Sweden Day 9 – Exploring Stockholm_ Museums, Skills, and New Experiences
Our Swedish Diary: Museums, Markets, and Making Wallets We started our morning with a quick breakfast before our teachers, Kerstin, Malin, and Ellinor, arrived to pick us up. Once we were in the car, we blasted some music to get the energy going and headed to Enköping Central Station. From there, we caught a train […]
Sweden Day 8 – A Rainy Day of Heritage, Friendship and Home-Cooked Comfort
We woke up to a rainy morning and sleepy faces. The plan for the day was to visit the Kvek Garden, a farmhouse from the medieval Swedish era. Mallin, Kerstin, and Ellanor came to pick us up at 9:30 a.m., and we set off on a lovely drive. The farm was a large enclosed square. […]
Sweden Day 7 – From Sustainability to Swedish Royalty_ A Day at ReTuna and Gripsholm Castle
We started off the day a bit slower than usual, as it was more of a relaxed sightseeing day. After our morning routines, we set out on an hour-long drive to ReTuna, which turned out to be quite unique. It is entirely built around second-hand products but designed like a modern shopping mall. Everything sold […]
Sweden Day 6 – Our Swedish Diary: A Day of Meatballs, Kubb, and Lakeside Adventures
Our day began when our teachers—Kerstin, Malin, and Ellinor—came to pick us up. We headed straight to a mall where our two Swedish friends Oliver and Katarina joined us to visit IKEA and several other stores to shop for our things. For lunch, we all sat down for traditional Swedish meatballs, which felt like the […]
Sweden Day 5 – A Day of Traditions, Celebrations and Swedish Culture in Uppsala
Today was a really long day in Uppsala. We woke up early, excited for the spring festival at Uppsala University. We reached the bus station in Uppsala and quickly made our way to the Forsränningen competition. We saw hilarious boats made by students, including milk carton boats, cardboard box boats, pink cupcake boats, and many […]
Sweden Day 4 – Hoops, Graduation Caps & Kubb : A Perfect Day in Sweden
Today was a very very exciting day. It started off like the previous 3 days, morning runs for some, quick breakfasts and project work in school. We even played basketball with the students in the school’s team a couple of times in breaks and it was awesome getting to know them.At the end of the […]
Sweden Day 3 – From Viking Stones to Rajma Chawal: A Memorable Day Exploring Enköping
We started off our morning by carrying extra warm clothes and tons of excitement for the guided tour of Enköping which btw was organized by the grade 1 students (the juniors). We headed to our classrooms for continuing the entrepreneurship projects. Later we left for our tour, all ready to walk the streets of Sweden. […]
Sweden Day 2 – Kurti, Kladdkaka & Courage: Our First Day at Westerlundska Gymnasiet.
The day started off early for some of us, with a pleasant morning run in the chilly winds of Bredsand. We left at 7, ran along the lake and up the hills, which had a really serene trail. We were back for breakfast by 8:30. After some theplas and coffee, we met up with Kerstin, […]
Sweden Day 1 – Bredsand, Enköping: Morning Trails, Cultural Exchange & First Impressions of Swedish Precision
The day started off early for some of us, with a pleasant morning run in the chilly winds of Bredsand. We left at 7, ran along the lake and up the hills, which had a really serene trail. We were back for breakfast by 8:30. After some theplas and coffee, we met up with Kerstin, […]
Sweden Day 0 – Packed bags, midnight snacks and surprise snowfall, Sweden, we arrived
Our bags were packed and we somehow all fit then in the bus, leaving just enough space for all of us to sit. We managed to reach Mumbai Airport and check in our baggage, fortunately no chaos unfolded. Which earned us our first ‘Midnight snack’ of the trip.We survived 10 hours of continuous flight travel […]