When the days get shorter...

Hejhej :)

Winter is coming fast. Almost too fast. It's getting colder and darker - the sun already sets around 6 o'clock (check the time on the picture). And it will be even earlier after the clock change. Wohoo! And I've just realized that this is my 3rd picture of a Sunset here...sorry for posting so many of them, but I really think that a post without any pictures is boring, therefore I post some nice sunsets instead of stupid pics of myself ;)

Well, 1 week ago my best friend from Austria came to visit me - I showed him Karlstad, all the cool shops here and some of the (few) sights. I tried to show him Sweden's Partylife, but I failed miserably. The parties on the campus were really boring last week (8 people on a birthday party...hello?!) and the other "parties" were more or less just sitting together and drinking. B-O-R-I-N-G. Well, I guess it's because now all the exams start and people realize that they actually have to study, that's why they are called Students ;) We were at a Salsa Party, which was really cool - in the beginning. Some Mexicans showed people how to dance Salsa and everybody was dancing and having fun - but then they changed the music (to some strange music) and everybody left the room/the party...oh well.

Nevertheless, we had/have much fun together. We bought some winterjackets (that's why I'm broke now...70kr (approx. 7 euros...) left on my swedish bank account) and we strolled around the city, drank a lot of coffee and had a good time. He made a lot of trips (to Örebro, Oslo, Stockholm and Gothenburg) and he'll leave on Tuesday.
This weekend he went to Gothenburg, so I have some time to learn (yeah...). Next week I have my swedish exam, I hope it will be ok.
Oh, by the way - I got good mark (a "B") for my "Discrimination Laws in Austria and Sweden" Essay I had to write for the Aspects of Sweden course... :)

So, that's it so far...I'll go back to my swedish stuff ;)
cu
manuel