Last train! - Último tren!

Day #3 of our Erasmus Trip - Monday 9th of January

Día 3 de nuestro viaje Erasmus - Lunes 9 de enero de 2023

Having fun at the train station in Copenhagen

Haciendo el tonto en la estación de tren de Copenhagen

Time to catch the last train
Llegó la hora de coger el último tren

Copenhagen-Estocolmo

Lunes 9 de enero de 2023

15:21 - 20:34

Last train before arriving at our destination, Stockholm, Sweden,

Última tren antes de llegar a nuestro destino, Estocolmo, Suecia.

Now we only need to find Plattform 26. This is worse than Harry Potter!

Ahora sólo tenemos que encontrar el Andén 26, esto es peor que Harry Potter!

Plattform 26 and 3/4
El Andén 26 y 3/4

For some reason, the train to Stockholm departs from some strange plattform far, far away.... A 15 minute walk, in the rain.

Por alguna extraña razón, el tren para Estocolmo sale de una andén que está en el quinto pino. Hay que andar 15 minutos, y en nuestro caso, bajo la lluvia.

It also implies walking up and down stairs with all the luggage, to cross the railway tracks. Because the elevators did not work.

También implicaba subir y bajar la escalera con todo el equipaje, para cruzar las vías de tren. Porque los ascensores estaban averiados.

The reason - The Track Gauge
El razón - El Ancho de Vía

Now we know why it was so complicated: Swedish trains do not have the same track gauge as Danish trains! So there is a special track for the Swedish trains. And it´s far away...

Ahora sabemos porque tantas complicaciones: los trenes suecos no tienen el mismo ancho de vía que los trenes daneses! Por lo tanto, hay una vía especial para los trenes suecos. Y está leeeeejos.

Plattform 26 & 3/4, Harry Potter style

Andén 26 y tres cuartos, al más puro estilo Harry Potter

X2000 - The Swedish High Speed Train
X2000 - El tren de alta velocidad sueco

We already used the Spanish and the French high speed trains. Here goes the Swedish one: SJ X2000.

Ya hemos ido con los trenes de alta velocidad español y francés. Allá va el sueco: SJ X2000.

The Swedish High Speed Train - X2000

Us, boarded on the last train

Nosotros, ya sentados en el último tren

The guy in the middle: Conny The Pony

El del medio: Conny The Pony

Arrival in Paris - Llegada a Paris

Saturday 8th of January 2023

We have arrived in Paris, at the train station Gare de Lyon. That was a loooooong 7 hour trip from Barcelona. 

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Sábado 8 de enero de 2023

Hemos llegado a Paris, a la estación de tren de Gare de Lyon. Ese viaje de Barcelona era laaaargo.... 7 horas.

So many people at Gare de Lyon. And this train station is huge, it is a city.

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Qué cantidad de gente en Gare de Lyon. Esta estación de tren es una ciudad.

Boarding the next train, this time Paris-Basel, in Switzerland.

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Ya vamos a subir al siguiente tren, esta vez de Paris a Basel, en Suiza.

Day #2 of our Erasmus Trip - Sunday 8th of January

 Sunday 8th of January 2023

The Big Travel Day 

The early bird catches the worm! Up at 08:00. Today we are going to travel some 2,000 km: from Barcelona in Spain to Hamburg in Germany.

Barcelona-Paris

Sunday 8th of January 2023

10:33 - 17:21

Paris-Basel

Sunday 8th of January 2023

18:19 - 21:26

Basel-Hamburg (d)

Sunday 8th of January 2023 (+1 day)

22:13 - 07:54

This is not our exact route but anyways...

TGV - The French High Speed Train

The first leg of our journey is by the French High Speed Train, TGV.

Arrival & sightseeing in Barcelona

Saturday 7th of January 2023 

Barcelona - The capital of Catalonia

Arrival in Barcelona, a bit late. Another train before us broke down and they had to evacuate the passengers and tow the train off the tracks. So we got 45 minutes delayed. But today this wasn´t an issue: we had plenty of time since we were going to stay in the city over the night. This because there were no trains to Paris this afternoon.

Sightseeing in Barcelona

There are plenty of things to see in the Catalan capital. We took the metro from Sants Train Station, to the centre of Barcelona. We went to visit Casa Battló, which was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. More info about this fantastic building here: CASA BATTLÓ

The church La Sagrada Familia

Next, we were off to another building designed by Antoni Gaudí. The amazing church La Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family). They started building it in 1882 and eventhough Gaudí died in 1926, they have kept on building it ever since (with a few stops). We wonder if they will ever finish...

In any case, it´s a crazy building, with a million details to look at.

More info about La Sagrada Familia

Sushi for dinner

We came back early to the hotel, we have a big day ahead of us tomorrow. On Sunday 8th of January we will travel Barcelona > Paris > Basel > Hamburg. That is going to be close to 2,000 km!!

I had sushi for dinner in Barcelona!

Good night, see u tomorrow!

Erasmus - School is necessary but you can learn a lot by travelling!

#LifeLongLearning

And we are off to Sweden!

Our train trip to Sweden - Day #1

Erasmus - Here we go!!

Saturday 7th of January 2023

The Big Day is here, we are leaving Seville for Sweden. We were up early this morning, a 07:00, to go to the train station Sevilla-Santa Justa. Departure of the first train at 08:50.

Seville train station: Santa Justa

Saturday 7th of January 2023

Seville to Barcelona

The first leg of our trip is Seville - Barcelona, more than 1,000 km.

The first leg of the journey will take us some 5 hours 30 minutes. Arrival in Barcelona at 14:20.

AVE  - The Spanish High Speed Train

Image courtesy of Renfe AVE & Wikipedia ES

Me leaving for Barcelona, Saturday 7th of January 2023

We are travelling by AVE today, the Spanish high speed train. We will travel at some 270 km/h, flying through the Spanish landscape!

We start our trip in style, travelling first class on the AVE. It´s because 2nd class was already fully booked. But first class was cheap with our Interrail Global Pass, only 13,40 euros per person.

First Class - I´m VIP! 😆

We´ll be staying in Barcelona tonight, because there was no good connections to continue our trip today.

Hopefully we will have time to see a bit of Barcelona, I have never been to this city before.

Tomorrow (Sunday 8th of January 2023), we travel from Barcelona to Paris, France.

Erasmus Plus K1

Mi familia sueca en Estocolmo

Mi tía Sofia, archipiélago de Estocolmo 2022

Esta es mi tia Sofia  es una asistente personal de una persona muy importante en Suecia. Hace unos postres riquísimos y unas salsas espectaculares.

Mi tío Mats, el rey de la barbacoa

Este es mi tío Mats es el jefe de la parte de productos cárnicos de un supermercado llamado "ICA". Es muy famoso si buscais ICA en google os sale. Le encanta cocinar y cocina muuuy bien me encanta su comida. Sobre todo le gustan hacer barbacoas!

Mis primas Frida (izquierda) y Emilia (centro), verano 2022

Esta es mi prima Emilia (centro de la foto), va a cumplir 20 años ahora en marzo (es del 2003). Ella normalmente trabaja en un hotel llamado" Scandic" en la recepción. Pero va a trabajar en una estación de esquí en Austria durante el invierno de 2022-23 así que lamentablemente no le veré. Le encanta viajar y salir con sus amigas.

Frida y yo, verano 2021

Esta es mi prima Frida y ella tiene 15 años (2007). Tiene un mellizo que se llama Kalle. A mi prima le gusta ir de compras y estar con las amigas. Antes hacía atletismo y era buena en lanzamiento de jabalina. También le gusta montar a caballo, como a mi.

Kalle, 2022

Este es mi primo Kalle, el mellizo de Frida. También nació en el 2007. Mi primo juega al fútbol y mi tío Mats es su entrenador. También va con su moto para encontrarse con sus amigos. Le gusta mucho los videojuegos, como Fortnite.

En la confirmación de mi prima Frida, verano 2022