Sweden!

Sounds beautiful. The cooking sounds close to our style, potatoes grow well here and lots of cows for butter, meanwhile, we either have to import olive oil or get some from the few places that grow it in California on the other end of the country which is like getting things from the other end of Europe. Rapeseed oil was changed to the name Canola Oil here because there are a lot of people who have been raped in this country and the name just upset and congured up bad feelings among people. So for it to sell, it had to have a new name and since lots of it grows in Canada, Canola oil. I'm in one of the states close to the Canadian border. Lots of people from there buy our stuff down here, so I don't mind buying their oil and a few things to help them out. I'd like the forests, hills, beaches and an amusement park. Sounds like you had fun! Sounds like you would have to get used to the food. Any food there that you liked?

The landscape is really beautiful, there are lots of forests and everything is just so green :) There aren't any 'proper' mountains in the area I'm staying, only hills. If I'm not mistaken you have to travel further north to actually find mountain ranges and such. One of the things we did the most was going out for walks in the forest. We also went swimming a few times, but in a lake instead of the beach. It was the first time for me (I've been to swimming pools and beaches before, but I had never swam in a lake) and it was a very nice experience: the water was clean, we were surrounded by the forest, and there was even a small family of ducks swimming nearby! It was very nice. I can only speak about the area around Gothenburg, but there are parks and beaches and many other fun things indeed. My boyfriend and I spend one day in Liseberg, a really famous amusement park there, with some of his friends... it was /a lot/ of fun, definitely something I want to do some time again :D And concerning the food... well, it's quite different from what I'm used to. I missed some things from home (such as the ham and other delicious kinds of sausages, the olive oil, the bread...), but I liked it nonetheless. They use butter for cooking or rapeseed oil, and eat a lot of potatoes :)

Ohh, I see... I didn't know Canola Oil was the same thing as rapeseed, I just thought it was a different plant. But I've always thought 'rapeseed' oil sounded a little 'bad', so to speak. Well, I /loved/ the salami. Sure we have it at home too, but the Swedish one is much tastier! They also have a kind of smoked sausage called Cognacs Medwurst (that you can eat either cooked or raw) that's really tasty, and another kind of sausage called Falukorv that I also liked. Another thing I found really tasty is lingonberry jam... even though my boyfriend thought it was so weird when I went and put some on a piece of bread, apparently they don't eat it like that in Sweden, but use it for cooking or with pancakes and such instead :)

I am sure you will get a hang of it indeed, just do not give up too easily!

Hopefully :) And I won't, I have a really good motivation, hehe.

I'm having a little trouble with grammar, but I agree that the pronunciation is tricky indeed! Swedish has many sounds Spanish and/or Catalan don't have, and it's a little hard for me to adapt... but well, as with most things, it's a matter of practice, so hopefully I'll get better eventually. Thank you for your posts! :)

The old city of Stockholm is indeed lovely, I think most people who visit that city think so. And the whole city is actually pretty charming since it is so full of water, which makes is pretty interesting and unique!

Yes, the old city of Stockholm is indeed very charming, I think most tourists who visit it think so too. It is definitely my favorite part of Stockholm!

That sounds like a very nice trip! Finland is really nice as well, I'd like to visit Norway some time too, since I've also heard it's really beautiful. I'm learning Swedish on my own (with the help of my boyfriend), but it's been a while now since I actually did it properly, so to speak, since I've been kinda busy. But hopefully it'll get better :)

Denmark is very lovely too, I have spent a lot of time there as well. I haven't been as much in Norway, but a lot of people tell me there are some truly stunning places there as well!

I was in Denmark several years ago (my school had an exchange with a Danish school) and it was really nice as well. I'd like to see Norway some time too... :) Thanks for your post!

I consider myself lucky indeed :) If you can, I definitely recommend you to visit this country, it's really nice.

I really recommend it, if you have the chance, it's a very nice place :)

I've also been to Finland, it's a really lovely country indeed! I'm sorry to hear things aren't working out that well for you, but I hope it gets better for you soon, good luck! :)

That sounds like a very nice opportunity, I hope everything goes well and good luck! :)