So lately there hasn't been anything extremely monumental happen yet. It is still a lot of settling in and just getting used to getting around town and doing random international student activities. I would say that at this point I am a pro at the buses. Although today I was riding the bus home from class and I pressed the button to get off and the bus just kept driving right passed my stop. The bus goes in a loop though so it wasn't a big deal because then I just stayed on and rode around and got to see more of the outskirts of town which was nice, not something I could choose to do, but nice.
I am also getting better at understanding what things are at the grocery store. The swedish are very big with putting food in tubes like toothpaste, especially cheese and spreads. The most popular is caviar spread, which I obviously didn't try. And then there is like shrimp, bacon, ham, and other random things. I got the goat cheese one because it at least seemed normal and its not bad at all actually.
More of the phantom flat mates have moved in. It was just because most of them were gone on holiday still, so it is me, Caroline, two german girls (one is really quiet and the other is very nice and friendly, Carlotta), the african boy, and then swedish boys (one who has yet to make an appearance). So its nice to not feel like I'm the only one living in this apartment, but I do wish that they were closer with eachother but I will deal.
A couple floors below us had a party last night and we went to go check it out to see what their parties are like so I know what to expect when I actually go to one and when my flat has one on the 8th. The few things I learned was 1) you can wear sweatpants or a dress and heels and no one gives a fuck 2) bring your own alcohol because otherwise there will be none 3) don't go sober 4) even if it's your flat there will be probably 75+ there that no one from your flat knows at all. People literally just hear about parties and go. It was like a mini-frat party in these little corridors. Like this one even had a DJ and strobe lights. It was very bizarre. Not how we throw parties back in the states, because they actually plan their parties for weeks and advertise them; whereas for us, Alexa (shout out to my bitch back home) on Wednesday will be like "let's have a party Friday" and then we are all like kk. But I didn't stay too long because I didn't want to miss my first class and it was early this morning.
My class, Swedish Politics, was nice because it seems to me to be the equivalent to Polisci 111 at Michigan yet I'm getting 300-level credit for it. Score. But its just a paper and a mini-exam and the lectures are optional, but the 3 seminars are mandatory which isn't bad at all. I meet with this class a total of 10 times before its over so that is cool. Then my next classes start and I figured out my schedule for the other classes so now its time to start planning my side trips! YAYYYY!!!
And finally the last few things I have done in the past couple days is I went to my first Swedish Fika. Fika is like where they have coffee and tea and cakes and cookies and just chill out. It is very casual; like apparently if you want to go on a date with someone you ask them to a fika - if they take you to dinner that's the real deal because it is so expensive. But Caroline, me, and this girl Sara went to fika at Varmlands nation the other day. It was fun and cool because it was super swedish thing to do. Varmlands is a nice nation, it is one of the more fun nations that we have been recommended to join. However, I think I might join Snerikes because I hear they have great parties, and you get in for free if you belong (Tuesday is their big night) and they pay their student workers the most and they are allowed to drink for free after they are done working and get free meals. So I am going to Snerikes for dinner tonight to check it out and I will probably go back to their club later tonight.
Other than that yesterday we went to an international student Pub Quiz at Smalands nation. It was fun, we lost by a half a point which was stupid. But Caroline, me, and this girl Amanda (who is from Miami, I like her a lot) sat with two dutch girls, a girl from Sri Lanka, and a finnish boy. It was fun; although I bought my first and only Swedish beer. It was the equivalent to $5.50 for a tall beer and let me tell you it was hard to finish it. Yuck. But I did make it to the liquor store, Systemblot, which is the only place you can buy alcohol because Sweden has a monopoly on it and it can only be sold at Systemblot; so I got myself some vodka - although it seems overpriced to me, but I am just glad it isn't Karkov or Crown Russe.
Sorry this post was so boring there just wasn't anything too fun or funny that happened. However, once arriving I was hoping that I would find a Swedish Prince to wife me up, but I don't think that will happen just because the Swedish boys tend to be skinny, blonde boys and I def prefer dark haired boys who don't wear smaller pants than me but we will see ;)
Laterzzzz x0xx0
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