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So my digital camera has died and I haven't been able to develop my disposable camera yet. I spent friday through tuesday in London visiting Kati, Mark, and Oliver. Had a lovely dinner with Peter on sunday night. Then wednesday I flew to Prague. Well the city is beautiful, but I was sexually harassed by some Czech ticket inspectors which I am not a fan of. My friend was also speed groped in the train station while trying to get her ticket out. Some guy patted her butt and then made this weird snorting sound before running off. The Jewish quarter was very impressive, I wish I could have gone on the ghost tour, but that was the day of the harassment and I wasn't feeling it anymore. I also went to Kutná Hora to see ... read more

oh eastern europe. how entertaining you are. I took a cruise from Stockholm to Tallin with a brief, 10 min, docking in Finland. The cruise was... interesting. That night we enjoyed cheap food at the "fast food" joint, some duty free shopping, karaoke and the aluminum club. Then we got off at about 10:30 in Tallin, walked through Gamla Stan there (which is apparently one of the most preserved), did a little shopping, and was back on the boat by 4:30. I even had authentic Estonian food: fried rye bread (delicious) and Farm Gir's Stew (vegetables and broth--kind of boring. luckily the bread was very filling). I bought a shirt that I was told said "don't tell/speak" in russian but apparently it means shut up. I thought I was getting some communist propoganda or something but ... read more

Yeah? Well my wallet was stolen. As I am sure most of those reading this know. Still no sign of it, but oh well, i have my wallet and food subsidy. However, today the front page headline was thieves/pick pockets at T-Centralen and Slussen. Yeah T-centralen is where it was stolen and slussen is the train station i HAVE to take. Needless to say I check my back much more often (about every ten minutes) now. Going to estonia, am only taking my little camera after this event I'm a bit to paranoid to take it on the boat (although I should be fine), but I will update with pictures of it on sunday. Here's a little treat for everyone now! A swedish folk song! I'll translate it in the next post to see if anyone ... read more

so it's been a little while, but i've been having mycet kul. Let's see, like i said i went to the reggae festival it was fun. went exploring around the edge of central stockholm and gamla stan. Went to the dance museum. Been going to class. Been cross country skiing twice. For my mother to prove I do know swedish Jag åkt skidor med min contakt familj igår. (i went skiing with my contact family yesterday). It's so much fun, but I did jack of my shoulder pretty bad and now it's in contanst pain. Apparently i have been whailing in my sleep too--which is odd. I've been known to sometimes mumble or snore, but whailing? What is up with that? Saturday, I went to the dance museum as I said. I watched a tango lesson, ... read more

that's from my roommate here. Ok, so cooking=not too shabby. Managed to whip up a tortellini and red wine sauteed vegetable dish tonight. but that's not the point, but it is where the quote comes from. Tonight was the swedish Regae festival. It ends monday night, and man was it fun. I left a tad early, but I'm off to visit my contact family tomorrow and need to be mildly rested (yeah...im doing a great job at that). Anyway, pictures will come. Classes start Monday. I need to clean my room.... read more

Jag studerar film och svenska i Stockholms Universitet. Jag kommer frön USA. Yeah yeah yeah, I’m learning Swedish. The lesson’s started Monday and the rest of the classes start in a week or something like that. I’m not sure. I’m definitely starting to feel at home here. The people on the group are fun and Stockholm is just amazing. I have finally figured out how to use public busses properly, and I love them. I have always enjoyed public transportation, but now I don’t know if I can go back to LA traffic and a car haha. Yeah, I know it’s been a week, I’ll change my mind soon enough. I also am starting to enjoy the cold weather and I have either been “climatized,” or it is getting warmer. I have been told it will ... read more

It's my last night in Kansas, tomorrow evening we fly over night; landing in London Thursday Morning. For kicks and giggles, I'm including "The House Miami Threw Up On." It's a neighboring house that every year (well not last year for some reason) manages to out fit their trees to look like palm trees, and deck the halls in neon pink, blue and orange. I used to thinkof it as excessive, but now... it's grown on me. With the Mickey Mouse in the yard it should probably be called "The House Orlando Threw Up On."... read more