Sweden

Food & Class
January 23, 2008 - Uppsala, Sweden
Well, I attended my first class yesterday morning!     Fortunately Kailey is in the class with me, so we took the bus into the city and walked our way across town another 15 minutes or so to get to class.  It was a much longer journey than we both expected.  On our way to class that morning it was probably the most beautiful setting I have...
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The Beginning
January 21, 2008 - Uppsala, Sweden
Well, so far so good! My first few days here have been hectic, but lots of progress has been made! Thanks to Kailey, a super friendly Canadian I met at the airport, who became a temporary tour guide, and showed us everything from how toget out of the airport, how to get to our homes, how to add money to our phones, how to register, how to do...
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Almost goodbye Jönköping
December 18, 2007 - Jönköping, Sweden
I can't believe that the semester is almost over. It felt like last week that we were saying, "only one more month". It seems like we have all been here forever and have known eachother forever as well. Today was our last final and it's such a relief to know that those are all done. My bags are almost all packed except for the clothes that I...
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Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2007 - Jönköping, Sweden
SVF put on a thanksgiving dinner meal for the Americans and the rest of the school to enjoy! The whole school dressed up and we all enjoyed a fancy meal together in the dining hall. The food was really good, a lot better than I had expected!  In the morning before the meal happened we all went into Stadsparken (which is a near by park) and...
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3 months left
September 23, 2007 - Ulricehamn, Sweden
For the past week I have been limping around with a really painful toe injury. Last monday I was playing indoor soccer, stopped really fast to change direction and slammed my foot into the end of my shoe. Immediately it turned all sorts of bruising colors under and around my nail. My toe began to swell and I have been slightly crippled since...
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