Sweden

This first round of photos from Sweden doesn't have any people in them because I am still a little shy with the camera here. That happens every time I go to a new city... I have to walk around a day or so to feel comfortable enough to intrude.

These are all from the city of Lund where I am staying at my sister's apartment for a few days until my apartment in Karlskrona is ready for me to move in.

Of course I don't really know enough about the country to form any real opinions, but a few things I have seen that really make me happy (these may only pertain to Lund):

• No big billboards or neon signs
• Bike lanes all around the city
• People can take their bikes on the train fully assembeled
• Green
• Green
• Few ugly buildings (compared to Tokyo)
• Green
• Bike lanes
• Plenty of public parking areas for bikes. (in tokyo all the good places to park have "no bike parking" signs on them)

It's only been two days, and of course English is the first and one-third language here, so I haven't had much chance to dust off my Swedish. Just from looking at the signs, and the limited interactions with store clerks and the likes, it is coming back to me, and I may know more than I thought.