Lots has happened...
Well, quite a few things have happened since I last updated this thing. The first that occurred was that I received an e-mail from District 2360's (my Rotary district in Sweden) Youth Exchange Chairman about the Orientation camp that all us exchange students will go to. The e-mail said when it'd be (August 13th - 18th), where it'd be (a small town called Fristad in a bording school outside the much larger town Borås of which we'll be attending a festival one evening). Along with the little "welcome" letter he included there was also a schedule of events (Swedes love schedules according to one of my books :)). I'll basically be taking various classes about Swedish language, culture, habits, etc. and every few hours there's a coffee break (another thing I learned: Swedes drink the 2nd most coffee per captia in the world...who'd a thunk?). I'm super excited for that week, it'll be amazing...
Second of which is that I finally got a departure date....kind of. IYWT (It's Your World, Travel, my travel agency) sent me my itinerary, though they claim it's still "tentative" but I have a feeling that it'll end up being the real thing. It has me leaving Portland at 8:45 in the morning on July 31st (meaning we have to leave the house at 4:45 am....joy for us). I will then fly to Minneapolis, have an hour layover (hopefully hook up with some other exchangers), then board the plane for an 9 hour flight to Amsterdam. I have a 3 1/2 hour layover in Amsterdam then there's an hour and a half flight to Göteborg. All in all so long as there's no problems, I'll arrive in Sweden at 11:30 am meaning I could be back at the host's house as early as 1:30 am (Swedish time).
I also recieved an e-mail from an Australian named Tim who is currently living in Göteborg (most Rotary exchangers from the southern hemisphere go on exchange from January to January because that's just what works best with their school year). So, he and a few other exchangers have been in my district in Sweden since January. He said that they want to get us all together (in total there'll be about 14 exchagers both new and old) for a dinner or something...whatever it ends up being, it sounds like a lot of fun.
I've also had quite the shopping sprees both this week and last. I've got a bunch of new jeans and shirts thanks to my brother (he took Alison, Megan and I up to Portland). I also went to Woodburn with my mom and Jackie yesterday and since that trip I do believe that I will have no problem staying warm in the Swedish winter. I had to bump up the number of jackets and coats that I was planning on brining because of this trip...but we did get some good deals and I've got some pretty sweet new duds (not to mention a new pair of Nikes and some sandals coming in the mail from eBay).
I did a demo pack today with just my clothes. Everything fit into one one suitcase and it was just under 50 pounds. That means that I have a complete other suitcase to put my non-clothing items, not to mention 2 carry-ons to chuck stuff in. I have a feeling that I won't have a problem with my packing...and there I was worrying that I was bringing too much stuff...yay for me!
I'll leave you all with a damn cool picture of Varberg that I found; 12 days and counting......
Second of which is that I finally got a departure date....kind of. IYWT (It's Your World, Travel, my travel agency) sent me my itinerary, though they claim it's still "tentative" but I have a feeling that it'll end up being the real thing. It has me leaving Portland at 8:45 in the morning on July 31st (meaning we have to leave the house at 4:45 am....joy for us). I will then fly to Minneapolis, have an hour layover (hopefully hook up with some other exchangers), then board the plane for an 9 hour flight to Amsterdam. I have a 3 1/2 hour layover in Amsterdam then there's an hour and a half flight to Göteborg. All in all so long as there's no problems, I'll arrive in Sweden at 11:30 am meaning I could be back at the host's house as early as 1:30 am (Swedish time).
I also recieved an e-mail from an Australian named Tim who is currently living in Göteborg (most Rotary exchangers from the southern hemisphere go on exchange from January to January because that's just what works best with their school year). So, he and a few other exchangers have been in my district in Sweden since January. He said that they want to get us all together (in total there'll be about 14 exchagers both new and old) for a dinner or something...whatever it ends up being, it sounds like a lot of fun.
I've also had quite the shopping sprees both this week and last. I've got a bunch of new jeans and shirts thanks to my brother (he took Alison, Megan and I up to Portland). I also went to Woodburn with my mom and Jackie yesterday and since that trip I do believe that I will have no problem staying warm in the Swedish winter. I had to bump up the number of jackets and coats that I was planning on brining because of this trip...but we did get some good deals and I've got some pretty sweet new duds (not to mention a new pair of Nikes and some sandals coming in the mail from eBay).
I did a demo pack today with just my clothes. Everything fit into one one suitcase and it was just under 50 pounds. That means that I have a complete other suitcase to put my non-clothing items, not to mention 2 carry-ons to chuck stuff in. I have a feeling that I won't have a problem with my packing...and there I was worrying that I was bringing too much stuff...yay for me!
I'll leave you all with a damn cool picture of Varberg that I found; 12 days and counting......
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