Sweden Day 1

24 April 2016

The Austrian team consisting of Jasmin Grasberger, Viktori Langenreither, Simon Fuchsluger, Tobias Kloibhofer, Mag. Renate Hilmbauer and me is ready for Sweden!

An airport shuttle service picked us up at 3.15am this morning. Now we are waiting for our flight to Stockholm.

10.00am We have finally arrived in Stockholm. After sunshine above the clouds we are faced with snowfall and rain during our tour through the city centre. First we stopped at the townhall and strolled through Gamla Stan, the historic town. Then we watched the changing of the guards and had a coffee break in one of the many charming cafes. Our final destination was the Vasa museum. Luckily, we got some sunshine walking along the esplanade on our way back to the station.
At 18.21 we took the train to Mjölby, where we arrived at 20:14. Our hosts picked us up from the station and took us to our Swedish "homes".
A very long and exciting first day!

On Friday we started with presentations again. Each international team interduced a social entrepreneur to us. During the feedback meeting of our students the teachers planed their next mobility to Sweden in April 2016. Afterwards our headmistress handed over the certificates to all participants of our meeting in Amstetten. And then we had to say good bye to our new friends. See you soon somewhere in Europe again!

Today we have been in Vienna. An excelltent guide explained interesting facts about the most importend sigths of Vienna. After lunch we visited the workshop "Dialogue in the Dark" where we got some insight into life of blind people. Afterwards our guests had the possibility of going shopping. IT was an interesting but exhausting day!

On Wednesdays our students had the opportunity to sitting in on classes. Then we drove to Waidhofen/Ybbs and we visited the RIZ. The regional innovation center helps young entrepreneurs in Lower Austria starting up a business. Mr. Haslinger, the manager of this institution explained us the duties of the RIZ. Afterwards we went on a guided tour through Waidhofen.

Today we tried to answer the following question: Which country offers the best conditions for starting up a business? We used the scoring method for rating the chosen criteria. We have a result: 1. Sweden, 2. Czech Republic, 3. Slovakia, 4. Austria, 5. Spain

You did a great job! Congratulations! After lunch We went to the city center of Amstetten and visited the carneval procession. We had fun ;-)

We warmly welcome our guests from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Working in international teams is fun! Each team has prepared a presentation about the conditions of starting up a business in their own country. Well done!