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.