(Thats "hey" in Swedish; it makes up half of my Swedish vocabulary)
Everything so far has been really nice, and perhaps it is obvious from my horrible blogging (or there-lack-of) that I am having a really wonderful time. I'm so sorry ,I'm awful at this! I have been quite busy the last ten days settling in and nesting in my new (temporary) home and getting used to my new very relaxed Swedish lifestyle. I now feel very laid back and comfortable and really have nothing exciting to say or report besides that I am really happy and having a great time! I'm sorry for being so boring!
The sleepy & foggy weather, small buildings and general coziness of Sweden and of Orebro have made me very calm and relaxed. I have yet to be drunk here and while I have sat around a few times watching my fellow exchange students start to party, I always find myself home early with a cup of tea. I'm actually really enjoying it. It feels like my life has slowed down to half speed; I have no serious commitments, few places to be and a lot of time to myself. Its kind of funny, but I don't really have any inclination or desire to party while I'm here. I'd rather be up early; going for walks and short explorations of my new culture and surroundings.
There are many more hours of dark than light, and what daylight there is is usually interrupted by soft fog and cloudiness. But rather than depressing, its quite cozy and comfortable feeling. According to the man beside me on my flight to Stockholm; beginning December 21st there are seven more minutes of daylight everyday. Currently the daylight fades at about 4.30 in the afternoon and slowly re-emerges just after 8. It's really weird actually, there doesn't seem to be any distinct sunsets or sunrises only a periwinkle-like glow for a short while and then it flips into day or night.
Okay, enough rambling!
Yesterday Caroline and I caught an early train into, and late train out of, Stockholm. I had such a perfect day wandering around the city and shopping my heart out! Better yet, this part is for the girls, everything i touched was on sale! And so, obviously, I cleaned up! The clothes in Stockholm seriously give the all of the unjustly beautiful people of Sweden some stiff competition. Seriously; if you want to feel ugly walk around Stockholm. You don't know where to look! Its overstimulating with all the gorgeous architecture, clothes and people! But its a really neat city; I think I will go every ten days or so as it is just under two hours by train from Orebro. The styles of the buildings seems to change every few blocks as you enter a new area, from very medieval looking castle-like buildings, to soft, round edged sandstone buildings in a range of salmons and pinks. Its a really interesting city!
Better yet, Caroline and I made some Swedish friends who came along and I had so so so much fun with them! They are three girls that we met at school and we are all going out and for sushi together this Sunday night for one of their birthdays. We also plan to go up to Stockholm all together again soon! It was so nice to have some locals to show us around the city!
Well, I'm not sure if many of you have made it this far yet as I have been making up for my lack of posts with my rambling. However, in summary I am having such a wonderful time! My life here is slow paced and I feel like I have lots of time to enjoy all the little things and to soak up the culture and experiences as a local instead of as a foreigner.
As i learnt from my new Swedish friend (the other half of my Swedish vocabulary)....
Puss & kram!!
(Kiss and hug!)
Ps. The first picture is of the castle in Orebro, the next is of me in a street in Orebro, the third is of a cabin I stayed at when the exchange program went up to this cabin resort a few hours from Orebro last weekend (it was really relaxing and beautiful there! We had a verrrry nice, kind of fancy lunch there that was also provided to all of the exchange students, went for saunas and drank hot chocolate in the cabins...i'd go on but I feel that I've already bored you all with all of my ramblings!) I chose the last picture as it nicely captures the sky at sundown as I was describing earlier.
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