Scandic Luleå

... Montevideo and spark a change in thought, an act of kindness, or a turnaround in behavior. If one person can have that much effect on someone else, imagine what 90 people could do.

It would blow your mind!

Let me know what you think about UWP stopping by Montevideo to say hello. I'd love to help make this happen and show off our Montevideo community with pride! We certainly have something to be proud about!

Good night all :) Sleep well and send me your thoughts!

... that occurred with my host family - I headed back to my host family's home to pack. All of the North American students were leaving on Sunday morning for Europe. Thus, those from Europe, Africa, China and Japan stayed to strike the set. Thank you, Quesadillas! :)

I packed everything, slept for about 2 hours and then got up at 3:30 a.m. to make the 5:00 a.m. bus to the Mexico City airport.

It would be my first time on a plane heading to Europe ...

This is going to be short and sweet just to keep the folks informed!

The night train from Helsinki to Kemi was great! The bed was comfy and I slept like a log! My roommates were a lady and her little boy who were both very nice. We didn't talk much but when we went to sleep she said "Sleep tight" to me and giggled, which I thought was very nice!

Once I was at Kemi I took two buses to get to Lulea. Even though I was in Sedish Lapland ...

... Se on hyvin suosittua kalastusaluetta ja sieltä saa lähinnä seitiä, turskaa, ruijanpallasta ja kissakalaa. Joka kuudes tunti virta pysähtyy (siis sellainen virta totaalisesti PYSÄHTYY!) ja se alkaa vaihtaa suuntaa! Siis ihan käsittämätöntä tuo luonto... Oli kyllä komeaa nähtävää ja veden pauhu huumaava.

Lopulta lähdimme nukkumaan ja hyvin taas nukuttikin pitkän päivän jälkeen.

Päivän ajomatka 555km, kokonaismatka 1593km ja kokonaisajoaika 19.58.

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 ...

... in foot traffic down our street as many people shopped at the gas station for beer and other apparent necessities. We walked around town, and Kyle and I went on our first Swedish date, just the two of us. The only restaurant open was Anatolia, serving Turkish cuisine. It was delicious and fancy. I honestly don't know what I ate, but it was packed with fresh vegetables and couscous. Kyle had chicken. We're looking at the ...

... cubes (which seemed very ridiculous), that came stocked in our kitchen pantry. After mashing the berries, I layered the ingredients according to my online recipe, and then spackled the remaining cream over the cake. After dinner, we all partook in its deliciousness. Wish you were there. Last night we went clubbing again as a farewell tribute to the French students who have been working with Kyle and everyone else at the University. We dressed in our finest Swedish ...

Hi everybody! We had a fun weekend and we didn't even have to leave the country. We took some time to explore Lulea. On Friday, we did what everybody else our age does-we went clubbing. We went to a club called "The Bishop's Arms." It was a rooftop bar with an indoor lounge and dance floor...actually a pretty interesting place despite all of the 18 year olds. Because nothing is free in Sweden (no, not even grocery bags) we paid $13 to get in and went through 2 rounds of ...

... would wait and instead we went and explored the village. There were old houses that belonged to the Sami people, so once again I felt very much at home! We went back to the church and realised that it closes in 15 minutes and the ceremony was still going on, so we thought we will go in regardless and check it out. The ceremony happened to be a funeral. So we crashed a funeral. Dan made sure he was sitting outside, and no where near the inside of the ...

... to a gentleman called Andreas who told us that he was a train employee on vacation. Bruce engaged him in conversation about Swedish people. We talked about the perceived moral looseness of the Swedes. He told us that Sweden is probably one of the more conservative of the Scandinavian countries. It's reputation for that comes from the 1960's when there were a number of pornographic movies produced here that gave Sweden a reputation that he feels is ...