footprints etc in the snow freeze up, making the road a hazardous place to move on.<br /><br />When he moved to the Netherlands, he was so happy that the winters were warmer! Of course, then he started complaining about the wind... ;)<br /><br />I hope you get to see snow at some point in your life! :)Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-51329494508830742332016-03-03T11:10:11.324+01:002016-03-03T11:10:11.324+01:00Two afternoons. I thought that wasn't too bad,...Two afternoons. I thought that wasn't too bad, honestly. And I know how you feel; we don't have a lot of snow here in the Netherlands either, although this year wasn't too bad. I think it snowed twice.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-70302114146718819662016-03-03T05:19:50.824+01:002016-03-03T05:19:50.824+01:00It looks like a freakin' fairytale! Absolutely...It looks like a freakin' fairytale! Absolutely gorgeous, I'm happy you got to enjoy a few days of winter there before having to say goodbye<3 And your Instagram-style photos are spot-on, haha! If my food ever looked delicious and adorable as that pie, I'd totally Gram it=PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-25049985892243653552016-03-03T01:49:27.893+01:002016-03-03T01:49:27.893+01:00Beautiful photos! I love the architecture...quite ...Beautiful photos! I love the architecture...quite different from the northeast US where I am. And I agree with you - I could photograph frost and little bulbs of snow all day!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497362042395902485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-67589894600743139132016-03-03T00:07:34.798+01:002016-03-03T00:07:34.798+01:00I'm jealous of all the snow, as we never got m...I'm jealous of all the snow, as we never got much of any here this year! We did get a few weeks of -6C (ish, we did have a couple of nights where it got down to -10C to -15C.)<br /><br />And Lund in Winter does look wonderful.<br /><br />Are you finished with grad school in Sweden?Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-7261024366557556012016-03-02T18:16:13.705+01:002016-03-02T18:16:13.705+01:00Those are some very cute pictures and I can comple...Those are some very cute pictures and I can completely understand why you will miss Lund.<br /><br />I get the "Why are you taking pictures of this?" teasing a lot too ("It's just trees on a road!" - "But they are pretty trees!"), though less so these days since I don't have as much time to idle and just admire the world around me. :(<br /><br />Fun fact: In the row with three pictures, the one on the very right instantly made me think that I've definitely taken a very similar-looking picture in Vienna before... so I looked through my old albums, and <a href="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/deceptica/3398043/97775/97775_900.jpg" rel="nofollow">I was right</a>! Then I realised that that particular photo is now ten years old and felt really old. :P<br /><br />The drawing every brick thing sounds really intriguing! What are you supposed to learn from that? Are there really that many different bricks in that wall?Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-8040623977565173322016-03-02T17:24:43.928+01:002016-03-02T17:24:43.928+01:00Thanks for sharing the pictures, they are pretty c...Thanks for sharing the pictures, they are pretty cool! (No pun intended!)<br /><br />Like you I also have a bit of obsession with snow since I never seem it. So I am a bit jealous of you right now. Then again, I am pretty sure if I ever get to see snow I will be amused by it for 5 minutes then get annoyed because it is too cold.<br /><br />Now I want to go live in there too. It looks like such a nice place!Rakunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253609981961681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-30518961034235896612016-03-02T12:28:55.142+01:002016-03-02T12:28:55.142+01:00Beautiful photos - I am so jealous. I can't re...Beautiful photos - I am so jealous. I can't remember the last time we had snow in England. Also, did you honestly draw every brick? My god, how long did that take?Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104469684471632242noreply@blogger.com