Hi everyone,

Well, tomorrow i leave Malmo for Stockholm, so i thought i better just write something quickly on my overall impressions of both Malmo and Copenhagen.

The first thing to note is how incredibly CLEAN the cities are here-i would be surprised if you could find a speck of dust on the pavement everything here is that spotless. This is very much a welcome change from some of the cities further south i have visited (most notably Berlin), where i did notice that certain cities were dirtier than our Australian ones (in contrast here, they are a million times cleaner).

Second thing is that despite Copenhagen and Malmo being only 30 minutes apart by train (and therefore Sweden and Denmark also being 30 minutes apart), you can still distinguish who is a Dane and who is a Swede quite easily, as each culture has different mannerisms. Also, despite the proximity, it is quite true that most Swedes are blonde haired and blue eyed (with a couple of exceptions-i expect this to be even moreso in Stockholm where i imagine the gene pool is a bit more isolated than here) whereas the Danes cant be generalised as easy. I expected there to be hardly any difference at all due to the constant relations between the two cities, but there are definitely differences. Also, the Swedes seem to be much more laid back whereas the Danes are quite headstrong.

Well, I better go pack so i am ready to head off to Stockholm early tomorrow!