What I have been up to

On wednesday we went back to the library because one of my missions was to get a book (or books) in Swedish because..I want to learn and then be able to read. So he asked if I wanted to go to the bookstore but I said better to check at the library. Yay booksale! fill a bag with as many books as possible all for 20 kronor (exchange rate is 1 US to 8 kronor (rounded)). So...I got I think 16 or 18 books...do the math, good deal!

23 Thursday 2009

It was raining and Christina and Micke wanted to take us to the summer home, so we went it is about an hour and half drive out to the house that his grandfather built it has the main house and a little house up the way on a gorgeous lake. It rained for most the evening. We had salmon in foil with potatoes and spring onions (yummy) and of course coffee and schwarzwaldtårta (like a sweet cake with creme and merangie...a.mazing.

Friday

Rain still so we drove to Umeå and walked around, it is like a college town so it is a little bigger than Övik. David was sweet enough to walk around while I played the tourist role, not taking much mind to the shops. (I went with him to RPG and card game shop so all is good ;D) We met back up with them and went to Rhodes a pizza buffet where I had kebab pizza (yummy Bambi).

On Saturday we went back home and just chilled watched movies I played Kingdom Hearts...he helps me with the hard stuff, yay boyfriend!

On Sunday we went to Maria´s parents house for pizza and fun, we had four pizzas with a variety of toppings - tuna, blue mussels, shrimp, corn, mushroom, ham, pineapple, we are good chefs it was a lot of fun. They live on the ocean sound so we walked down and went for a dip...COLD! I did dunk under so I am not a whimp lol. It was refreshing and so much fun (yes I took the picture)

27 Måndag 2009

A movie day, we went to the store and bought muchies and watched LOTR.

Dun dun Duh...Tuesday

Yes me, Emily Anne, rode a bike and didnt do half bad. Not use to street bikes but it was fun and I think I picked it up kinda ok need to practice more, David is, as usual, a very patient and good teacher. My reward was movie! Yay movie!

Wednesday

He was so sweet we went on a picnic down by the harbor it was cool we packed fika (snacks) and just laid in the sun (because you can do that here it is cool enough)

Thursday we went to meet his dad for lunch and then down to the docks so much fun just laying in the sun with a nice cool breeze, I am getting a tan hahaha. Who would have thunk.

what I have eaten...dun dun duh

so since I have tried so many new foods I thought I would share it with the rest of the world.

There was:

MEAT

Elk, moose, bear, and horse sausage (moose and bear was my fav)
liver beef (not as bad as I thought I actually liked it)
Sill (pickled herring ...not too bad)
Tuna pizza (no at the restaurant - yes at his cousins house)
kebab pizza (lambs...yummy)

Reindeer pita

Surströmming...the devil of all foods.
Meat steaks with relish (yummmmmmy his farmor is a great cook)
Chicken pie (his mother is a good cook....see the trend?)
Chicken with rice and pepper sauce (swedes love their sauces)

BERRY

lingon berries jam
cloud berries jam
Nyponsoppa (yummy)
Blueberry Soup (I was in heaven)
Swedish blueberries
Lingon berries

DRINK

sugar soda
apple and grape soda (both yummy)
trocadero soda (apple and orange)
Loka (YAY carbonated yummy water)
water (yummy H2O)
spring water (straight from the mountain)
Saft (juice was black currant yummy)
Black Currant Te (yum yum yum)

Murphy´s Irish Red Beer (the best)

DESSERT

Swedish Dark Chocolate (buddy yeah)
Salt candy (....no)

Banana cake (yummy in my tummy)
Sour candy (....yes)
Digestive Crackers (like a graham cracker)
Pear Creamscicles (a. mazing)
VACUUMS...you can see my excitement
Polka (icecream...not my fav. peppermint)
Licorce icecream (yummers)
Schwarzwaldtårta (saweet)
Fin skorpor (like hard biscotti really good in coffee)
Pigglin Popscicle (about to try it...he loves feeding me food lol...verdict....tasty)

CHEESE

manor cheese
priest cheese
household cheese (yes Becky all good and all white)
Messmör (not sure but its good ....like...the by product of milk maybe?)
Västerbotten ost (sharp yummy)
Bacon Cream cheese (good)

Cavier in Cheese (yummy)

BREAD

hard bread (YES)

Tunnbröd (thin yummy better than a tortilla by 100%)
More types of thin bread (all good)

DAIRY
fil (no. not my cup of tea like a runny sour cream)

FOOD

Swedish pancakes (okay)
Reheated swedish pancakes with milk and sugar (yummy in my tummy) ....David is a good cook if you cant tell
Cabbage and Lingonberry salad (yum)
Cavier (yay tubed baby fishy eggs)
Coleslaw wraps (spicy fika goodness)
Mushroom pie (sooooo good like a quiche)

....more to come as i eat more haha

So happenings today...pictures to come soon.

Day 4 July 19 2009

So today I got my first look at downtown Övik, (pictures to come don´t yell lol) and oh my gosh it´s so incredibly beautiful.

Day 5

It was raining, the first rain I experienced here and we decided to go up to look at supermarket but we took a turn to walk by this little cemetery (it´s won best in the country...and it shows). Since his dad lives on up the hill we decided to see if he was home...yay he was. I got to meet him and we talked for a bit than headed on up into the woods where the training centers and trails are located. We sat in a little rest stop and had a fika (yay fika!) and then walked back down to look at the supermarkets...we need to adopt them.

Note to self ... I should have worn a pedometer lol I´m curious how far I will walk

Tisdag 21 Juli 2009

Today we went to his farmor´s (father´s mother´s), house for a lovely meal. She is absolutely adorable and so hospitable, we played Chicago (a card game) and his father and a friend showed up for fika. After much talking and having a good time we went to the library and his dad called and we met back up with him for icecream - I had raspberry and polka (like peppermint) and we talked and walked to look at the Arena and around and I realized I am from Texas and was cold...so we walked back to the apartment to get my coat (yay coat) and back down for pizza. I had tuna and ham pizza...good in the moment but not something I would eat again. We walked back down to the harbor and out and around on the dock and back home at 9ish.

So much to see and do and I will post pictures...when I take them hahaha (I´m gonna be here for 6 weeks...what´s the rush)

*Peace

So I Am Here...

Let´s see I have been here for three days and...I guess I should post *sigh* hahah kidding entirely.

So I got on the plane from Dallas to Philly on an Airbus...it wasn´t the big one...darn it. Anywho sat next to this couple who I found out at the end were headed to Stockholm on their route to Paris. Woot! So we landed in Philly and walked over to the other terminal - I was hoping for a sparse flight so I could stretch out and sleep - hahahaha not happening! It was so crowded and now (after much searching with the help of David) I sat next to Steve Kilbey...who wrote "Under the Milky Way" he´s an Aussie and next to him was a San Deigo biker guy who belonged to the NRA...needless to say they had some heated discussion about all things. It was interesting to say the least but yeah he wrote it and used to be in the band The Church. He was a really nice guy. Anyway, so the plane ride sucked!!! Let´s try cramming everyone into a tiny itty bitty the smallest plane that can go Trans-Atlantic...then we were delayed an extra hour almost because our navigation system had a malfunction and so we had to reset it...oh yeah I had faith in the plane hahaha. So I didn´t get much sleep and really it´s ok because I was too excited.

So we land and get off the plane and wow...I was like "where´s Stockholm?" so get off and *dun dun duh* CUSTOMS!! Which consisted of, "Hi how long will you be staying? What is your business here...*stamp* thank you welcome to Sweden"...yeah the US Customs sucks in comparison lol (so says David). So weave my way following Mr. Kilbey for as long as I can ...til he disappears and then follow the crowd. *fast forward* got my bag *walk walk walk* go out and "where´s David?" he snuck up and surprised me and it was amazing!!!

Item 2..getting to Övik (I like his keyboard no codes for special characters!!) took two trains and a bus, was so much fun I got to see where he went to school in Gävle. *fast forward* the bus we are in Övik and his mother and Micke are so sweet to come and pick us up :D We four went home and had dinner and talked (she is an amazing cook! Yummy I know where David gets it from). Then bedtime...long day deserves long rest.

Day 2 Uneventful and relaxing. We watched movies and I slept ...a lot. Yay JetLag.

Day 3 We went to this really cool market in Åsele and got to see a band called Alcazar they were 90´s Pop Rocks. Still enjoyable we walked around looking at vendors...both got a little sunburnt and then went and had chicken ...yummy. Oh and the water called Loka is AMAZING it´s carbonated and mmmmm. Speaking of water ..America sucks...the tap water is so clean and pure and yummy - better than Sams bottled water. After dinner we started home - stopped and talked to some friend of theirs and looked out at the gorgeous landscape. Micke wanted to go swimming so we went swimming at a lake along side the road - just drive past 10 find one that isnt private and park the car. How cool is that!?! So they went swimming Christina and Micke ...I was too cold and David was sweet and didn´t want to leave me. Sweetheart! So after that we had fika (break time) and off again. Micke was thirsty so what do we do? Pull along side the road and drink from a natural well...just beside any road where water is pouring out. Yummy! I love this country...all for now.

It's the Day Before

So tomorrow morning I leave on my plane to hop across the pond...do I have everything?
I had heard that SpaceSaver bags were the way to go...so I bought the travel space savers and tried - where you roll out the air. Nope wasn't gonna cut it...see I was trying to pack 6 weeks worth of stuff into a carry on bag...HaHaHaHa...wasn't happening.

So we went back and purchased the vacuum ones - surely this will work...well when you add in presents and a coat (in July I might add) I needed about another inch for it to work. No worries it all fits very nicely in this brown bag. Of course I have my black backpack equipped with things to keep me not bored on the plane...I will probably sleep on the plane with my smooshy pillow!!

My next post will be from Sweden! Peace*

So I was on Facebook

And man alive there are so many of my classmates who have gotten married. It's crazy, good crazy, but still crazy. Time flies I suppose...15 days...and I'm still bored. Well I should say bored at school.

Been hanging out with Julia, yesterday I went to her place and Beau grilled out peaches...we thought "oh yum grilled peaches with this marinade..." barely got one bite down...
Cinnamon
Sugar
Coriander
Cumin and I think that's it...oh and orange juice

No! Cinnamon and Sugar Yes...the other no...it was way too something not edible...wish I would have saved the picture of the peach. Alas.

I really think that's all...

Counting down the days

So it's 28 days until I go to Sweden...I feel like a dog chasing my tail the days just drag on...around and around. A fluffy Wheaton Terrior with a pink collar... You know, I just realized 28 days...a movie and 28 weeks later ...a movie. We're all gonna die! Kidding entirely *ahem* man I am bored. So I don't go stir crazy I enrolled in a summer class, Computing for Teachers. Brilliant, it's a good class, I know the basic programs but now I am learning how to do them faster...ooo rah. Good thing it's only two hours.

I really have nothing to write except that I'm bored and I had a really great thing I wanted to blog about...I thought to myself "Gee I should write a blog" and now I forgot. Darn it.