Best Western Winn Umeå

... or why, but it seems that I have found a country full of people just like me. Doing the exact same things that I enjoy doing, wearing clothes that I would wear, eating foods that I approve of. I can't even count the number of times I have seen people rollerblading to class... what the heck? I LOVE rollerblading. No one would ever rollerblade with me at home.

I started class on Tuesday. The deal is, students take only one class at a time. Classes ...

... of utter exhaustion. I met with an American girl (Christina) who took me out to fika, a coffee/tea/cake hang out, showed me around town, took me grocery shopping, and made me tilapia for dinner. It was great to be taken care of away from home!

Also got a chance to meet with my friend Lionel (from Congo) once again, who doesn't understand my hibernation habits and thinks my sleeping overload is a sign of ...

... His name is Lionel, and he is a student from Congo studying computers here at the Uni. but he would ultimately like to return to Congo and work in Politics to help his people. He did not speak very good English, but was fluent in Swedish and French - I was able to use a bit of my French to communicate as well. My new friend does not understand my hair color; "Are you blond, or brunette?" He had just shaved his head ...

Left by Train on SJ Rail (7012 & 98) with change of train at Boden. Train stopped at following stations. 1) Umeå, Vännas ...

... gehabt. die fahrt mit dem zug entwickelte sich als unbequem, laut und stinkend. damit meine ich we***** den zug selbst als die 6 hunde, 2 katzen, unzählige mäuse und eine ratte. (wobei die mäuse und die ratte natürlich in einem käfig waren. =) ) guillaume hat es sich dann in **mangelung von stizplätzen auf dem boden bequem gemacht. mir ist imm**noch nicht ganz klar wie man mit den ...

... alive blue eyes sang out from her face as it was possible for her to get totally engulfed in a fun game and not stop smiling for an hour. Hostel-owner Anders had a timid-guy great wit that could suprise you; his spiky-haired girlfriend, Viktoria, was ever-ready to talk about life and share stories. And frosty-haired Nina, the "Queen of the Crazy Girls," was just plain "trevlig" (pleasant). Little Nina was popular and always got invited to the ...

... produced a piece during the war called "The Communist Threat," in which they wrote, "The real threat lies in communist countries' transformations, which decrease their willingness and possibility to play a complement to the industrial economies to the west." American companies (Standard Oil, New Jersey, Cal-tex, Bristol-Meyers, IBM, Chase Manhattan, Bank of America, for example) sent representatives to Vietnam because they wanted to invest there once the U.S ...

... is no better way to judge how much fun is being had than with a strictly-regimented system of point allocation allowances. Sounds fun, doesn't it? Here's a Scavenger Hunt list, so that I know how much fun I'm having while I'm having it. yeah: 1 point - each person who picks me up 1 extra - ride from females 5 - correctly guess a driver's name 5 - 100 km traveled on a main road, 50 km on a side road 5 - if two consecutive cars stop for me (-5 ...

... life of the av**age citizen. OK: Acording to National Geographic, the p**centage of people in *****ia living in "abject pov**ty" has doubled (to about 36%) during the past three decades since the country began drilling for and exporting oil. I'm sure rich Am**icans are going to find their hands on a lot more Iraqi oil money than poor Iraqis. That's just not right. The suff**ing in the world touches us all. Wealth makes poor. We have to question things. lat**. Mod**n Oddyseus

Hitchhiking to Montana was a lot of fun. But, the fun came to an end on June 24th. It came to an end, in order to make room for ... more fun! Elaine quickly scootered off to Costa Rica for a college biology class trip. There's a whole rainforest of trees to hug there! She's gotta be happy. I miss Elaine, but at least I'm missing her in the latest country to draw my interest: Sweden! Sweden interests me due to the equality of its people. I expect to find reduced ...