Weekly countdown - 4 weeks minus one day to go!

Yes, one more week is gone ....

Biggest news from last week is that I have found someone to rent out my room to and who is okey to live with my brother for 11 months next year. She is a gamelover person who seems nice and reliable. Will move in after I have left Sweden.

The snow is still here in Lund, perhaps it will melt away in a few days ... picture from Vallåsen yesterday :)

Weekly countdown - 5 weeks to go!

From a snowy Lund longing for a hot sun!

On Monday it was countdown time, so now it's one week less my friends and family.

Today I was at Citykliniken and got two shots, one in each arm, one for Polio-fill up basic vaccine and one for Tyfoid vaccine. All good now for the next year's travelling :)I'm ready for mostly everything (I think, not) :) My arms hurt a bit though even now a few hours after.

Happy to go to bed after a fresh walk in the new snow outside,
Ingrid

Less than 6 weeks to go!

Time is running away, so it seems at least...

Yesterday it was countdown to my starting day, the 18th of January 2010. So now I´m 6 weeks minus one day from boarding the plane for US and Los Angeles. It feels actually a bit scarry to think about leaving family, friends, work, my precious training and so on.

The biggest thing to do before I leave is to fix a new apartment mate (flatmate) to my brother so he doesn´t have to pay the whole rent by him self :)

Wish me LUCK on the BLOCKET hunt!

VISA is granted for Australia!

Yes, I may now travel to Australia since I have applied for the Work & Holiday Visa today. It took me about 20 minutes to do the online application with all the requirements, so now I´m happy :) and less richer too :).

Status message from Australian Goverment - Department of Immigration and Citizenshipis:

Applicant approved - you may now travel to Australia. You do not require a label or stamp in your passport before you travel to Australia.

The Australians like numbers and documents to print out, so now I have:

• Permission request ID number
• Client ID
• Transaction Reference Number (TNR)
• Most important number is the VISA grant number ... that is my entry to Australia when I will show the papers and get a visa in my passport.

Big DAY today :)

I have now booked and paid for my grand trip and it´s really exiting and fun that I´m actually on the way towards my dreams and the big continent of Australia and round the world tour of Ingrid :). The price landed on 12 130 SEK for the route (which is OK and I am satisfied with the price, haha:

Copenhagen - Los Angeles - Fiji - Sydney - Singapore

Will leave cold Sweden on the 18th of January and land in Los Angeles on the same day :) after a short 2 hour transfer in Chicago. In LA I will visit relatives and travel around to San Francisco, San Diego and down to Mexico and if time is on my side a big national park in California as well.

I am now looking forward this BIG trip which I will start in 3 months and 5 days from today!

Hope you will read and follow my blog or travel diary here and also on resedagboken.se, (under the name of zuri) I will write short blogs on resedagboken and more long blongs here ... and if I have good internet connection I will put up som pictures ... and YES dad, large pictures with good resolution :).

Have a wonderful Tuesday,
from a sunny and cold Lund,
Ingrid

Bokningsbekräftelsen är kommen!

Yes, nu har jag mer än halva rutten klar ... den är bokad och ska betalas.
Slutligen landade rutten:
Köpenhamn - Los Angeles (via Chigago) - Fiji - Sydney - Singapore

på 11 313 SEK med skatter och avgifter. Mycket okej pris, så jag slår till och köper paketpriset hos STA Travel i Lund. Yes, så imorgon går jag in på resebyrån och betalar min resa fram till Singapore där jag kommer att landa den 20 september 2010 med flyget från Sydney (stort fett plan från Qantas Airways) :)

Dags att köpa eller boka biljetterna

Hejhej,
Har nu skapat denna blogg i syfte att skriva korta inlägg inför resan nästa år, när jag åker iväg på min jorden runt resa med start den 18 januari 2010.

Har ännu inte köpt mina biljetter och det är ju snart dags .... ska gå in på Kilroy och STA Travel i Lund nästa vecka och jämföra priserna och sedan bestämma mig och boka biljetterna och kanske rentav köpa om det går.