Blogs from Stockholm County, Sweden, Europe - page 68

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

I thought that when I got here, I might be able to fight off an anxiety and culture shock/homesickness attack if I stayed positive and had a little luck. As it turns out, they tell you that your euphoria upon arriving in a new country won't last because it *won't* last. I'm sitting here, with a lot on my plate and many things to look forward to, but instead I feel miserable. It wasn't even that I spent my 21st birthday in a country where it didn't mean anything, or that I had my digital camera stolen while out celebration said birthday. No one thing has really caused me to feel like this, as always, it's the combinations of the little things. Last Wednesday, I accidentally locked my clothes in the laundry room and thought I ... read more

The weekend was a busy one, and after a week of classes I think i might actually have enough new material to comment on for an entire entry. My classes are mostly interesting, though as my college experience has been one on a residential campus up until now, it's a strange feeling to me that my travel time to the University every day almost always outweighs my actual class time once I'm there. Swedish class continues to be fun for the most part, and we're getting into more detailed stuff so that I feel that I'm learning phrases and whatnot that will acutally help me out there in the world. We learned Direct Object Pronouns today, and while that may not seem like an exciting time to you, I'm quite relieved that I'm able to string ... read more

I had my first real sizeable attack of frustration today; partly at myself, and partly at the world around me. The day began rather well, as I receieved a text message from the Swedish Program director informing me that my first class of the day had been cancelled. After sleeping in for an extra hour and a half, I woke up and ate the prepared lunch that I had been saving for the several hours of dead time I had in between my two classes. I left my apartment at 3:00 for a 4:30 class at the University, which, as you know, is about 45 minutes earlier than I needed to leave. The fact that my roommmates were both out may have contributed to my boredom, but also I was late for my first class of ... 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