Fleur and her internship in Borås, part 6

My fifth and last month in Sweden went just as fast as all the other ones. I really looked forward to hand in my internship report because I had been so busy working on this.

Internship company

We moved offices to a brand new location around the end of May, which was a good decision. As it was such a special happening, we often got surprised with a lunch outside or with dinner after work. The new location was exactly the same travel distance for me. We took some of the old furniture to the new office but everything else was brand new and really beautiful.

Luckily I also got my own office for the last few weeks of my internship. I invested all my time in my research so I could finalise everything on time. As my report needed to be written in perfect English, it took me a lot of effort. When I finally had to hand everything in on the 16^th of June, I could finally relax! Pfff I did it!

The week after I had two final presentations but those went very smoothly. Of course I was very happy that I had finished my internship with an 8! As a “good bye” from my internship company, we made some typical Swedish dishes on my last day. This was a lot of fun!

Liseberg (theme park) and street parties

As a birthday gift from work, I received a theme park ticket for Liseberg. Liseberg is one of the biggest parks in Sweden - you could compare it to Walibi World (the Netherlands). Together with two of my friends I went there during the weekend of my birthday. I can really recommend going to Liseberg when you are in Gothenburg! Even though it was a Saturday, we didn’t have to wait for any rollercoasters even once.

After Liseberg, we went to Hela Dagen Lång. This is a street festival with various musicians, DJs and food trucks in the busy streets of Gothenburg. Everywhere we looked, we saw performances and people dancing in the streets.

“Midsummer”

Yearly, Sweden organises Midsummerfest which is normally on a Friday close to 21 June. This year it was happening on Friday 23 June. From the first moment I arrived in Sweden, I was asked a million times if I had already been to the Midsummer. Swedish people apparently look forward to this event all year long.

During Midsummer, the night is short and the day is long. Typical for this event is to wear a flower crown and to dance and sing around a may pole. Besides that, there are also special meals that you can eat.

Back home

After a nice, fun and not to forget great learning period in Sweden, it was time to go home. Around June many students had finished school and had already gone home. Because of this it got rather quiet in my house and therefore it was a good moment for me to go back home as well.

Together with my grandmother (who just turned 75 years of age) I went back home road tripping. I picked her up from airport Gothenburg and showed her Borås and Gothenburg for three days. The fourth day we went to Copenhagen. Although the weather wasn’t so great (rain ☹) it was still a lively city. Our way to Hamburg (500 km) took us 8 hours because of the bad weather and crazy roads. Luckily the Airbnb that we found was very nice. Hamburg is definitely a city I’d like to go back to as there was a lot to see. After driven 1300 kilometres we finally arrived home on Saturday the 1^st of July! The ‘welcome home’ party on Sunday was a great ending of this school year.