Hej :)

Hi again...sorry for the long absence, but since I'm back in Karlstad, nothing too exciting has happened. Well, of course I met a lot of new people (exchange Students) and had a good time, but nothing seemed worthy for a new entry.
However, the new people who moved to my corridor are really nice - a Mexican, an Austrian and a french guy. Sofia is the only girl left in our corridor but I think she doesn't dislike it too much ;)

On Wednesday we had our first "traditional" dinner in our corridor - we decided to make Pizza, since everybody likes it and it's easy to prepare. I mixed the dough and nearly set the kitchen on fire when I put it in the stove to rest for 30 minutes (yeast dough, you know ;) )- apparently the stove was too hot. Fortunately John (a swedish guy from my corridor) noticed the strange smell early enough, so nothing happened (the towel on top of the dough caught fire and the plastic bowl melted a bit..other than that everything was ok. And most important - the dough survived! :) )
It was a nice dinner and I'm sure we'll do it again soon.

Then there was the usual "welcome week" stuff like the Welcome Dinner, Welcome Party etc. which was a lot of fun, like last term. I met many new people - this term a lot of Austrians are here - one of them is even from Vorarlberg. Finally somebody who understands my Dialect ;)

The courses I took this term are: "Swedish as a foreign language 3", "Media, Culture, Technology", "Media & Communication Studies" (the master course) and "The Moving Image in the Expanded Field of Audiovisuality" (could it sound more complicated? I don't think so). So far everything's ok, I just hope that it stays like that. I just had Swedish and the Media course yet, tomorrow evening I'll have my first lesson of the other one (don't make me write it again...the moving image in expanded something course). I hope the course will be interesting and not as difficult as the title ;)

So, that's it for now. Nothing too exciting, I know, but well - I've already been here for half a year, so my life got quite normal in Karlstad. Of course I still like it here, but I stopped being overwhelmed by every tree or lake. I have my routines, my friends and stuff to deal with, and I think writing about that is not that interesting for you. However, I'll write again as soon as something exciting happens ;)
bye

PS: here are some random pictures I took in in January

Welcome Back

Hi everybody!

Yesterday I came back to Karlstad...after some beautiful weeks at home. I really enjoyed being back home, seeing everybody again, going out, meeting some old friends...it almost felt like I've been away for more than 4 months.
However, now I'm looking forward to the next few months here in Karlstad. Right now I'm busy writing an essay for a course and looking for an internship (in autumn)...
And I thought - a new year and a new term - why not re-design the blog. As you can see, I have new colours and a new head-picture - which doesn't look that good, but for now it's all that you get ;)
(and if you wonder about the sun...it's the logo of Karlstad).

Well, I'll write to you as soon I have something to tell...I guess it will start, when the new exchange students will arrive (end of the week/beginning of next week).
Manuel

Btw - Greetings to Reinmar ;)