Working in Åre

Hello Spanish people!

Here we are again!

This time we are going to write about the workplace training we’ll be doing for the next six weeks, starting on 16 February. We are going up to the Swedish mountains and the snow, to a place called Åre (se map to the right).

We are going to work at a big hotel, the Continental Inn. We hope we’ll learn how it’s like to work at reception, conference and housekeeping. We are going to live in the personnel residence.

In our spare time we will definitely go skiing. We are also going to watch the Alpine World Cup.

Love from Charlotta and Caroline 

Booooring!

Everything is so slow right now, this has been our last week at school before a six-week-long work experience period. The weather is very cold, but we have not had any real winter yet...  What comforts me right now is knowing that summer is coming closer and closer. Longing for warm weather, an ice cream in the city and a refreshing bath… Why was I born in cold Sweden? Are some born with luck and some with bad luck? Actually, it is not that I dislike Sweden, I'm just a little tired that nothing happens. Would need a major cultural change at the moment! ^^ Whatever! My next scheduled trip is down to Spain, so I’m looking forward to it! Hope to enjoy the things I have not done before. I am a little concerned about the food though. It has been incredibly difficult for me to try new dishes but it will be fun to see how the food in Spain is different from our food here in Sweden. I have already understood that your meal times are different from ours. You have dinner late compared to us Swedes, who are used to having dinner at around 5 or 6 p.m. And so what? It’s fun to learn about other cultures, it is a great experience!

Time goes sooooo slowly ^^

Jennifer V W

Hi there!

My name is Isabella Lindblom and I am going to tell you a little about my future work experience. I will have a trainee post at a hotel called ”Fars hatt”. It is a pretty small hotel in a town called Kungälv. I will be a trainee there for six weeks. The first week I will work at housekeeping and the second week in the breakfast restaurant. The third and fourth weeks I will be at reception and the fifth and sixth weeks I will work in the conference department.