Yes it’s true; I was a Viking for a weekend! Last weekend I went up to Västerås for the weekend with the rotary. All the inbound exchange students in the districts around Stockholm, and the rebound students went up camping for one night. Rebound students are students who just got back from their exchange year. We all went up early Saturday morning ( Read more... )

Well I got back from my Swedish Language camp yesterday in Eskilstuna. I had so much fun at it. I met a lot of new exchange students. Most were from Canada and the US. One was from Switzerland, two were from Estonia, one from Japan!, one from France, and two from Brazil. We all got along really well. We hung out after our camp everyday, and I think ( Read more... )

Well I just got up because its 1230 here. I still been going to bed late and getting up late. Yesterday was a great day here in Sweden. It did not rain at all which is a surprise. I also went to a soccer game. It was great! It was AIK playing another team that isn’t from Stockholm. Before the game I took the bus, which was an experience by itself. ( Read more... )

Well the last few days have been really great! I have been learning more and more Swedish everyday. I have been speaking a lot of English though, so I am not sure if that is good or not. I think I will stop speaking so much English soon, and focus on my Swedish. I have been speaking English though just so that I can get to know the family well and ( Read more... )

It is 1am on August 1st, but I'm going to write about the 30th and 31st. I am up late tonight, and was up late last night too. I was up last night until 3am. My host brother Emil and I were playing video games, Lord of the Rings Return of the King. We are trying to beat the game, and the only time we have to play is at night. The last 2 days that I ( Read more... )

Well I am sitting in the London Heathrow airport waiting for my plane to Stockholm at 16.25. I have been watching the Matrix Revolutions on my laptop for about the last hour. My plane left Phoenix at 7:45pm yesterday, and it arrived at 12:55pm London time. I was really excited to leave for as long as I can remember. Although when I got to the ( Read more... )