Hotell Ornvik Luleå

... is a chance that it could happen next spring during UWP's tour! Just think. You could actually experience what I've been talking about by having your own UWP student stay with you in your home! Or go to an UWP concert! UWP does so many amazing things and benefits so many lives. What could be better than a group of young, motivated, and passionate people who just want to make a positive difference in the world and have the utterly endless energy to do just that! That energy could come ...

... and over a massive body of water.

I was so scared.

AND I LOVED IT!

Seriously, it was such a great flight. Great food (though many think I have a very low tolerance for food... and it's probably true), great movies to watch on the plane (The Proposal, Star Trek, My Sister's Keeper, The Sound of the Music, and all of the Harry Potter movies) and gossip magazines! In English!

We arrived in Stockholm, Sweden at 7:00 a.m. and took a tour ...

... was still bright sunshine and pretty hot. I was quite surprised!

I checked into my hostel, which was evry quiet and then decided to go and check out the UNESCO sight, Gammelstad, which means 'Old Town'. There is a magnificent church there and surrounding it are tiny houses that pilgrims built there so they could stay warm when they travelled to the church.

I visited the outdoor museum which was basically the farm with descriptions of ...

Aamu valkeni ja aamupalan ja suihkun jälkeen tavarat kasaan ja ei kun menoksi! Taas oli tulossa pitkä ajopäivä... Onneksi sää näytti varsin mukavalta, ei liian kuumalta, mutta ei tylsän harmaaltakaan. Pyörähdimme kuitenkin ensin Luulajassa ja siellä huomasin, että puhelimeni ei toimi ollenkaan, siis ei löydä verkkoa. Mites tämä nyt korjataan... Olisi ihan kiva olla ainakin varmuuden vuoksi toimiva puhelin. Olin laittanut liittymään sellaisen ...

Arrived by train near midnight in Luleå Sweden. Station waiting room locked. Had directions to a hostel from Inernet. Long walk there with heavy pack. Rang bell several times. finally a second floor window opened and angrily said Closed and slammed it shut. Dutch girls just ...

... ahead of us and wondering where the time went. Our flight leaves on Sunday, we get into Paris around 8PM and then take a shuttle to a hotel in Rouen. That is all we know at this point, hopefully we'll get into our apartment on Monday. Here's to Sweden! May the sun always shine (well, for the next few months at least), may your people stay skinny (...except for the 80% that are pregnant) and may your vodka be smooth and chilled.

Hello everyone! Lulea has bloomed in the last few days, flowerpots are suddenly overflowing with pansies and begonias, and the trees are dripping with buds. Blue skies, blue water, all around. To celebrate the summer solstice, I baked a Swedish cake with strawberries and cream. Fresh strawberries here are much smaller than in the US, they are pure ruby red, have stems attached, and look like they could explode with sweetness at any minute. Too bad they were so expensive, so ...

... ferry through Lulea's archipelago, a multitude of pine smothered islands in the gulf. It was breezy, kind of gray, but still I found it irresistible. We stopped at several docks to pick up or drop off people on remote islands, and at one island we were able to get off and walk around. Many of the islands housed cabins and small sandy beaches, perfect for summer get-a-ways. Our trip lasted about 4 hours, and now it's Monday. Enjoy the photos and videos from this past week!

... gaffel och blanda gärna i lite smör eller olja And this is how it was translated: Dress frebaco grain so here boil up water and salt lay off in grain tune boil wonder cover on weak heat in 8 minutes draw saucepans from slab and tune deed stand any minutes Tube if with a fork and mingle deed in few butter ors oils. So, as you can see....some things are lost in translation. Regardless, the kornris turned out pretty good. I mixed it in with some veggies ...

... imagine how beatiful it would be in the summer with all the water!). So we were able to walk, run, and jump as much as we wanted while walking across the ocean into town - pretty cool! There were even cars and plows that drove on it. Additionally, sinking in snow upto my thighs scared me at first! until I realized I could roll and crawl without sinking too much! I plan to go back up north in the summer so I can see it without all the snow!