VirtualTourist Member Maline
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| Fujisan, the sacred symbol mountain of Japan. |
Welcome to Maline! Updates: Revision of my Sweden page, Stockholm page and Uppsala page.
Comments, suggestions, even critique ;-) welcome! What separates cultures? Why travel? Discovery through languages. Cross-cultural coexistance. Where to next? Global co-dependence. Fabulous fabulous. Come on, live a little!
VirtualTourist VT is about virtual touristing nad peeking into the reality of others. A unique chance to come closer to other realities around the globe! Communicating and virtual friendmaking across borders, continents, religion and age. It makes the world a smaller place in this sense - by bringing it closer to home. But it makes the world so much bigger too - imagine all the little places you would never have heard about had it not been for this site ...
Many VT:ers have helped me with advice and info for trips during my years at VT. Since I can't mention you all, I will just say thanks to the whole lot of you. You know who you are! I always read up on a place before I go there. I love maps, to the point where I can almost forget to look around for keeping my nose in the map all the time. I need to look around! At travels I devote my time to walks and random sightseeing (just strolling around, waiting to see what comes up), monument visiting, trying new food and shopping. I typically would spend very little time at any beach, art museum or discotheque. But I make exceptions.
My influences The single country apart from Sweden that has influenced me the most is Japan. I lived with a Japanese family there for one year back in 1992, when I was a teenager. I re-visited in fall of 2004 and found that my family and friends were still the same wonderful people, only older and with more kids/grandkids. .
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|  | My best travel pages Japan - My second country. Lots of cultural information on this page. Learn about tea-ceremony, table-manners, bowing and much more. Also information on the different parts of Japan I have visited.
Sweden - My country. My place of expertise. Learn about public communications, shopping, alcohol restrictions, public access rights, as well as places to visit. Don't hesitate to ask if you need help planning your trip to Sweden.
Stockholm - Sweden's capital. A city built on islands. Read about what monuments and parts of the city I would recommend you to visit, where to get great panoramic views, shopping and much more. Again, if you need help planning your visit to Stockholm, just ask.
Uppsala - Historic town 40 minutes from Stockholm by train. University dominated. Read about rune stones, history, monuments, cafés and more. Also, information for you if you are coming to Uppsala as an exchange student/researcher.
India - I don't claim to be an expert on this vibrant and colorful country, just a happy visitor! The page has many great photos I got when travelling through the country, from places including Darjeeling and Varanasi. Also, some tourist scam warnings.
Bangladesh - A country well off the beaten path for many travellers. I got to visit for about 10 days, and traveled around a bit. Photos from our jungle cruise in the Bengal national park Sundarbarns, as well as urban sights.
Lesvos - Greek island close to the Turkish mainland. Photos and tips from our vacation there. Read about the petrified forest, the wild turtles and the pebbles and ouzo of Plomari.
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About me:
* Born in Sweden. Have lived at several locations over the country. Also lived for some time in Japan, France and Iceland.
* Very interested in languages. Have studied English, French, Japanese, German, Icelandic, Latin, Spanish and Croatian.
* Read all the time.
* Have a camera with me everywhere.
* Left-handed.
* Journalist.
* Had to give my cat away due to allergies.
* Hate cold weather.
* Love gardening.
* Do all my travelling for fun not for business.
* Have one sister.
* Studied at university for 6 years. Major in geography.
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| | About Sweden:
* Usually Sweden is not a very cold country, only in the northern parts. In the south, there isnt even always snow in winter. This is thanks to the Gulf stream in the Atlantic ocean.
* Swedish people generally speak English fluently.
* You can drink the tap water anywhere.
* A huge favourite of the Swedes is "snus", kind of like snuff tobacco, you put it under your upper lip.
* Sweden has around 9 million inhabitants, and is the 4th largest country in Europe, in area size.
* Sweden and Switzerland is not the same country, hence
* Sweden is NOT famous for its watches, chocolate or cheese.
* Sweden IS famous for glass and crystal works. And social welfare.
* Most people in Sweden are NOT blonds.
* A popular souvenir is the road sign with moose-warning. Every year a huge number is stolen from Swedish roads.
* Every year in february Swedish people run to the bookstores for the nationwide "booksale". This starts the same day all over rthe country, usually at midnight.
* Sweden has been run by the social democratic party for the better part of 60 years.
* Sweden is a monarchy, and has a king.
* Roughly every 7th person in Sweden is what in the statistics is known as an "immigrant", either immigrated or with at least one parent immigrated. It is a multicultural society.
* Sweden is the country with the highest daily newspaper reading frequency in the world.
* Many Swedes drink milk to their meals, even when grown up. Mellanmjölk (middle-milk, means somewhat fat reduced) is very popular, in accordance with the term "lagom".
* Which is a untranslatable (we are always told and keep telling ourselves) Swedish word meaning "just the right amount" of anything from fat in milk to temperature or height.
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1980 & 1984 Denmark 1986 England, Wales (Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, France) 1988 France 1990 Czekoslovakia, USA, Canada (Niagara falls only) 1991 Hungary, France 1992 Japan* 1993 Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria 1994 Hungary, Greece, Italy 1995 France* 1996 back to France again 1997 back to France again (!), Egypt 1998 Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria 1999 Iceland*, England 2000 France, Hungary 2001 Bangladesh, India 2002 Finland, Greece 2003 - - - 2004 Finland, Japan, France 2005 Spain (*longer stay, more than 6 months) |
| Here is a cow having lunch in old Delhi. |
Below there are two travelogues with national anthems from all over the world that great VT:ers have mailed to me. The first travelogue is all full, the second is hopefully filling up soon too. |
N.B. I have had my photos digitally watermarked to prevent stealing or ”borrowing”.
I am NOT intersted in making friends with unknown men. You know who you are. Don’t write.* |
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Vijith Tue Jun 3, 2008 11:41 UTC
Hi Maline, Congratulations on your excellent pages! | hunterV Fri Mar 21, 2008 19:23 UTC
Hello, Maline! Happy Easter! | aussiedoug Thu Feb 7, 2008 09:08 UTC
G'Day from Sydney, Australia. You were the featured member when I looged onto VT earlier today. Regards from downunder. | Azri_Azmi Mon Dec 31, 2007 04:10 UTC
Happy New Year 2008 !!!! |
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