Party, Relaxing, Party...

Tjena!

Well, where shall I start…the last few days have been really good. On Thursday we had some more lectures and were introduced to the sports program of the university. I think I’ll going to do some “Martial Arts” stuff, like “Caiopeira”. Some guys played “Floorball” – definitely no game for me ;)

In the evening I did nothing…yes, you read right, I did nothing at all. I had dinner and went to my room, watched some sitcom-episodes, went for a walk in the sunset and went to bed quite early. After 3 evenings of partying until break-down, I needed some rest. I think most people needed it, because you couldn’t hear any loud music or loud talking on the Campus on Thursday night.

The next day, on Friday, I finally went swimming in a Swedish lake (I’ve been looking forward to doing it for quite a long time). Some people went to a lake nearby the Campus (30 minutes walk) and I joined them – it was a beautiful lake and actually I was surprised of how warm the water was. It felt good swimming there and relaxing on the shores – finally a day where we had free time, no lectures or information about anything.

In the evening there was an “International Party” – everyone should wear something that represents his/her nationality. Well, too bad that I forgot my Lederhosen at home…So I just wore a red T-Shirt and put some (white) letters on it, that say “Austria”. Very creative, I know, but I didn’t know what else to do. I wasn’t the only one who didn’t have anything to wear, so it didn’t really matter. Before we went to the party, Elisabeth (another Austrian student from the Burgenland) and I went to another party of some Swedish people. We wanted to meet some Swedes and Alex (another Swede, he lives in the same floor as I) told us to go there – and he also told us, that we had to make the first step, because Swedish people don’t start talking to strangers. And it’s true – if you want to get to know someone who is Swedish, you have to start talking with them. At first we were just standing there, not knowing what to do (we’re both not the “hi, what’s your name? start talking to me now!” type…I guess, we have some Swedish blood ;) ). Nevertheless, after some minutes of embarrassing standing there and not knowing what do to, we finally went up to a guy and said “Hej!” and “Skåne” (Prost!). And then he started talking to us (unbelievable) in Swedish (even more unbelievable) but when he recognized that we didn’t understand a single word he was saying, he spoke English. We ended up talking for more than 1,5 hours, which was really nice, because we talked about really interesting stuff like the differences of the Swedish and Austrian culture, politics, our studies…stuff like that. Afterwards Elisabeth and I went to the international party. It was really crowded and funny and I met a lot of people there.

Tonight there's another party...and I'm going to meet some guys downtown, they'll show me some cool Pubs and Bars - I'm already looking forward to that, although I think I'll be quite tired...

Well, see you soon :)