Day 8: I can't believe it's already been a week since I've been in Europe. It's going by so quickly. Ahh. I should continue to enjoy every single day that I'm here. Yes. So today sounds exciting: biking in Karlstad and touring one of the co-op housing projects as well as the city. Today was our first day using the Eurail pass. It was interesting. It was hectic to activate our passes since we had ordered them online. It was hectic to find our reserved cart and re...

Day 7: First Friday of the week here in Stockholm. I can't believe it's the end of the week. And today's our last day in class at the Royal Art Institute. And we don't need to walk 45 minutes anymore haha. Routine was normal this morning: get up, get ready, eat breakfast. But today, we had a guest lecturer from the administration of waste management come in to talk to us about Stockholm's waste management system. It was really interesting to hear how serious the...

Day 6: So today we get our Stockholm cards, which will allow us to finally use transportation within the city as well as getting into museums and a bunch of other attractions. But its only for three days beginning today, so Jeff has already planned out the next couple of days so we kind of have to work around his schedule. But itll be fun to explore and see other parts of Stockholm. Today we toured the City Hall of Stockholm. After class, we had about 3 hours to...

Day 5: Today, we went on another class trip to see a sustainable community called Hammerby. We took our normal routine: got up, got ready for class, made sure to be down for breakfast by 7:45am and was out the door by 8:15am. Our normal walk was not bad. It felt nice in the morning, but walking for 30 mins can be a workout. A couple of us got to our classroom on time, and our professor taught for about two hours. After class and a short exercise, we departed for...

Day 4: So today we took a tour of one of the developing communities in Stockholm known as Stockholm Royal Seaport. Our trip to get there was a bumpy one, with a struggle to get tickets for the train. But once we reached the area known as Norra Djurgardsstaden, we were able to see how this area was becoming a sustainable community. Our tour was led by architect and urban planner Stefan, and he showed us around the developed and developing areas of the community.' ...