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To be honest, i really don't feel like writing anything just at the moment... but i feel lazy if i don't and now that i have been writing quite regularly.. i should probably keep up the momentum!

I don't have to much new stuff to say... but on Monday.. we didn't have to go to school.. so me and 9 other girls who are in my class (and who are all lovely!) took the train to Stockholm :)
It was such a nice day, minus the weather... which was quite 'un'nice, it was snowing lots and because the previous few days had been quite warm, there were puddles everywhere... which made me realise that i think it is time i bought some new shoes! i only bought one pair of winter boots with me, because of the 20kg weight limit.. and they are getting quite old... and apparently quite holey.
i had wet socks all day, which was just brilliant..
haha i didnt really mind though.. i was just happy to be in stockholm :)

We spent the day looking in different shops.. and they were some really cool ones.. much cooler than the shops in Adelaide (not that i dont like the shops in Adelaide :) ) we went to a pizza place for lunch and all had our own pizza...
and i felt a bit silly.. when we got served our pizza's i said.. 'woah, where do i start' (i was a bit overwhelmed and the pizza hadnt been cut) and one of the girls said.. 'in the middle somewhere'..
so having heard that.. and being in sweden (where they do many things very differently) i thought.... okay i must just use my knife and fork and cut out bits from the middle... bit weird, but okay.. :P
so i was eating away at my pizza making a nice hole in the middle... (it looked like a donut) and then i looked over at everyone else and they were cutting there pizza into pieces and eating it... how you would normally eat a pizza. Then they all saw how i had been eating my pizza, and seemed to find it quite humorous... which looking back.. i guess it kinda was.. haha

We also had a look around Gamla Stan which is the old city centre of Stockholm.. it was really cool and the buildings are all so old and pretty looking.. i didn't take any photos of anything this day though, because the weather was so crappy and i was a bit lazy i guess.
Anyway it was a great day in Stockholm, with great company :)

Other than that i have just been going to school this past week... Yesterday (saturday) it was so nice and sunny, so Me and Sanne took the dogs for a walk and then sat in the snow drinking some weird hot drink stuff.. it was nice to see the sun again! Then Sanne's second oldest daughter Karen and her Boyfriend came here.. They have spent the past two months in New Zealand travelling and only just got back yesterday... so it was really good to meet them and hear about their trip..
Then today we found out that Sanne's eldest daughter, Marit gave birth to twins late last night.. so that is really exciting! She had two boys, and I'm not sure what they are named yet..
This afternoon Sanne, Naya and I went for a drive about 30kms away to some very small town that has some big shop, that is apparently quite good... so we drove there.... only to realise that it doesn't open on Sunday's... So then we went to some other shops on the outskirts of Uppsala and bought some baby clothes for the twins :)

This week I just have school all week.. but then on Saturday night i am taking the night train with Jess, another exchange student to Järpen ready for a week of snowboarding/skiing at Åre.. (which is a really big ski resort). It is a rotary trip.. so there will be 40 of us exchange students there.. I'm already getting really excited about it!

Oh and Happy Birthday Rhani! its not the 8th here in Sweden yet.. but it is in Australia :)