First week of School

Last night the swedish student mentors (who are students offering to help the international ones get around) organized a barbeque for my class so that we could get to know each other. It was an enjoyable time. There were many icebreakers that allowed us to learn the names of everyone and abit about them. Then we played a game of baseball--although the swedish style of baseball makes the game alittle simpler than the american syle.

Everyone is really friendly. I am one of three girls and now one of four caucasions--the class has grown in size since yesterday and there are now 14 people enrolled. Two are from Bangledesh, two from sweden, one from canada (me) and the rest are from africa.

Class is beginning to cut into my free time...which I have been thoroughly enjoying. I am no longer able to aimlessly meander throught the cobblestone streets of the town centre looking at the shops and I miss it. I really enjoyed looking at the stuff...

I decided to try on afew clothes in the department store and found that I did not like anything that I tried on. Perhaps it is the style in sweden that I am not used to. This is probably a good thing because I won't be tempted to buy things that I don't need...such as more clothes. I have boxes and boxes of clothes at home.