Sweden at last

Posted by George Wright Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:48:00 GMT

Today’s been a somewhat hectic day for me; after getting up at 0500 to get to Heathrow by 0700, I managed to get on my 1030 flight to Arlanda and arrive in Stockholm just after 1400. After hopping on a train to Linköping, I was greeted by my contact at Cendio, Peter Åstrand, who has been exceptionally helpful and accommodating with my moving in.

I’m staying in university accommodation which is rather nice; it’s a bit Ikea-y, but not too shabby. There was a particularly bad dead fly infestation in my room but a dustpan and brush seems to have taken care of most of it, and I may have to vacuum around when I can get hold of one. The luxury of an en-suite is always welcome, and I have a 10Mbit/s internet connection which is definitely most welcome!


My room

As for my job out here, I’ll be working on the next release of ThinLinc, Cendio’s flagship remote desktop product. At first I believe I’m mainly doing testing of the upcoming release to ensure it meets quality standards, but Peter is keen for me to dig into the coding side soon.

In my spare time, I decided to bring my bike over and I’ll hopefully spend most of my evenings racing around the roads on it. It really is a delightful little machine. When I’m not on the bike I hope to get some work done on nxcl/qtnx as well.


The bike

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  1. Mårten Woxberg said about 1 hour later:

    Make sure you try the Pizza of Sandra’s in Ryd! :)

  2. Peppe Bergqvist said about 7 hours later:

    Welcome to Sweden and Linköping!

    My tip is to try the pizza at Mozarella in downtown Linköping ( http://hitta.se/ViewDetailsPink.aspx?vad=mozarella&var=link%f6ping ), really nice pizzas.

    If you want to grab lunch some day just send me an email, my job is located close to Cendio in Mjärtdevi.

  3. Lochball said about 8 hours later:

    Have a try with Swedens’s most popular indoor sport, which is called ‘innebandy’ (floorball). Play with e.g. colleagues somewhere in Linköping and have lots of fun…

    http://www.innebandy.se

  4. Thomas Lindroth said about 8 hours later:

    Welcome to Linköping.

    If you like biking check out http://www.linkoping.se/ahoj There you’ll find some bike maps (cykelkarta to the left) for the city.

  5. Loffe said about 11 hours later:

    Be aware of bike thefts. It’s not uncommon i Linköping :( Get a sturdy lock and always attach the bike to something big.

    And for all your pizza needs there’s http://onlinepizza.se/Linkoping/

  6. Kalle said about 12 hours later:

    Welcome to sweden! :)

  7. Linus said about 12 hours later:

    Välkommen! Try the swedish pizza and don’t leave your bike unlocked.

  8. Johan Thelin said about 13 hours later:

    Välkommen! I hope that you will enjoy Sweden. If you plan to visit the w(^Hb)est coast and Gothenburd, do mention it on your blog so that you can meet some fellow hackers there.

  9. George Wright said about 14 hours later:

    I’m storing the bike in the office so locks are a non-issue…

  10. Egon Willighagen said 1 day later:

    You could consider flying from Stansted to Skavsta… not sure if Stansted is closer to your former UK place, but Skavsta is surely closer to Linköping… Moreover, last time I arrived at Skavsta, in literally 10 minutes I was on the bus to Stockholm… beats the 1.5 hours any time.

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