Rain rain go away

Hej everyone and Happy Monday!

Let's start where my last post left off.

After school on Tuesday Yvonne met me and drove me down to the train station. I went to Goteborg to take the PSAT. I was actually excited about this because my friend Misha (from the US also here with YFU) lives right outside of Goteborg in Partille so it was a great chance to get to see her! I arrived in Goteborg Tuesday evening and Misha and her mom picked me up. Before coming to Goteborg I knew that it was a great chance to grab a Pumpkin Spice Latte because Goteborg is one of the very few places in Sweden with a Starbucks. To my dismay they had run out of pumpkin spice. I was pretty disappointed but oh well.

Goteborg's train station.

 

I love spending time with Mish and it was so great to meet her family! They are so sweet!
Wednesday was test day. Mish and I had a semi early start to our day. We took the bus in to Goteborg and after some searching found the school which was to be our test location. The test began at 9:30. But filling in our personal information with all the bubbles took an hour because there were so many questions about what the Swedish people should put as their grade, address, etc. Anyway. Test test test. We ended at 1:00. Mish and I walked out of there exhausted, cold and hungry and really craving some soup.
We saw a cafe with a sign for bagels which caught our attention because neither of us had had a bagel in Sweden. We went in and it was the best choice we made all day. They had an awesome goulash soup. But the best part was the homemade half bagel that came with it. I can't even begin to describe it's warmth and amazingness. Anyway, we sat there for hours. They played Planet Earth and Charlie Chaplin movies so we just sat and enjoyed. And then the guy who works there brought us some watermelon. So nice of him! Needless to say, it was awesome and we lost track of time and just relaxed. We are definitely going back!

We eventually left. Goteborg's transportation system is pretty different than what it is down here in Skane because they never check bus tickets there. So I made it through the whole day without a bus pass. But we cut it close one time when after getting on a tram I see official looking people in white caps that have Ticket Control written across their backs. I warned Mish and we hastily hopped off at the next stop. Phew! We ended up getting on the next one but not before scanning it for ticket collectors. We walked around town and she showed me an amazing candy store in which I probably spent a little more than I should have. Then we took our candy and found a place to sit by the water and we just talked.

Candy and the water.

Just the water.

 



Eventually it was time for me to go home. I took the bus home which took about 2 and a half hours. Not bad at all the bus was really comfy and there was free wifi and I had candy so I was set!

Needless to say. This was probably one of my favorite days in Sweden so far. Here is the link to Misha's blog. http://mishainsweden.blogspot.se/2013/10/october-days.html I think you would enjoy it!

I continued on with my week as normal. Thursday was when the rain began. It was funny that for lunch on Thursday we had goulash haha.
After school on Thursday I met with Morgane again because she was moving to Karlstad later that week, from an arrival family to a permanent family. So it was fun to hang out with her before she moved.

Finally it was Friday. I don't think I have ever appreciated Fridays as much as I have these last couple months. After school on Friday I went on an amazing run. And then for dinner we had this fish soup that was to die for. This Friday more than usual I was tired. This may seem lame but I was ready for bed at 8:45 on a Friday night. So I hunkered down in my room with the first Harry Potter movie (my reward for having finished reading it in Swedish) and just chilled.

 

 

 

These are all from my run. And they are different from my other pictures from run because those were from when I ran north from my house. This is when I run south from my house.

 

And this way my Friday night. :)

 

Saturday was an effective homework day for me which is always nice. Then at 4 I took the bus into town to meet with my friend Elinore. I had only met her once before which was at the family grill dinner. We had talked the whole time and I was so excited when she asked to hang out with me. We didn't really know what to do in town and a lot of the stores were closed. So we walked around and she showed me the harbor. Then it started raining more so we took the bus to her house. We had dinner at her house with her mom which was nice. Then we had amazing carrot cake and tea. Around 8 we headed to my house. We were waiting until 9:30 for a movie to come on so while we waited we found our mutual love for Grey's Anatomy so we watched an episode of that. Then we watched Die Hard on TV and enjoyed ice cream and Nutter Butters. After the movie I walked Ellie to the bus stop and then ran home because the forest next to the road is scary.
I loved spending the day with her. She is so sweet and on several occasions we said the exact same thing at the same time and we both love peanut butter and New Girl and Bones and Grey's Anatomy and we both have the SAT Quesiton of the Day app!

That night I might have lacked some judgement and may or may not have stayed up way too late to watch Grey's Anatomy.

Sunday was rainy homework day with breakfast at 12. Elna came over at 2 and we worked on a school project all afternoon. After she left we had dinner and then watched the Sunday night TV show Bron. It's a good show but last nights episode was especially scary.

This morning the rain continued and the forecast is rain all week. Boo. But on the bright side it's our last week until fall break!

Yup I think that is about it! I hope everyone is doing good! I love hearing from people!

 

I say this at a bookstore in Goteborg and it REALLY reminded me of my dad. :)

 On the train to Goteborg we stopped in my old home town of Varberg. I actually recognized the train station.

 

 I don't know why I took a picure of this but we really stock up on the milk here. Like buy 6 at a time and it'll last a week.

(By the way mom I am drinking milk, no need to worry about my calcium intake)

 

Epitome of dark and rainy.