MOOSE

Last friday afternoon i went to Nyköping, a town south of Stockholm.. There are quite a few exchange students living there.. and this weekend there were a few others (like myself) also there.. I stayed at another exchange students hosue, called Nathan (hes from canada), there was also a french exchange student named Nathan staying there aswell.
That night there was a group of us that went to some place on top of some hill surrounded by trees and stuff... and we had a fire.. and cooked korv (sausage) and all talked lots... There was Me, Megan (U.S), Stevie (NZ), Nathan (Canada), Zach (US), Maxence (France), Nathan (France), Mayuka (Japan)... There was also a group of swedes at the same spot.. and they were playing a Swedish game called Kubb.. and we talked to them for a bit and played Kubb with them, which was really fun.. (google it, if you want to know what it is)..
it was a nice night.. with only a little bit of drama.. involving a certain exchange student deciding they would spend 3 hours up a tree in the late hours of the night/early hours of the morning.. and not get down..
The next morning we went to Trosa, which is not far from Nyköping.. (Trosa means womens underpants in Swedish.. hehehe).. On the drive there, we seen two mooses on the side of the road! i got sooo excited, and was making little excited noises :) one of my aims this year, was to see a moose.... and now i have seen two of them!!!
we were at Trosa for saturday and sunday... there was exchange students there that are currently in sweden (like me) and then there were some swedish students who were going to be exchange students.. The weekend was really chilled, and we all just talked lots and played sport and stuff.. where we were staying was really nice.. it was actually a school.. but it was right near a lake.. and forest and there were all beautiful gardens all around.. while going for a walk.. we seen a dead snake on the path... which was also another exciting moment... even if it was dead..
it was really small and it was chopped in half, with all its snake guts coming out ;) there are only two types of snakes in sweden and only one is poisonous... this was one of the poisonous ones :)

Yesterday, we had a thing called Slaget... it was like a sports day type thing for school.. the school i go to, Rosendal was competing against another gymnasium, called Fyris.
Throughout the day, there were lots of different sports being played... there was Innerbandy, Dodgeball, Basketball, Handball, Soccer and Volleyball... it was all played in a stadium thing... and on one side sat Fyris and then on the other side all the people from Rosendal sat... everyone was wearing their schools colours.. and it was such a cool atmosphere.. by the end of it.. my throat was sore from yelling and my hands were sore from clapping.... and i wasnt cheering half as much as most people were! we ended up winning the day, which was really cool... cos the people from Fyris were all really annoying and such bad sports, so i was glad they didnt win :)
Afterwards.. me, angelina, philip and axel went to a chinese restaraunt and had the buffet :) yummmmm.. i was soooo hungry.. i hadnt eaten all day.. and so, all you can eat chinese went down very nicely :)

Last night i also got a package from home in the mail, which was really exciting.. it was all pretty ordinary things that if i was in australia i would have and see quite regularly... chocolate, vegemite, some local newspapers from home, a frankie magazine and a few photos... but seeing im not in australia at the moment, it was so exciting to see all these familiar things :)
This sunday i am moving to another family for two weeks.. so before then i have to pack up all my things here, which is a big job.... i have already bought and collected so many things in my four months here.. so i am not looking forward to the next few days where i have to pack it all up and shift it.. I am a bit nervous about changing families, but i am also excited.. I guess it is going to happen whether i am nervous about it or not.. so there is no use in worrying too much about it..