I'll start with Valborg..
Valborg is a celebration in Sweden on the 30th of April.. which from what i gathered, celebrates spring.. noone really knows the true reason of what they are celebrating.. but in Sweden, you dont really need a reason :)
Valborg in Uppsala is pretty massive.. I'm not sure how many people were in Uppsala that day... but there was a lot! Valborg is celebrated all throughout Sweden.. but because Uppsala has so many students living there, the event is a lot bigger here.
I went with some friends from school and we watched the boat race in the morning... all the university students make some form of boat.. and race it down the river which runs through the centre of Uppsala.. this was quite funny.
Some of the boats were really good.... and some were really bad!
It was a really nice day, and the weather was nice and sunny.. we walked around alot, ate strawberries, sat a bit.. and walked some more.. at 3 o clock, all of the students gathered together wearing funny white hats, that looked like sailers hats.. then the head of the university (i think thats who it was) said something.. and then all the students ran down a hill.. that probably doesnt make much sense how i explained it.. but to be honest.. i didnt really get it ;) so thats the best i can do.
then that night me, Lara, Clara, Johanna, Lovisa and Lina all stayed at Angelina's house.. which was lots of fun..
It was a really nice day, and the weather was nice and sunny.. we walked around alot, ate strawberries, sat a bit.. and walked some more.. at 3 o clock, all of the students gathered together wearing funny white hats, that looked like sailers hats.. then the head of the university (i think thats who it was) said something.. and then all the students ran down a hill.. that probably doesnt make much sense how i explained it.. but to be honest.. i didnt really get it ;) so thats the best i can do.
then that night me, Lara, Clara, Johanna, Lovisa and Lina all stayed at Angelina's house.. which was lots of fun..
The weekend that has just been i went to Norberg. It was a Rotary event.. there was about 20 or so exchange students there and then there were lots of swedish students.. that are going to be leaving sweden to be exchange students in July. It was like an information weekend for the swedish students and their parents.. (I went to a similar thing in Australia this time last year)
so it was kinda cool to think back and finally be on the other side of the whole thing... there were a few boring talks about preparing for exchange that were aimed for the swedish people.. and then in the afternoon all the parents went home.. and we all stayed the night at the place.. it was pretty fun.. we played some games and things, and all just talked alot.. we went for a walk that night to try and find the old mines.. (cos norberg was a mining site) but nobody actually knew where we were meant to go.. and we didnt end up finding them... we did however find snow! which was odd... as i thought all the snow was gone!
so it was kinda cool to think back and finally be on the other side of the whole thing... there were a few boring talks about preparing for exchange that were aimed for the swedish people.. and then in the afternoon all the parents went home.. and we all stayed the night at the place.. it was pretty fun.. we played some games and things, and all just talked alot.. we went for a walk that night to try and find the old mines.. (cos norberg was a mining site) but nobody actually knew where we were meant to go.. and we didnt end up finding them... we did however find snow! which was odd... as i thought all the snow was gone!
At about 1am.. someone suggested we should go swimming in the lake... so unable to think of a reason why not too.. some of us went.. there was me and three other girls who are all exchange students here and then two swedish boys that went... and then some people came to watch us..
It was a cold night.. so the lake was absolutely freezing!!!! and by swimming... i mean more or less.. getting in.... diving under.... freezing.. then getting out :) it was pretty fun..
It was a cool weekend.. and was really good to catch up with all the other exchange students... and cool to meet all the swedes that are going to be exchange students!
It was a cool weekend.. and was really good to catch up with all the other exchange students... and cool to meet all the swedes that are going to be exchange students!
Then today, i have been in Stockholm... this was another Rotary thing... the Rotary club of Sundbyberg invited some exchange students to spend the day there.. we had lunch at their rotary meeting... which meant that we got to eat super nice food :) then after lunch we went on a boat ride around stockholm.. Stockholm is built on 14 islands.. so there is a lot of water.. and it was really cool to see the city from the water... it was also really sunny today.. so perfect weather for being on a boat :) i think i may have also got a tiny tiny bit of a tan... which is hard to come by! It was such a nice day.. and yea once again really cool spending time with exchange students..
The next exciting trip i have.. is the Euro Tour.. which is in July... so its still a little while away.. I'm already super excited about it though!
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