Sweden VS Australia

I’m home in Sweden now but all I can think about is the warm sand on the beach and the salt water. It’s cold, dark and boring here in Sweden.

I’ve been thinking a bit about differences between Sweden and Australia and I found a lot of them. Even tough we’re all living on this planet, we have different traditions and doing things in different ways.

I was there in December, which means that every one were really excited for christmas. I think that christmas is one of the few things that most countries celebrate the same way. The Australian shopping centres had huge christmas trees and way too much decorations, just like the shopping centres in Sweden. Christmas is also seen as a time where the family comes in the first place in both countries, you give each other gifts and just enjoy spending time together. The only big difference is that the Australians celebrate the 25th of December and Swedes celebrate the 24th.

The school system is very different in Australia. In many schools in Australia you have to wear school uniforms and some schools even separate girls and boys in to different classes. Alison and Bryan go to a school where they need to wear uniforms but otherwise they think the school is pretty soft. I think it’s very nice that we don’t have to wear uniforms to school, I like that we can put on what we want to wear. 

I think the youths in Australia are kind of like the youths in Sweden. We are intrested about the same things and we argue with our parents about the same things. I would say that the Australian youths are a bit more open, like Chloe and Aiden who let me be with them for a whole day and they took good care of me. 

We don’t play the same sports because different sports are popular in different countries. Football is popular all around the world but football in Australia is not like the football in Sweden. The Australian football is like American football but without any protections. 

I would say that the Australian youths are a bit more open, like Chloe and Aiden who let me be with them for a whole day and they really took good care of me. 

Snow. That is a big difference. Aiden, Chloe, Alison and Bryan have all asked me about the snow and how cold it can be in Sweden. They don’t understand how we can live up in the north with all the snow. I think it’s insane that they don’t have any snow for christmas, it’s not a real christmas without snow! Alison also asked me if it’s true that we have wolfs everywhere in Sweden and that we’re used to see them. I told her that we have wolfs in the north of Sweden but they’re not running around in the cities and it’s not like we see a wolf every day.

We in Swede have something that the Australian don't have! We have a national dish! Our national dish is Swedish meatballs and very popular on the dinner tables all around Sweden. Australia doesn't have any national dish but of course they have a lot of meals that are popular there as well.

I’m going to bed now and trust me when I say that I will dream about a warmer country on the other side of the world.

//My