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Less than three months since our euro trip, just passed two months living in Australia, and in less than 48 hours we’re going to New Zealand. #tbt #traveladdict #linneaandgustav

Continue reading Less than three months since our euro trip, just passed two months living in Australia, and in less than 48 hours we’re going to New Zealand. #tbt #traveladdict #linneaandgustav

It’s time for a Throwback Thursday!

It’s time for a Throwback Thursday!

In the end of June this summer, we spent a week in Germany and Switzerland “warming up” before going to Australia. We visited Cologne and Bonn in Germany and Zurich in Switzerland. We arrived in Cologne on Monday morning. We stayed with Linnea’s friend Rosa, who was an au pair in Zurich at the same time as Linnea. We’ve kept in touch ever since and Rosa came to visit in Sweden last year as well. It was really fun hanging out and catching up!

We went sightseeing in both Cologne and Bonn, which used to be the capital of West Germany. In Bonn, we went to a Haribo store (apparently “bo” in Haribo stands for Bonn) and we also dined at a popular Peruvian restaurant with Rosa and her colleague Maria. We had a bunch of delicious tapas to share and it was a great experience, all though we were rolling out of there cause we had so much to eat!

On Thursday morning we caught the train to Cologne/Bonn Airport and got on the shortest flight either of us had ever been on, we were only in the air for about 1 h 10 min. Arriving in Zurich, Linnea was overwhelmed with memories coming back to the city that had been her home for one of the best years in her life. We made our way with the excellent public transport into town to meet up with a bunch of Linnea’s old friends. We stayed with three guys that are studying at ETH in Zurich; Djalma, Gerson and Mattia. The other friends also flew in from other countries; Alex and “the other” Linnea flew in from France and Emma hopped on a flight from the UK. We had all gathered for Züri Fäscht, which is a really big city festival happening only once every third year, last time was 2013 when Linnea was living in Zurich.

As you can imagine, we partied most of the weekend. Only stopped to crash a few hours at the apartment each night, otherwise we stayed outside and looked at all the crazy events Swiss people with an overflow of money had thought out. A part from partying we made some time on the Thursday afternoon and on Friday to go sightseeing. Since it was Gustav’s first visit to Zurich we visited all the best look out points and highlights.

On the Friday we also met up for lunch with Linnea’s old host family. She was a bit nervous seeing them after such a long time, but that feeling quickly disappeared after they started talking about what they had been up to. A funny surprise was that the host family actually were going to Australia in just a few weeks for vacation, so we promised to be in touch about that.

Late on the Sunday evening we arrived back at Arlanda Airport. We were delayed even before we went on the flight, so it was close to midnight when we finally saw Gustav’s parents that greeted us at the airport.

What’s up with the eurotrip?

I thought that you might wonder why we all of a sudden went on a eurotrip. After all this blog is supposed to be about Australia, right?

Well, we didn’t want to miss the opportunity when we finally had some vacation to visit some of my European buddies from when I lived in Zurich three years ago. So we decided to spend one of the holiday weeks we got before going to Australia going around Germany and Switzerland. That was now last week and time really flew by. I wanted to make this post explaining a bit earlier but at the same time we had a packed schedule and I didn’t want to spend the only time off at the computer.

First we made it to Stockholm Arlanda on June 26th (just after Midsummer) and stayed at a hotel because our flight on the 27th was early in the morning and we didn’t feel like staying up the entire night going by bus to Arlanda. I’m really happy we made that decision, because the travelling went so much smoother when we weren’t super tired. The hotel was very nice too, with it’s own pool and huge breakfast buffé in the morning.

I went with the most unhealthy breakfast possible. But it tasted sooo good. Totally worth it.

I realize now we have much more photos from the eurotrip to post. If you don’t mind the blog being about something else a part from Australia I want to get around writing some more about our experiences and not just show the Instagram posts. But at this moment we’re back in Linköping Sweden and I really need to finish up packing my apartment today. Seriously. It’s only three more days until we fly to Australia!

Thanks Rosa

Thanks Rosa for these past couple of days showing us around Cologne, it’s been wonderful! Even when we will live on different sides of the planet, you will always be my neighbour (aka Nachbarin)

Amazing flavours in Bonn

Amazing flavours in Bonn
#bonn #baileys #icecream #linneaandgustav (http://ift.tt/2974AeD)

Now we go to bed after spending a wonderful day with Rosa in Cologne. Looking forward to tomorrow! #eurotrip #LinneaAndGustav

Now we go to bed after spending a wonderful day with Rosa in Cologne. Looking forward to tomorrow!

Now we go to bed after spending a wonderful day with Rosa in Cologne. Looking forward to tomorrow! #eurotrip #LinneaAndGustav

After a successful flight, we’re now in Köln. #germany #eurotrip #LinneaAndGustav

After a successful flight, we're now in Köln.

After a successful flight, we’re now in Köln. #germany #eurotrip #LinneaAndGustav