Sorry I have not been keeping up with my blog very well... This week has been very hectic, but I suppose that is good, right? We moved out of the hostel on Saturday and into our dorm rooms. I live right across the hallways from Dawn, and we are in individual rooms that are about the size of a double person room at Gustavus. This room is awesome! We share a bathroom and a kitchen with the rest of the people, so needless to say, it gets pretty gross. At the University, there are things called Nations, which are like of like sororities and fraternities, but they are co-ed and have anywhere from 500 to 8,000 members. They are mostly around to provided cheaper food and drinks, have club nights and pub nights, as well as plan some fun events for students and especially international students. There has been 3 or 4 events every night since we got here. It has been very fun, but very tiring as well. At the end of orientation, we will be able to decide which Nation we want to join for the semester. We are still enjoying wandering around, and getting acquainted with the city. Anna and I only have class for an hour and a half every Tuesday for the first 10 weeks that we are here, so we have a lot of free time to shop and "fika". In Sweden, people take time out of every day to sit in a cafe and drink coffee and talk with their friends. This is definitely a tradition that I will be able to get used to :) We are making tons of friends. There are a lot of students from Australia, Germany, USA and Canada here. Its taking a little longer to actually meet some Swedes, but I think that will come with time! It has been a wonderful last few days, and I cannot wait for more to come! We are planning trips to Jokkmokk for the Winter Market, the Ice Hotel, England for Easter, possibly Copenhagen/Denmark and maybe a trip to see Dawn's cousin in Switzerland. The possibilities are endless! There will definitely be better stories for all of you soon!
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