Living a Dream

Today while I was sitting in a class at school it just struck me how grateful I am able to be here and live in Sweden. For a while it just seemed like a dream, that it would never happen. It did happen I am really here!! Thank you to all the people who helped me be able to come, like my mom, Aaron, Daniel and Ellinor and everyone else that helped. Thank you so much! I have gone to 3 days of school so far and love it! It is way way different than any of the schools I have been to. Everyone in my class are super nice and show me around and translate for because I can't understand anything. All of my teachers here are also very kind and translate everything they taught for me. I am hoping that soon people won't have to translate as much for me and I will be able to comprehend at least some of what the teachers and my classmates are saying.I signed up for Swedish classes, I will be taking them Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:30- 8:00. I'm pretty excited to start those, and hopefully they will help! I start my first class tonight! I have no regrets about coming. The only thing I don't like about here is the cold, but it's not going to go away so I guess I will dress warm and learn how to deal with it! Until next time, Hejdå!

I made it!

I'm here in Sweden! Today is my 4th day here. I tried posting a couple days ago but it got deleted, so here we go again! Traveling here went pretty smoothly. I have never been so excited to get off a plane before, the train ride afterward felt very nice compared to the crammed airplane seats. A few very nice people helped me through out my travels. I would say 99% of the people here speak pretty good English! Which is very nice for me because I only know a few words in Swedish so far. Right now my aunt Becky and all her kids are visiting! They lived in Italy for the summer so they are stopping by Sweden before heading home to California. It has been very fun seeing all of them! So far I LOVE it here in Sweden. The public transportation here awesome you can take the bus or train anywhere you need to get to, you can also bike or walk! I also really like the food, it's healthy and good. It is so beautiful here, and very green! I love the style (how everyone dresses) different from the U.S. but I like it better. Yesterday we visited Stockholm, I really enjoyed looking around. It is a really beautiful city. I will post a few pictures from my trip so far. (For more pictures check my Facebook). I will try to post at least once a week.

I'm actually leaving???

YES! I am leaving to Sweden!! Last Thursday I got my visa in the mail! (finally!) The same day I bought my plane ticket to Sweden!
Here's my itinerary:
Depart SLC
Arrive to Chicago airport
Depart Chicago airport
Arrive in Stockholm, Sweden!
Then I hop on a train and finally arrive in Linköping, Sweden! There (hopefully) Daniel, Ellinor, Christina, and Esther will be waiting for me! I am so so excited to go! I keep on thinking why can't I just leave already, but I still have a lot to do before I leave. I am finishing up working at Glorias Little Italy, I work tonight and two more nights after that and then I'm done! Well I got to go to work, I will try to update this blog as much as possible! (more pictures to come when I actually get there!)