It is officially the first day of August! I can’t believe
this day has come – the first day of the last month of my stay here in Europe.
At the start of the year, I couldn’t even imagine this day coming, as all I
could think about were the overwhelming experiences I’d enjoy or even have to
overcome. I am nearing the end of this journey but I still feel as if there is
still so much more to experience. I haven’t even gone through half way of this
French program yet, and there is still much to enjoy in Stockholm when I return
in a few weeks. However, I’m feeling pretty homesick. I feel like I’d be ready
to leave at any moment just to be home. But I must remind myself that this trip
is far from over, and there is still so much more to learn, so much more to
see, and so much more growing I can do.
On another note, the Wi-Fi has once again been cut off! The
power went out for a few seconds yesterday and since then, no one has been able
to connect. An issue like this could easily be solved in mere minutes in
Canada. Here, it could take days. Word of mouth says that the expert of Wi-Fi
connections for our residence is on vacation until August 13th. If
this issue isn’t fixed until then, we’ll technically be paying a month’s worth
of Wi-Fi but in reality, only be using one week of it. Fortunately, word of
mouth has also passed around a password to access another network that we can
use just outside our building. Last night, a group of students huddled around
outside our residence with their laptops – resembling a large study group. It’s
better than forming a group of people on laptops at McDonalds.
The second week here has been okay so far. The theme of the
week at school is architecture and heritage. Yesterday, an activity was planned
to go to museum. Well, we thought they
were going to take us to a museum. The works of art of this “museum” were
actually placed around the city on street walls. Our task was to find as many
as we could, take photos with it, and submit your best two photos for a
competition. I have no idea what all this had to do with architecture and
heritage, but at least it was fun! We had two hours to do this, but my group
and I mostly went for ice cream and did some shopping, haha. And after that, we
did some groceries and planned to have a real
dinner – none of that microwaved good-to-go crap. I’ve been living on those for
about a week straight. It was nice to have a home-cooked meal again. We had
baguettes with brie cheese and honey, and salad wraps for appetizers, stir-fry
(chicken and beef marinated in Korean bbq sauce) and rice for the main meal,
and watermelon for dessert. Yum!
Ps. They say the home is where the heart is.
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