A Week In

Hello everybody!

So this post marks about a week into this adventure! And I am loving it!!

School is school. It's really cool to notice the differences between school in the US and school here. There really are a lot of differences. I haven't gotten a full sense of what my classes will be like yet, b some will definitely be challenging. I'm going to check with my home school to see which classes will be transferable, that way I know which classes to maybe focus a little bit more of my attention on.

On Thursday, Elna and I had some hours to kill in Helsingborg between classes. We walked around town and it was nice to talk to her and stuff. Anyway, she invited me to go see a movie with her on Friday  night which was really exciting because I was so pumped that I had made a friend! So after school on Friday we went to her house in Mörarp. To get there, it's about a 15 min train ride. Students don't have to buy train tickets because they have a student bus pass. But I don't have one of those student passes. So without thinking, we got on the train and eventually it was time to check our tickets. We then realized that I didn't have a ticket. Elna showed her students pass and then told the lady that I had forgotten mine. The lady then asked me if I knew what that meant and I said no, she said it was 1000 SEK (Swedish Kroner) fee. In my mind I thought that I would have to pay that then and there. But apparently it was just a warning and she moved on...so scary. So on the way back into town I was sure to buy a ticket and then guess what? They didn't check our tickets on the way back! Oh well..
Once back into town we went to the movie theater and saw Mortal Instruments City of Bones. It was actually really good. And I don't know what it is about sitting in a movie theater before a movie, but I always become more talkative so that was probably good.
So all in all it was a fun first Friday night in Helsingborg.

Today the whole family slept in and we had a late start with breakfast at 11. From the breakfast table we can see the ocean as well as Denmark and we could see that it was a beautiful day. Seeing as it might be the last opportunity of the summer to go over to the other side, we decided to make a day trip to Denmark. An hour later we were all packed up and had driven the boat and ourselves up to the next village of Domsten. From there it's about a 15-20 min boat ride to Helsingø. We made camp on a beautiful   sandy beach. The weather was wonderful. Before we left we had called and ordered lunch from the local Danish butcher. Seventeen smørebrød sandwiches. All with different kinds of toppings and boy were they tasty! We sat on the beach for a while before grabbing some ice cream and heading home.

It was probably one of the best days I've had in Sweden so far. The weather was fantastic and it was really fun to just hang out with my family and get to know them better.

Well that's it for this update!
Stay good.