Hej! So I've been here for two weeks now and somehow it feels like I've been gone forever. I'm not homesick though... yet. (crossing my fingers!) Classes have been going on now for a week and a half. I've had a few lectures in History and today we went on a historical tour of Vaxjo for the class. Even though it was pouring rain on us, the tour was very interesting and I learned a lot about what the town used to look like and how it came to be what...

Classes started this week! The education system here is very different compared to back home. Mainly they do not have a parallel class schedule (all class at once), it is more consecutive and we all take one class at a time. I am taking four different modules within one main program track, or topic. The track is called Introduction to Swedish Culture and Society. The first module I am in right now is History and Heritage, my favorite, not. We only meet two days ...

Hey Guys! I've finally been able to post a journal entry on this site.... my internet has been so goofed up here I haven't been able to be on any websites for more than two minutes without it going out on me. I am now in my dorm room and we are about to leave for the day for an all day orientation on campus. I live downtown in student housing, it is called Seminarievagen... how you prounounce it? No idea! I am meeting a lot of people who are also exchange...