Hi peepz, finally got internet connection and the time to blog a lil... the 12h55min plane ride wasnt so bad...after which a 4hour bus ride was necessary to bring us to our destination: Karlskrona.
its summer here with a temperature of 14 degrees celcius...indoors there is no need for a fan/air conditioning and when you leave home, sweaters are a must!!!
it was raining for 2 days when we arrived but now we see sunshine... alot of different shades here. farming, wooden homes,cows,mooses, horses etc...everything seems pretty relaxed for now.
we're putting up in A Hotel,in centrum which basically means central area. have gone around shopping and boy things here are pretty reasonably priced except for the 35% tax that really heightens the total bill.
We went to Ikea today which is an hours drive from here...had a hard time understanding the tags but we managed sumhow...we were there from 10 to 5 just shopping...burnt a hole in our pockets... ikea back home is really much cheaper.
but no point crying over spilt milk and we've decided that it'll be easier on us if we stopped comparing pices with stuff back home.
food here...we dont really have much option, every nook and corner seems to serve only pizza,kebabs and stuff like that....2days of having that and we're sick of that...cant wait to move to our apartments and start cooking. not only that but its all really ex...2 banana splits n a cuppa capuccino cost us sgd 50
a can of coke is 10 krons which converts easily to 2.35sgd...what more can i say
we've been having convenience food which we micrwave to consume
i miss home and everyone back there...i do tear at times but i'll get used to it...
will be checking out of the hotal on monday and moving to our apartment thereafter!!
apartment is pretty cool,its a 4 storey brick bldg - attached balcony , a room, kitchen living/dining area..relly cosy n bigger thn expected.we're on the 3rd floor.
thankfully for me, i have company as 3 other collegues and their wives are residing around there...
loads of colourful flowers which i'd definitely have in my balcony...
its 516am in sg and 2316 back here...gonna tuck in now and to all of u a very good morning!
have taken some pics will upload them asap...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
Hey Chanu,
Good to know that you reached safe and sound. Yeah, going to another country sure feels very different. U tend to compare everything, :), esp the prices..but you will get used to it. Good to read your post. Hows everything else? Once you settled in, do send pics of your aprt..
take care
love mei mei
What mei said.
Food sucks abroad. mei and I always miss economy rice in Singapore :)
You guys should plan on visiting me in USA, it'll be fun
right now cant plan to travel...winter hols will be pretty short...we planning on going to spain ;) barcelona...:P
nice to hear from u...both! :) thank god we have technology...we can see each other n communicate without any problems!!! luv ya all
Post a Comment