26.novemris

Laikam jau oficiāli ziema ir klāt...BET...kā ierasts - praksē viss nenotiek pēc dokumentiem. Jau otro nedēļu 5-9 grādi pēc celsija un ik pa laiciņam uzlīst. Šodien SAULE :D - negaidīts pārsteigums.

Pēc mana laika pulkstens ir 11:08, ceturtdiena (lekciju šodien nav), bet jāpošas lēnām uz treniņu. Laikam jau tā bija viena no labākām pēdējā laika idejām - doties braukt ar neizkustināmo riteni kopā ar vēl kādiem pamatīgi iesvīdušiem sportistiem. Lasīt nav noskaņojums, bet runāties ar ārzemniekiem par to, kas tevi patiesībā nemaz neinteresē, ir vēl garlaicīgāk.

Tad veiksmīgi! :)

Coming here...Going back

This computer haven't got Latvian letters - so this time in English:

1, For coming here for the first time I recommend ferry (Riga-Stockholm) and then bus, which U order together with ferry ticket. So, U can take all staff needed. Doesn't matter how much it weights and is also very cheap ~ 30 LVL. But it takes lot of time - all night on ferry and then 5 hours in bus. But bus is very nice - couse it takes U straight from ferry in Stockholm to Karlstad and only costs 11 LVL!!!.

2, And if U want to some time visit home and U don't have time to waist on boring boat - I recommend Rayanair.com :D with hand luggage. Going from Stockholm Skavsta to Riga. Flight takes ~ 50 min. After U have plane tickets go to this site www.sj.se - there U can order matching train tickets. Going from Karlstad C to Skavsta Flygplats. If U buy tickets in last moment, they probably will be more expensive. Anyway for train tickets for both ways U will pay ~ 300 - 400 SEK, which is 20 - 28 LVL.

3, Train ticket goes only up...not like with special offers from plain company

4, It is good to know: that this airport is really small and boring. Train tickets U ordered wouldn't go straight to airport - U probably will have to take 1 or 2 trains and 2 buses. It depends. but U have schedule which is very accurate, so there shouldn't be any problems. Even heavy drunk people for the first time traveled successfully.

5, If order tickets 2 months advance journey will cost U ~35 LVL.
1 month - could be lucky and the same/ ~60 LVL
1 week - ~could be lucky and bit more, but usually 100 LVL

6, Ferry + bus TICKET ~ 30-35 LVL

7, If You take plane - You will have breakfast in Latvia. Plane departures at 10:30 and arrives at 10:35 :D. It means you have beaten the time. At 17:00 U be in your dorms in Karlstad.

8, Oslo is even closer to Karlstad than Stockholm - so maybe U can try that way and see also Oslo. But train tickets from there is even more expensive, but maybe it is worth it to see another beautiful and expensive place.

I really hope this information was useful. Hope, that someone read it.

Hhmm...Karlstad:

• Mežs, mellenes un sēnes
• Smaidīgi, piedzīvojumus meklējoši un iedzēruši Erasmus biedri
• 100 SEK = 7 Ls
• Liela, mūsdienīga un labi koordinēta skola
• Blondi, klusi un dīvaini zviedri
  
• Svaigs gaiss, tīrs ūdens un gandrīz perfekta dzīvojamā mītne
• Astronomiskas cenas, tīras ielas un kontrolēts miers
• Labi pasniedzēji, interesantas lekcijas un tevī ieinteresēti studiju biedri

To sum:

• 4 klubi, 11 skolas ēkas, 1 istabas biedrene, 10 000 studentu un 250 Erasmus biedru
• Karlstad University