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Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå February 7th 2012

Hey guys so uploading photos on here is uber hard so i made a photobucket site! photobucket.com/amynakSWEDEN... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 30th 2012

Sat Jan 28 2012 SLEEPING IS AWESOME! Especially since I went to bed at 5am blah! So after such an eventful night I pretty much just slept, relaxed, and read a couple of books! A good day! Sunday Jan 29 2012 I turned 23 today :) Again i slept in and spent most the day reading my book and relaxing! But around 7:30pm I met Isabel, Santi, and Charlen down at their apt for some dinner. I made salmon, garlic green beans, and potatoes! While Santi and I were washing dishes the lights go out....in walks Isabel and Charlen with a birthday cake with lit candles and all! So they sang me happy birthday and we all had cake for dessert. A simple birthday but it was a very good one! After dinner I got to ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 30th 2012

Friday Jan. 27th Had class from 1pm to 6pm JOY. On the upside i did get to sleep in! So after class went and met Isabel and Santi at the City Center. We needed to get some wine for the evenings festivities! Basically we decided to have an international dinner night. So Isabel and Santi were going to make a spanish dish (a spanish omlet), Charlen a french salad, Jenifer (this is a very nice girl from Hong Kong) and her other friend would make a typical chinese dish (cola-chicken), Nikolas from sweden was going to bring a very traditional dish (Blue Pudding), and I volunteered to make dessert! (RICE KRISPIES!) At the city center we picked up several bottles of wine to make Calemocho and also stopped at the coop in town which is a ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 26th 2012

Ah thursday....one day closer to friday! Got to sleep in this morning YAY! Had class at 1pm till 4:45, my Micro class obviously since no other class lasts this long lol. So we had another lecture...and I must admit my mind wandered a bit but for the most part it was the same ol same ol. We had a break abour 2pm and most the class actually just stayed and we began to chit chat. Elsa (swedish girl in class), Landon (guy from US), and my professor Tommy all talked about politics. This is one of the first real conversations I have had about the political system of Sweden. Tommy and Elsa were both inquiring about the differenes in health care and why the US is so....stingy. We also talked about the quality of education. I ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 25th 2012

I didnt have class today! YAY! But i still ended up on campus haha. I woke up around 9am and went with Charlen to campus to do a few things. Mostly I wanted to go to the job fair. But before I went to the job fair Chalen helped me print off some resumes etc. Then we had lunch, again the B building which was very good. I had my salad and some potatoes with like a pot roast over it. We met a few other guys there, Andre and Bruno, also exchange students. As Chalen and I were sitting I noticed them looking for a place to sit. The expression was all to familiar to me as I am sure thats what I looked like a few days ago. So i waved them over and ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 24th 2012

Monday January 23rd Had class today from 1pm-2:45pm nothing major just more Micro lecture. I must admit these lectures can get quite tedious! After class I went to city center to FINALLY look for a winter coat. My LL Bean jacket from the US is very nice but it just doesnt cut it here. The cold here is just completely different. So I went to a store called Intersport and spent every bit of an hour trying on a million different coats! I ended up buying a blue down coat originally 900kron. Then I also got a red down coat but it has an outer layer like carhart....it is a bit longer and more what they call an "extreme weather parka" originally 1200kron. So both of these coats were on sale, the blue down to 690kron ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 22nd 2012

SO THIS DAY JUST ABOUT KILLED ME! Woke up at 7:30am had class at 10:15am and having been late the day before i wanted to make sure i WAS NOT LATE! Plus i had to gather some bacterial samples before class and try to figure out how to print out the lap instructions for my Micro class. So I got to campus and gathered some samples in yucky places, toilet, water foutain and all that jazz. Then as i was trying to figure out how to print i got an email saying that before i could print "they" the people in charge of the printers at the university would have to verify my passport??? WTF!? So i went ahead to class and had time to chat with my professor. He gave me a print out no ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 22nd 2012

Friday Jan 20th I had my new class the Biocomposites class at 10:15am. So i got to campus and actually while in the search for my classroom (see previous blog about lack of classroom organiation) i bumped into Charlen (Isabels roomate) and haha turns out she was also taking the same course. So we found the class ok and sat for a very boring lecture till 11:45. But the professor was very nice and of course gave us a 15 min coffee break which was again very nice. In general i think the class will be most beneficial and interesting but alot of work! I would like to take some time to talk a little bit about the huge differences in class here. There are a few things that are just very different.... 1) Student Attendance ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 19th 2012

Wednesday January 18th WELL SHIT! I started the day out plum aweful..... So since my phone wasnt working (still hadnt figured out the sim card) i set the alarm on my ipad which most definately DID NOT go off. I was suppose to meet Charlen at 7:15 to walk to campus together....she was going to show me a really good way to walk to campus. So i ended up waking up at 7:30....I ran downstairs to see if she was still there but no luck! So i ran and got a shower, threw on clothes, and grabbed my stuff. At this point i had two choices....i could take the bus a known 30min ride or i could walk/run to campus and risk getting lost (which on the way home from campus a few days ago got ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County » Luleå January 18th 2012

Tuesday January 17th So today I had class early -- 8:15 am.....which trust me with a 30 min walk means getting up early! So I got up around 6:30 and got all nice and clean and left around 7:15am. --> little side note here! So by this point in time i have walked to campus maybe 3-4 times....each time i walked to campus i took a different way and got lost..well i detoured. You cant really really get lost but there are just more efficient ways to go! Also if walking really really early in the morning say before 8am it is a bit scary as there is no one out and if your not familiar with where your going no one to ask for directions! Also if you go late at night once its really ... read more




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