Comments on: Summer Plans 2009 – Vacationing in Sweden

By: Luke (Sydney)

Luke (Sydney) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:08:11 +0000

David, Hallelujah.

By: David from Oregon

David from Oregon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:43:39 +0000

Where I would like to spend my summer in Sweden?? I would like to spend it anywhere in Sweden with Amanda Jenssen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__Qgz2Qrhg
She also does a great version of an old Elvis song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlLb3bibES8
Now why couldn’t she have gone to that music contest instead of that opera brud.

If it didn’t work out with Amanda, I would like to tour Gripsholms slott (castle). I would go by boat from the dock near Stockholms stadshus (city hall).
http://www.royalcourt.se/royalcourt/theroyalpalaces/gripsholmcastle

By: Linda från kalifornien

Linda från kalifornien — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:06:52 +0000

I have yet to decide on which is my favorite place in Sweden to visit, but I think it will be the place of Villa Villekulla in Visby, Gotland. From what I’ve been told it still has the old village charm and the nature is so beautiful. Plus it’s a place that seems so nostalgic to my childhood, growing up never missing a “Pippi Longstockings” movie special on the TV. I know she is called “Pippi Långstrump” in Sweden, but I grew up with the American dubbed version. So when I watched the Swedish version, I was intrigued by the difference in Annika’s voice, it wasn’t “whiney” in Swedish as it was in the English version. I definitely enjoyed the Swedish version much better.

By: test

test — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:02:16 +0000

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By: J. Eric

J. Eric — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:10:14 +0000

I almost bought a roundtrip to Stockholm to visit my cousins in Sandviken this summer. Very inexpensive nowadays. But I have been invited on a Swedish Elk (Moose) hunt and that only happens in October. So I will have to wait. But years ago in Stockholm we were lost while driving on Strandvägen, looking for the Vasa Museum. We pulled to the side of the road, rolled down the car window and yelled at a Swede working on his boat, “How do you get to the Vasa?” Without even processing that we were Americans, he promptly answered, “Straight ahead a half mile, then right across the bridge, you can’t miss it!”. All delivered in a Midwestern American accent. I will never forget it.

So if you are going to Sweden as a non Swedish speaker, go with great confidence. It is a beautiful country with very friendly English speaking residents. At least that has been my experience.