Vättern Runt

Last weekend, about 30 people, mostly exchange students but also a few swedes, went on a 3 day lake adventure around Sweden's second largest lake: Lake Vättern. I actually was not planning on going on this trip, however the night before they were leaving, I got a phone call from a girl asking if I wanted to take her spot. I am sooo glad she called and that I was able to go! It was the perfect "Let's see Sweden" trip. There were 4 8 passenger vans that were driven. We drove two hours to get to the lake and we got to see so much! The host students planned the trip, so all we had to do was sit back and enjoy. No worrying about how to get from point to point because we were chaufered around! They would drive us to a place we should see, let us explore for a bit, and then repeat! In the end, we saw many different castle ruins, churches, explored several towns, watched candy be made, went canoeing, hiking, barbequed, ect. It was a great time getting to explore a new part of sweden with great friends! We got to do a lot! Click here if you want to see pictures from my trip :-)

So, as I am typing this post, I should actually be studying. However, that isn't going so well (obviously!). The weather has been amazing!!! and that makes it even harder to concentrate on what I should be doing. I have my last exam, Swedish, on Wednesday and then I am done with classes at Karlstads Universitet! Crazy how fast it went!

Also, a note on when I will be coming home...I was originally planning on coming home July 31, but unfortunately some plans fell through and some visitors aren't going to be able to make it to Sweden. There is no point in me staying that long if they aren't coming and especially since most of my Rosenborg family is moving out at the end of June. No worries though, I still have a couple of trips planned. As of now, and as long as everything goes ok with the airline, I should be coming home July 7. (I have already ran into problems with them once. I was wanting to come home June 23, but they were going to make me pay an extra $900. um, no thanks!) So, after Wednesday I am done with classes, so I will just be able to hang out and enjoy a Swedish summer. I will also be heading to Greece June 12-19. My Canadian friend Sarah and I will be going to Athens and to Satorini. Once we get back, friends start leaving to go home :-( At that point I will also be leaving Sweden and heading to Norway once more before I leave.