So its Monday 15th of June, 10 days till I officially leave for Eurotour from Malmö, however i travel to Malmö the day before. So I'm pretty excited and cant wait...
So this last week had been very busy it was the last week of school, 18th birthdays, graduation for some and goodbye for other... i spent 3 days in Eskilstuna to farewell Mike, and celebrate Brenton's 18th... it was a good 3 days well 2.5. On Wednesday the exchanges from areas in and outside Stockholm met in Eskilstuna to throw Mike a surprise farewell, we caught the bus to a ski hill (just a park in summer), we had a BBQ and playing viking games (one of Mikes fav). Even thought the weather was wet and cold we pressed on with our outdoors fun. I spent the night at Beths out in the country.
Thursday was Brenton's 18th, Beth and I went to Eskilstuna then to Brenton's just outside, we had dinner with his family, exchange students and friends. Mike, Beth, Daniel and I then went out for to celebrate... a very interesting night...we all spent the night at Brentons...
Friday was the last day on school in Katrineholm, Beth and I went to my school, i had to clean out my locker and say happy 18th to a good friend of mine Fanny... then we went to a graduation then to Maja's... then home, I went out that night hung with some friends for a bit then went out and saw more friends :) good night for chatting...
Saturday was busy, Beth went home, i went to a graduation then to a graduation lunch with Fanny to her cousins, then straight to Tina's we then went to a party at Niclas then into town, saw almost everyone i know in Sweden... pretty decent night, definitely not enough sleep...
Sunday the day of rest for me :)
Today is Erics 18th... should be a good night...
So now its summer holidays and I'm ready to enjoy summer and to my dissappointment it is abut 15 degrees raining and windy... i hope it improves over the next couple of days :)
I'd put pictures up but I didn't take any... promise to take some tonight :)
Monday, 15 June 2009
Monday, 8 June 2009
Life in Sweden
Just some Pictures of things so far...
February 2009
Weekend Away with the Bennetofts...
Shopping Street in Stockholm (well one of them)
The girls; party at Helmers...
First Signs of Spring in Stockholm
Me opening flowers on my Birthday :D
May 2009
February 2009
Weekend Away with the Bennetofts...Shopping Street in Stockholm (well one of them)March 2009
The girls; party at Helmers... April 2009
First Signs of Spring in Stockholm 
Me opening flowers on my Birthday :D
May 2009
Park in Stockholm... visited with the other exchange students...
June 2009
1st of June, beautiful 27 degree day of perfect sunshine, i spent the afternoon chilling out with Fanny and Tina...
Hej hej, so I have now been in Sweden for about 4.5 months. I decided instead of sending 1 million emails a month I would have a blog for anybody who is interested in what I have been up to in Sweden.
This weekend more or less started on Thursday 4th June with a class trip to Stockholm for SP program, both 2nd and 3rd graders came, when we got to Stockholm we split up into our classes or grades. SP2A split and started our walk around Stockholm first stop being the Katarina Elevator which rises from the suburb of Slussen to Södermalm; an amazing view awaited us at the top, although the cold and wind didn’t make great conditions. After this we stopped at many locations on the way to the National Museum; we stopped to talk about famous people, locations, history and culture… my part was the give a brief talk on the Royal Palace. After this when we were inside the National Museum, regaining feeling in our fingers, toes or in some peoples cases their whole bodies, we were ready to look at the beautiful paintings on the 2nd floor (I think it was) Although we weren’t there for long the paintings were amazing and it was enough time for me to have a good look. Finally it was lunch time; we headed to a food court near the shopping centre of Stockholm for any type of food we desired. Fanny, Tina, Sarah and I settled for nachos which were massive but yum yum. Then it was time for the shopping part of the day… the girls headed off for the shopping streets of Stockholm. Although we didn’t all find what we were looking for, in particular me who couldn’t find the shoes she liked in her size, it was good down time and time to get reacquainted with the big city opposed to the smallish town Katrineholm. After we all met up again and had a tour of the Opera House, although the tour was in Swedish so I didn’t understand most, it was good to see the rooms not usually shown like the Gold Room and rooms belonging to the Royal Family. A quick fika was had before we sat down in the highest seats to watch the ballet Swan Lake. Finishing just after 11, we headed back to Katrineholm, and interesting bus trip to say the least and we were home just after 1 in the morning.
Getting up on Friday morning was a struggle, but I survived… I then left school at 1ish to head to Uppsala with my host family, they were seeing a relative who graduated and I went to visit another exchange student Anthony. We saw a famous Church, which was massive and pretty impressive, the Castle and the Music Centre, and of course the shops, to try and find some shoes which is proving an ongoing quest. Next on the agenda was visiting Johan’s mother, then home to Katrineholm via Stockholm to drop off some things to a relative. I slept 3 out of the 5 hours driving done this afternoon and was still glad to crawl into bed.
On Saturday it was with 6th of June or Sweden’s National Day I continued my quest for shoes failing when the shop was shut… then headed to my friend Rebecca’s to watch the 2nd half of Sweden vs. Denmark game before heading down the beer tent. The Beer Tent was the centre of town, many of my friends were down there and there was a band… lots of fun.
Sunday continued my quest for shoes again failing, and then I went to my friend Maja’s we made a Pavlova and watched Green Street Hooligans. The Pavlova was yum and the movie was great… then home to sleep before returning for another week of school.
This weekend more or less started on Thursday 4th June with a class trip to Stockholm for SP program, both 2nd and 3rd graders came, when we got to Stockholm we split up into our classes or grades. SP2A split and started our walk around Stockholm first stop being the Katarina Elevator which rises from the suburb of Slussen to Södermalm; an amazing view awaited us at the top, although the cold and wind didn’t make great conditions. After this we stopped at many locations on the way to the National Museum; we stopped to talk about famous people, locations, history and culture… my part was the give a brief talk on the Royal Palace. After this when we were inside the National Museum, regaining feeling in our fingers, toes or in some peoples cases their whole bodies, we were ready to look at the beautiful paintings on the 2nd floor (I think it was) Although we weren’t there for long the paintings were amazing and it was enough time for me to have a good look. Finally it was lunch time; we headed to a food court near the shopping centre of Stockholm for any type of food we desired. Fanny, Tina, Sarah and I settled for nachos which were massive but yum yum. Then it was time for the shopping part of the day… the girls headed off for the shopping streets of Stockholm. Although we didn’t all find what we were looking for, in particular me who couldn’t find the shoes she liked in her size, it was good down time and time to get reacquainted with the big city opposed to the smallish town Katrineholm. After we all met up again and had a tour of the Opera House, although the tour was in Swedish so I didn’t understand most, it was good to see the rooms not usually shown like the Gold Room and rooms belonging to the Royal Family. A quick fika was had before we sat down in the highest seats to watch the ballet Swan Lake. Finishing just after 11, we headed back to Katrineholm, and interesting bus trip to say the least and we were home just after 1 in the morning.
Getting up on Friday morning was a struggle, but I survived… I then left school at 1ish to head to Uppsala with my host family, they were seeing a relative who graduated and I went to visit another exchange student Anthony. We saw a famous Church, which was massive and pretty impressive, the Castle and the Music Centre, and of course the shops, to try and find some shoes which is proving an ongoing quest. Next on the agenda was visiting Johan’s mother, then home to Katrineholm via Stockholm to drop off some things to a relative. I slept 3 out of the 5 hours driving done this afternoon and was still glad to crawl into bed.
On Saturday it was with 6th of June or Sweden’s National Day I continued my quest for shoes failing when the shop was shut… then headed to my friend Rebecca’s to watch the 2nd half of Sweden vs. Denmark game before heading down the beer tent. The Beer Tent was the centre of town, many of my friends were down there and there was a band… lots of fun.
Sunday continued my quest for shoes again failing, and then I went to my friend Maja’s we made a Pavlova and watched Green Street Hooligans. The Pavlova was yum and the movie was great… then home to sleep before returning for another week of school.
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