Week 19:
Hello folks! This week was better mainly on the weekend and the title gives you a clue as to why. But I will talk about the week first.
Monday and Tuesday were the normal things I usually do in school and for training. On Wednesday we actually had our training with the ''Personal Trainer'' class. In that class you do multiple sports and you learn about healthy food habits and all that fun stuff. So, during our class with them so we did Zumba I guess it would have been and a few other things. After we did that, our Innebandy class taught little kids how to play Innebandy. We had them play small 4 on 4 games. We started that at 16:00 and we had them play until 16:40 and then for the last 20 min we had Christmas Fika with them. (I think you could call it that.) When I got home, Andreas (one of Maja's friends and also my teammate) messaged me telling me to get to the outdoor rink in Kråkberg. I got Martin's skates and a stick and went to play hockey on the outdoor rink! It was nice to play on it because it is a different atmosphere than always being inside and the ice was pretty good for an outdoor rink! Thursday was a regular day and that night I went to play hockey again since training was cancelled so I felt like doing something. Then Friday morning at Innebandy class we had a girl from Stockholm join us to see if she would come and take the class. We have had a few of these people who come and see if they like the Innebandy. Some of my class actually is not from Mora, they come here for the Innebandy class (This is my understanding).
Saturday during the day Maja worked at her job and Åsa, Tomas, and I went to have lunch there. She works at Zorn Cafe. For all of you that do not know who Anders Zorn is, he was a very famous artist from Mora. They still have his property and original house. He did two paintings of American Presidents and they actually are actually still on display in the White House. I will attach a link to a website about him so you can read more if you would like (click on his name)! To find info on him go to the ''About Us'' and his name will be there! Lastly, on Sunday my Innebandy team had a game against the 2nd place Falun team. We surprisingly managed to win the game. The final score was 8-6 even though on the website it says 7-6. Sunday was also the day I moved over to the Stenis's home for 2 weeks while my host family is in Florida. To recap who the Stenis's are, they are the family of my Swedish brother Johan who spent a year in my home in Canada. I am sure I will be able to share lots of fun stories about my time with them over the Christmas Holidays.
This was all the entertainment of week 19 and I am actually almost half way through my exchange. Time flies when you are having fun!
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Lucia & Christmas Dinner
Week 18:
Hello! This last week had a bit more happen in it so my post will be a bit more exciting.
Lucia is celebrated on the 13th of December in Sweden. I have been told that she is the person who brings light since it is always so dark this time of the year. So she brings light to brighten things up...(I guess). Usually they pick a Lucia and she usually is blonde. Then her tärnor are the girls that follow her. There can also be guys that follow her and they are called stjärngoaar (I am getting this off of a website so if it is not right I am only partly responsible). So,Friday at school we had a Lucia celebration. We had an hour long celebration in the Assembly hall which involved Lucia and the people that follow her singing pretty much the whole celebration. Following the celebration we went over to the Cafeteria and had fika. This was pretty neat to experience and a highlight for the week.
Also at Innebandy practice there was a little entertainment! Thursday we were practicing and had the full team and I hit (hit=body check) a guy in the corner. Not bad, I mainly just rubbed him out to get the ball. But then we were in their end and they got the ball from us and a guy was looking back to receive the pass. When he got the pass he met me when he turned his head back around. It was a good clean hit and he did not like it that much but sometimes you just have to play the Canadian way. Then on the Sunday we had another Innebandy game. We played Sala in Sala. When we got to the arena and there were two police officers there. Andreas said it was because we where in the ghettos. I would say it was a better looking ghetto then America. After the game when I was going out to the van they told me to be careful because I might get shot because Sweden has so many guns over here! Anyways, we actually lost that game 11-7. I would say we played shitty defensively. That is only my opinion!
Saturday night I actually got to have a traditional Swedish Christmas dinner. I went with the Nilsson's because they will not be here for Christmas as they are in Florida for the break. We brought Grandpa (Åsa's dad) with us and also there was Tomas, Åsa, Maja and myself. There were some interesting foods, like the cured fish. I was not going to give that a try since I did not think it looked safe to eat, haha! However, I did have salmon caviar (caviar=fish eggs) on top of a square with the middle made of cream cheese and salmon (if I had to guess) and bread on the bottom. I quickly realized this was not my thing after I tried it, it did not taste so good. So I stuck with the usual ham, ribs and meatballs and for me that was good enough!
This wraps up week 18 and there are pictures and videos below of Lucia. Next week you might learn about some of my friends I have over here. But I am not sure yet......
Hello! This last week had a bit more happen in it so my post will be a bit more exciting.
Lucia is celebrated on the 13th of December in Sweden. I have been told that she is the person who brings light since it is always so dark this time of the year. So she brings light to brighten things up...(I guess). Usually they pick a Lucia and she usually is blonde. Then her tärnor are the girls that follow her. There can also be guys that follow her and they are called stjärngoaar (I am getting this off of a website so if it is not right I am only partly responsible). So,Friday at school we had a Lucia celebration. We had an hour long celebration in the Assembly hall which involved Lucia and the people that follow her singing pretty much the whole celebration. Following the celebration we went over to the Cafeteria and had fika. This was pretty neat to experience and a highlight for the week.
Also at Innebandy practice there was a little entertainment! Thursday we were practicing and had the full team and I hit (hit=body check) a guy in the corner. Not bad, I mainly just rubbed him out to get the ball. But then we were in their end and they got the ball from us and a guy was looking back to receive the pass. When he got the pass he met me when he turned his head back around. It was a good clean hit and he did not like it that much but sometimes you just have to play the Canadian way. Then on the Sunday we had another Innebandy game. We played Sala in Sala. When we got to the arena and there were two police officers there. Andreas said it was because we where in the ghettos. I would say it was a better looking ghetto then America. After the game when I was going out to the van they told me to be careful because I might get shot because Sweden has so many guns over here! Anyways, we actually lost that game 11-7. I would say we played shitty defensively. That is only my opinion!
Saturday night I actually got to have a traditional Swedish Christmas dinner. I went with the Nilsson's because they will not be here for Christmas as they are in Florida for the break. We brought Grandpa (Åsa's dad) with us and also there was Tomas, Åsa, Maja and myself. There were some interesting foods, like the cured fish. I was not going to give that a try since I did not think it looked safe to eat, haha! However, I did have salmon caviar (caviar=fish eggs) on top of a square with the middle made of cream cheese and salmon (if I had to guess) and bread on the bottom. I quickly realized this was not my thing after I tried it, it did not taste so good. So I stuck with the usual ham, ribs and meatballs and for me that was good enough!
This wraps up week 18 and there are pictures and videos below of Lucia. Next week you might learn about some of my friends I have over here. But I am not sure yet......
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| How Lucia looks. The girl with the candles on her head is Lucia |
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| Another picture from Lucia |
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| Christmas Dinner. The drink is a warm drink made from fruit and has a different taste |
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| Potatoes, Meatballs, ham, and the Salmon caviar (The orange things on the square) |
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| More from the dinner |
Thursday, December 10, 2015
First Week of December
Week 17:
Hello to everyone in Canada and those not from Canada! Week 17 was not that fun filled like some of the past weeks.As usual I went to school and did all of that fun stuff and also had innebandy practices during the evenings as usual.
I will talk about the food we have over here! I have ate most of my chocolate that Mom and Grandma sent to me, so I should be getting a new shipment this week...just kidding they probably will send it at the end of April with Tailor(hint, hint). Or if my followers would like to send donations of sweets, please do not hesitate to contact Shelley for my address, lol. Until then I will have to survive with Swedish peanut M&Ms. They actually do taste different the Canadian ones. Trust me!
So in Sweden I have tried many new foods. When we were at the YFU camp at the start we actually had a blind taste test. They mainly just wanted to see how we would react to the traditional Swedish food. I did not like the Pickled Herring which I am not sure when they eat that but it does taste very very bad! Also Salted licorice....same as the pickled herring, the salted licorice does taste very bad to someone who has never had it before. Those are some of the traditional foods I would say. Over here they seem to eat a lot of potatoes. For instance, I sometimes eat potatoes at lunch then again at supper (you start to get sick of potatoes) but you get use to it and suck it up! So I have ate a lot of potatoes during my time here and I am sure I will eat a lot more. We occasionally have pasta or rice but over here they usually put ketchup on their pasta. We saw this with Johan and Tommi (I think) so I kind of knew they did this. So it is not all that bad. I have also ate moose and deer or elk. I forgot which it was for sure(deer or elk)but it does not taste that bad. Also I have started to eat fish. Once you get use to it, it is not that bad but the first few times I did not love it.
Everyday at school they always have a new meal. Yes, you read that correctly. We are served a free hot meal each day in our cafeteria at school. I believe now they start to have the same meal every few weeks. One thing to note; never trust the bloodpudding over here. It looks like chocolate cake but it is definitely NOT! I believe I said that story in an older blog post. It was a very disturbing moment in my life and one I hope not to repeat.
So that pretty much sums up the food topic for this post so I will wrap it up here! I hope that gave some good info on the different foods we eat here! I hope you will drop by again next week for another light read.
Hello to everyone in Canada and those not from Canada! Week 17 was not that fun filled like some of the past weeks.As usual I went to school and did all of that fun stuff and also had innebandy practices during the evenings as usual.
I will talk about the food we have over here! I have ate most of my chocolate that Mom and Grandma sent to me, so I should be getting a new shipment this week...just kidding they probably will send it at the end of April with Tailor(hint, hint). Or if my followers would like to send donations of sweets, please do not hesitate to contact Shelley for my address, lol. Until then I will have to survive with Swedish peanut M&Ms. They actually do taste different the Canadian ones. Trust me!
So in Sweden I have tried many new foods. When we were at the YFU camp at the start we actually had a blind taste test. They mainly just wanted to see how we would react to the traditional Swedish food. I did not like the Pickled Herring which I am not sure when they eat that but it does taste very very bad! Also Salted licorice....same as the pickled herring, the salted licorice does taste very bad to someone who has never had it before. Those are some of the traditional foods I would say. Over here they seem to eat a lot of potatoes. For instance, I sometimes eat potatoes at lunch then again at supper (you start to get sick of potatoes) but you get use to it and suck it up! So I have ate a lot of potatoes during my time here and I am sure I will eat a lot more. We occasionally have pasta or rice but over here they usually put ketchup on their pasta. We saw this with Johan and Tommi (I think) so I kind of knew they did this. So it is not all that bad. I have also ate moose and deer or elk. I forgot which it was for sure(deer or elk)but it does not taste that bad. Also I have started to eat fish. Once you get use to it, it is not that bad but the first few times I did not love it.
Everyday at school they always have a new meal. Yes, you read that correctly. We are served a free hot meal each day in our cafeteria at school. I believe now they start to have the same meal every few weeks. One thing to note; never trust the bloodpudding over here. It looks like chocolate cake but it is definitely NOT! I believe I said that story in an older blog post. It was a very disturbing moment in my life and one I hope not to repeat.
So that pretty much sums up the food topic for this post so I will wrap it up here! I hope that gave some good info on the different foods we eat here! I hope you will drop by again next week for another light read.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
First Innebandy Game
Week 16:
Hello for the 16th week of this blog. Last week was a bit more fun considering some exciting things happened.
Monday greeted me with a package with Christmas gifts Mom had sent during week 15. I was waiting for it to arrive and it arrived Monday(1 week from date sent which cost mom some serious bucks). I went to the Post Office to receive it and I almost could not receive it since I did not have the proper I.D. They prefer a Passport since I am from a different country then Sweden, so that would be the best I.D I could use. I forgot that there would be duty on it (Mom forgot to tell me that) and I had to pay about $87.00 CAD to get my package. Kind of a money grab considering what Mom had paid on her end but at least I have it now.
I gave the Nilsson's their gifts already (mainly because it was Tomas's Birthday Monday) so I thought it would be good to give it to them then. I also got a lot of chocolate sent to me from Grandma Verna, so I can not complain since it is my favourite chocolate. So that was the fun of Monday.
The rest of the week was the usual school. On Thursday I actually stayed home for the day since the Swedes in gr.1 in school had to write a national test for Swedish. I just chilled at home that day and slept in.
On Friday, I actually got to play my first Innebandy game with Kais. I am the first Canadian to play on Kais. They had an American once, so it is nice to put some Canadian experience there aha! We played 2 hrs. away in Gävle at 20:00. It was not a good game as we lost 13-4 I think. I also had a nice hit on a guy in the corner at least but Andreas said the best part of the game (he meant the trips to other places to play) was going to McDonald's for food. After our loss, we got some McDonald's and it seem to smooth things over a little.
The weekend was quiet. On Saturday I just hung around the house and Sunday I went to watch the Mens Kais Mora team. They lost 6-5. So yeah.... That is week 16 and it is the last week of November!
Hello for the 16th week of this blog. Last week was a bit more fun considering some exciting things happened.
Monday greeted me with a package with Christmas gifts Mom had sent during week 15. I was waiting for it to arrive and it arrived Monday(1 week from date sent which cost mom some serious bucks). I went to the Post Office to receive it and I almost could not receive it since I did not have the proper I.D. They prefer a Passport since I am from a different country then Sweden, so that would be the best I.D I could use. I forgot that there would be duty on it (Mom forgot to tell me that) and I had to pay about $87.00 CAD to get my package. Kind of a money grab considering what Mom had paid on her end but at least I have it now.
I gave the Nilsson's their gifts already (mainly because it was Tomas's Birthday Monday) so I thought it would be good to give it to them then. I also got a lot of chocolate sent to me from Grandma Verna, so I can not complain since it is my favourite chocolate. So that was the fun of Monday.
The rest of the week was the usual school. On Thursday I actually stayed home for the day since the Swedes in gr.1 in school had to write a national test for Swedish. I just chilled at home that day and slept in.
On Friday, I actually got to play my first Innebandy game with Kais. I am the first Canadian to play on Kais. They had an American once, so it is nice to put some Canadian experience there aha! We played 2 hrs. away in Gävle at 20:00. It was not a good game as we lost 13-4 I think. I also had a nice hit on a guy in the corner at least but Andreas said the best part of the game (he meant the trips to other places to play) was going to McDonald's for food. After our loss, we got some McDonald's and it seem to smooth things over a little.
The weekend was quiet. On Saturday I just hung around the house and Sunday I went to watch the Mens Kais Mora team. They lost 6-5. So yeah.... That is week 16 and it is the last week of November!
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Winter Is Here
Week 15:
Hello Followers! This week was not as entertaining as last week but it was still good!
Monday and Tuesday were the usual school with Innebandy after. Wednesday night I went with Christer, Åsa and Inez to Leksand to see Leksand play against Mora. I wanted to go to to Leksand since they have a much bigger arena than Mora. I also wanted to go since when we were here in 2011 we went to see Leksand Arena but we only got to see how it looked as it was summer, so I wanted to see a game! Leksand has a very large cheering section compared to Mora and you can definitely see that when you first get in. The cheering section is usually packed for games and it should have been for the game against Mora because there is a rivalry but there was less fans than they usually have. Mora played a great game and won 4-1 if I recall correctly. It was an upset for Leksand since they do not like getting beat by Mora...especially when they are on home ice. The rest of the week was the normal week.
On Saturday not too much happened. It was a very laid back day. However, Sunday I went to watch H2 Innebandy which is the higher level team compared to HJ which is the team I am on. I do not believe there is an age limit for H2 so the opposing team had a few guys who were a lot older than some of our players on H2. It was a dirty game for an Innebandy game and the teams did not let off on each other that much even after they were spoken to by the refs. I believe the score was 11-4 to the opposing team by the end of the game. Then Maja and I went to Morfar's apartment to help Åsa and Tomas a little with getting it ready. After we did that we went to a village outside of Mora for a Christmas Market. It was an interesting thing to see since I do not believe we do that in Canada. Then Sunday night I went to see the Hunger Games.
It has gotten colder here but there has not been snow in our area. The North has a lot of snow and the South has a little. The sunrise right now is usually 8:30 am and the sunset is at about 15:07 pm, so a little earlier than we have in Ontario. I do not mind it but it is definitely different when it is dark when you go to school and dark when you come home from school. But it is an experience that I will remember!
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| Leksand's cheering section |
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| The cheering section as the players come on |
Friday, November 20, 2015
At That Moment Tucker Knew He Screwed Up.......
Week 14:
Hello Friends and the other people who I do not know and just drop in for a read. This week was more entertaining....especially after my incident on the weekend. I don't think it was funny but my (heartless) mother & aunt thought it was.
The week was the usual with Innebandy practices and all that fun stuff, but for our one Innebandy training in school on Tuesday we actually got to go to the pool and learn how to save someone who is drowning. We had fun since we got to go swimming and it was a change up from the usual training every week! Then Thursday after school I went over to a friend Richard's and played FIFA 16(a video soccer game, for those that do not know what FIFA is). When you do not know anything about soccer or have never played the game it can be quite entertaining to play a match while trying to remember all the controls! I also had supper there before practice and we had macaroni and hot dogs, which I know all of you will agree is a great pre-practice meal!
To really put a spin on things, this week Friday was not the end of the school week. We extended our school week into Saturday since we had an open house for the Mora Gymnasium. The community and the students that are coming next year can come to see what happens and what we do in the school. They also get to talk to the teachers about the program and all that fun stuff! So our weekend was moved to Sunday and Monday!
Sunday I went to watch JAS(Innebandy). JAS is like the "All star" team were they have the good players from the club and the guys can be up to age 18(I believe this is the max. age). It was a good game to watch and after I planned to go over to my friend Richard's again. This is where things got a little more entertaining. So there are two ways out of Unihoc (The Innebandy Arena), one is a steep incline but when you get to the top you can glide down it on your bike or the other way you need to pedal most of the way. So the three of us decide to take the steep hill. We all made it up perfectly fine. When we got to the top we slowed down to start going down the hill but yesterday(Sunday) when we were in the arena it was freezing rain out. We start going down this hill of course teenagers being teenagers, we wanted to go faster. We started pedaling faster but there is one point that there is a quick turn in the road and I thought to myself, "there is no way I am going to make the turn if that corner is as slippery as the rest of the road and I am not going to be able to stop...", so I start slowing down but I pressed the brakes too hard which caused my back wheel to stop and as the title says...."At That Moment Tucker Knew He Screwed Up...", I definitely did. The back wheel went to one side and I tried to get it back under me but it did not work so the bike and me hit the road and slid a good 8 m, since it was that slippery. Then as I am laying on the ground dying (not really but kind of), I see Fredrick slide right beside me....I thought to myself, "that is a little weird". However, he said if he did not do that he could not brake in time to not hit me. So, needless to say Fredrick is a friend for life because he saved me from being ran over by a bike. Then I got up and tried to turn around and yup, I fell again right on the same side I did before. When I got to Richard's, my right hip hurt a little and my jeans were white where I slid on them. Later when I got home, might I add by car because I was not biking again and let's just say my hip was swollen and it hurt to walk. Even today it still hurts to walk...so that was the weekend fun! And yes I do have pictures......
Hope you enjoyed that as much as my heartless mother & aunt did! I will post next week, hopefully without any added bumps or bruises!
Hello Friends and the other people who I do not know and just drop in for a read. This week was more entertaining....especially after my incident on the weekend. I don't think it was funny but my (heartless) mother & aunt thought it was.
The week was the usual with Innebandy practices and all that fun stuff, but for our one Innebandy training in school on Tuesday we actually got to go to the pool and learn how to save someone who is drowning. We had fun since we got to go swimming and it was a change up from the usual training every week! Then Thursday after school I went over to a friend Richard's and played FIFA 16(a video soccer game, for those that do not know what FIFA is). When you do not know anything about soccer or have never played the game it can be quite entertaining to play a match while trying to remember all the controls! I also had supper there before practice and we had macaroni and hot dogs, which I know all of you will agree is a great pre-practice meal!
To really put a spin on things, this week Friday was not the end of the school week. We extended our school week into Saturday since we had an open house for the Mora Gymnasium. The community and the students that are coming next year can come to see what happens and what we do in the school. They also get to talk to the teachers about the program and all that fun stuff! So our weekend was moved to Sunday and Monday!
Sunday I went to watch JAS(Innebandy). JAS is like the "All star" team were they have the good players from the club and the guys can be up to age 18(I believe this is the max. age). It was a good game to watch and after I planned to go over to my friend Richard's again. This is where things got a little more entertaining. So there are two ways out of Unihoc (The Innebandy Arena), one is a steep incline but when you get to the top you can glide down it on your bike or the other way you need to pedal most of the way. So the three of us decide to take the steep hill. We all made it up perfectly fine. When we got to the top we slowed down to start going down the hill but yesterday(Sunday) when we were in the arena it was freezing rain out. We start going down this hill of course teenagers being teenagers, we wanted to go faster. We started pedaling faster but there is one point that there is a quick turn in the road and I thought to myself, "there is no way I am going to make the turn if that corner is as slippery as the rest of the road and I am not going to be able to stop...", so I start slowing down but I pressed the brakes too hard which caused my back wheel to stop and as the title says...."At That Moment Tucker Knew He Screwed Up...", I definitely did. The back wheel went to one side and I tried to get it back under me but it did not work so the bike and me hit the road and slid a good 8 m, since it was that slippery. Then as I am laying on the ground dying (not really but kind of), I see Fredrick slide right beside me....I thought to myself, "that is a little weird". However, he said if he did not do that he could not brake in time to not hit me. So, needless to say Fredrick is a friend for life because he saved me from being ran over by a bike. Then I got up and tried to turn around and yup, I fell again right on the same side I did before. When I got to Richard's, my right hip hurt a little and my jeans were white where I slid on them. Later when I got home, might I add by car because I was not biking again and let's just say my hip was swollen and it hurt to walk. Even today it still hurts to walk...so that was the weekend fun! And yes I do have pictures......
Hope you enjoyed that as much as my heartless mother & aunt did! I will post next week, hopefully without any added bumps or bruises!
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| The swollen hip |
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| Pants got a little discoloured |
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Physical Training & Father's Day
Week 13:
Greetings Followers and those of you who jut drop in. Week 13 had some entertaining moments in it! During school, Innebandy is built into your schedule so you practice during school hours. I have 3 training spots in my school schedule which are Tuesday morning (8:30-11), Wednesday afternoon (13:30-15:45) and finally Friday morning (8:30-11). Tuesday morning was diet theory and physical training, physical training is where we do a workout. Well I do not usually get bothered by the workouts but this week was a little crazy. We had 6 different exercises and you do each one for 20 secs. six times each then move onto the next exercise. So after the first three I was done but there was three more to do! Just lovely! So, I managed to survive through the whole thing but then it turns out we have to do the whole thing a second time...let's just say when I was done I thought I was not going to be able to eat considering my arms really hurt and I had visions of not being able to lift my fork to my mouth. So that was the Innebandy fun for the week with three practices during the evening too! Wednesday afternoon at 13:15 I had an interview for the CELP Co-op position! It was a good experience. And really, how many people can say the got interview over Skype for CELP Co-op?! I think I am the first, haha! I have another interview this week, so I hope it goes well. Thursday night Åsa left with her girlfriends to have a girls weekend near Orsa (I forgot the place they were at) so Tomas, Maja and I had to fend for ourselves...it was not that bad actually. Tomas is a good dad haha!
Sunday was actually Father's Day over here. Definitely a different time of year than ours but to celebrate Åsa, Tomas and I went to Farfar and Farmor's apartment.
Quick Swedish lesson, in Sweden you usually distinguish between your mother's parents and father's parents. So Åsa's dad would be Morfar and Tomas's parents would be Farfar and Farmor instead of them all being Grandma and Grandpa! That is all I have for this week! So hope it is a good read!
Greetings Followers and those of you who jut drop in. Week 13 had some entertaining moments in it! During school, Innebandy is built into your schedule so you practice during school hours. I have 3 training spots in my school schedule which are Tuesday morning (8:30-11), Wednesday afternoon (13:30-15:45) and finally Friday morning (8:30-11). Tuesday morning was diet theory and physical training, physical training is where we do a workout. Well I do not usually get bothered by the workouts but this week was a little crazy. We had 6 different exercises and you do each one for 20 secs. six times each then move onto the next exercise. So after the first three I was done but there was three more to do! Just lovely! So, I managed to survive through the whole thing but then it turns out we have to do the whole thing a second time...let's just say when I was done I thought I was not going to be able to eat considering my arms really hurt and I had visions of not being able to lift my fork to my mouth. So that was the Innebandy fun for the week with three practices during the evening too! Wednesday afternoon at 13:15 I had an interview for the CELP Co-op position! It was a good experience. And really, how many people can say the got interview over Skype for CELP Co-op?! I think I am the first, haha! I have another interview this week, so I hope it goes well. Thursday night Åsa left with her girlfriends to have a girls weekend near Orsa (I forgot the place they were at) so Tomas, Maja and I had to fend for ourselves...it was not that bad actually. Tomas is a good dad haha!
Sunday was actually Father's Day over here. Definitely a different time of year than ours but to celebrate Åsa, Tomas and I went to Farfar and Farmor's apartment.
Quick Swedish lesson, in Sweden you usually distinguish between your mother's parents and father's parents. So Åsa's dad would be Morfar and Tomas's parents would be Farfar and Farmor instead of them all being Grandma and Grandpa! That is all I have for this week! So hope it is a good read!
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Fall Vacation & A Bike Ride in the Woods
Week 12:
Hello all my Followers! Week 12 was interesting considering something that never happens in Canada happened, and I think it would be cool if it did. During Week 44 or the week of Halloween, Sweden has a vacation week. So obviously there is no school during this week which was weird since I am only use to having Thanksgiving Monday off during the fall months. But here is Sweden they do not have Thanksgiving, so that was also a little different! During fall vacation some students go to their home cities since some of the students that go to Mora Gymnasium are not from Mora. So those students go home during this week to visit with their families. I however did not have a lot going on throughout this week except some Innebandy practices and some of Åsa's family came over for a belated birthday party I guess you could say. Now, doing nothing all week is not my thing so I was hoping to go hiking on a mountain with Maja, but she had to work so that did not work out for me! So I decided I would go biking on Friday. I made a little video with my Sony action cam that I will put on the bottom of this post. It is 9 minutes of me biking so I do not think you will watch all of it but skim through it and you will see how a forest in Sweden looks since it is mainly dominated by the Lodgepole Pine (I believe)...either way it is still cool to see! Before watching, you can turn the blog music off so that you can hear the music on the video.
During the weekend Tomas, Åsa and I went to watch the new James Bond movie Spectre and just so you know, a Swedish movie theatre is a little different than a Canadian. You can pre-order tickets but when you pre-order them you can pick where you sit. so that I do not think we do in Canada, but I could be wrong. The movie was 2hrs and 40min long so it was a lot of Bond for your buck and also a lot of sitting! On Sunday Åsa, Kerstin and I (Kerstin is related to Åsa but I forgot how, I am sure I will figure it out soon) went to Grandpa's to pick mushrooms and some berries since everywhere you look there are always blueberries. So we were out in the Swedish wilderness for 1.5 hr I believe it was and then we had some fika before we left for home! That rounded off week 12...I can not believe it has been 12 (now 13) weeks!
Hello all my Followers! Week 12 was interesting considering something that never happens in Canada happened, and I think it would be cool if it did. During Week 44 or the week of Halloween, Sweden has a vacation week. So obviously there is no school during this week which was weird since I am only use to having Thanksgiving Monday off during the fall months. But here is Sweden they do not have Thanksgiving, so that was also a little different! During fall vacation some students go to their home cities since some of the students that go to Mora Gymnasium are not from Mora. So those students go home during this week to visit with their families. I however did not have a lot going on throughout this week except some Innebandy practices and some of Åsa's family came over for a belated birthday party I guess you could say. Now, doing nothing all week is not my thing so I was hoping to go hiking on a mountain with Maja, but she had to work so that did not work out for me! So I decided I would go biking on Friday. I made a little video with my Sony action cam that I will put on the bottom of this post. It is 9 minutes of me biking so I do not think you will watch all of it but skim through it and you will see how a forest in Sweden looks since it is mainly dominated by the Lodgepole Pine (I believe)...either way it is still cool to see! Before watching, you can turn the blog music off so that you can hear the music on the video.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Ice Hockey & First Star
Week 11:
Hello Everyone! Sorry I did not post til Thursday but better late than never! Week 11 was not very eventful!
I had a couple of innebandy practices and school of course! But Tuesday night Inez and I went to watch Mora play against IK Pantern(I believe that was the team). Inez would never go to a game in Mora but since her "friend" plays on Mora she thought she would be nice and go and watch him. Surprisingly she was on time picking me up this time which is an improvement since last time she was late. So that made up for last time! We got to the arena and got our tickets. Inez was laughing at me since I paid with cash...they do not use cash here often. Especially younger people so she thought it was funny. I did not think it was that funny but you know how Swedes have an interesting sense of humour.... or at least Inez does. We got to our seats and watched the game. Mora did not play that good so the final score was 3-1. During the second intermission I got a nice Mora sweater which I am not allowed to wear to the Stenis's at anytime. Inez would not even come into the pro shop since it is not "Leksand". Inez and I also voted for her friend to be First Star during the intermission. Unfortunately after two votes he was 8th I believe. So sense I am the smarter one of the two of us, I told Inez to delete it and re add it...needless to say he went from 8th to 1st real quick. I'm not sure why, just an amazing thing that happened and it shocked Inez and I. So Filip Halvardsson was First Star at the end of the game! The bonus was that he was a call up, so it was 10 times better that he got it!
Also on the weekend I was on a bike ride on the trails and I saw a rather large dog that was grey and had a long tail...I am sure it was a wolf since no one was with it and I was pretty far deep in the woods. I thought it was cool to see it!
That rounded off my Week 11! Week 12 is almost gone to and I am still hoping I might get to go hiking on a mountain!
Hello Everyone! Sorry I did not post til Thursday but better late than never! Week 11 was not very eventful!
I had a couple of innebandy practices and school of course! But Tuesday night Inez and I went to watch Mora play against IK Pantern(I believe that was the team). Inez would never go to a game in Mora but since her "friend" plays on Mora she thought she would be nice and go and watch him. Surprisingly she was on time picking me up this time which is an improvement since last time she was late. So that made up for last time! We got to the arena and got our tickets. Inez was laughing at me since I paid with cash...they do not use cash here often. Especially younger people so she thought it was funny. I did not think it was that funny but you know how Swedes have an interesting sense of humour.... or at least Inez does. We got to our seats and watched the game. Mora did not play that good so the final score was 3-1. During the second intermission I got a nice Mora sweater which I am not allowed to wear to the Stenis's at anytime. Inez would not even come into the pro shop since it is not "Leksand". Inez and I also voted for her friend to be First Star during the intermission. Unfortunately after two votes he was 8th I believe. So sense I am the smarter one of the two of us, I told Inez to delete it and re add it...needless to say he went from 8th to 1st real quick. I'm not sure why, just an amazing thing that happened and it shocked Inez and I. So Filip Halvardsson was First Star at the end of the game! The bonus was that he was a call up, so it was 10 times better that he got it!
Also on the weekend I was on a bike ride on the trails and I saw a rather large dog that was grey and had a long tail...I am sure it was a wolf since no one was with it and I was pretty far deep in the woods. I thought it was cool to see it!
That rounded off my Week 11! Week 12 is almost gone to and I am still hoping I might get to go hiking on a mountain!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Falu Gruva
Week 10:
Hello! This post will hopefully be a little longer and interesting then last weeks!
The week was normal with the usual going to school and some evenings of Innebandy afterward. Friday I did not do too much, but I tried sushi for the first and last time! I thought I would enjoy it but you definitely need to have a liking for stuff like that. In saying that, I did not like it that much but I tried to eat all of it...which lead to me not feeling good for half an hour but I got over it and did not die because of it! Praise the lord!!! After supper Friday, Tomas, Maja and I went to watch Kais Mora (Females) play a game at Unihoc! They won by a score of 9-4 (if I recall correctly) but in the beginning it was a close game till we started getting the lead...then they just kept going.
Saturday was more action packed. YFU students had a Region meet with all of the other students in the area. In my area we only have 5 students, so it is a little small compared to the Stockholm region! The meet up began with a tour of Falu Gruva which is a very old copper and gold mine that they use to mine. They still do use the mine because they get the red paint colour from the minerals there. The red paint I am referring to is on all the houses over here to protect the wood. We went 67 m under ground and we got to see how the mine was mined, as well as all of the different areas in the mine. However, before we went in the guide told us about "The Lady of the Mine". In the old days they took this very serious and it was said that you could die if you did not follow the rules. The Lady of the Mine does not like yelling, swearing or whistling while you are in the mine and before we were allowed to enter, the guide had to greet The Lady of the Mine. There was also a collapse of the mine in 1687. This is why it seems like an open pit because that is where the mine was until it collapsed. The great pit that opened was over 100 meters deep(300 feet). So when we first go there I thought it was an open pit mine but then the guide told us about the collapsed and then it all made sense! The mine logo is the Female sign with a box around it, which in miner terms is the symbol for Copper! Since 2001 it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site as well as a museum. Our tour finished at 1330. Following the tour we went over to a school to eat and have meetings (Exchange students and the host families talked in separate groups). After we were done there at 1700 we were on our way home!
On Sunday morning I helped Åsa, Tomas and Grandpa at the cabin putting wood there for the winter since Martin goes ice fishing there (I plan on going with him this year) and he stays over so it would get cold if you do not have wood for the fire! We also had fika at the cabin and I got a few pictures of the cabin to share with you! I hope you are enjoying my pictures and that it allows you to get a feel for what life and things are like here.
This concludes everything that happened through week 10 and I am now into week 11 with only 32 more weeks left...and no, I am not really counting!
Hello! This post will hopefully be a little longer and interesting then last weeks!
The week was normal with the usual going to school and some evenings of Innebandy afterward. Friday I did not do too much, but I tried sushi for the first and last time! I thought I would enjoy it but you definitely need to have a liking for stuff like that. In saying that, I did not like it that much but I tried to eat all of it...which lead to me not feeling good for half an hour but I got over it and did not die because of it! Praise the lord!!! After supper Friday, Tomas, Maja and I went to watch Kais Mora (Females) play a game at Unihoc! They won by a score of 9-4 (if I recall correctly) but in the beginning it was a close game till we started getting the lead...then they just kept going.
Saturday was more action packed. YFU students had a Region meet with all of the other students in the area. In my area we only have 5 students, so it is a little small compared to the Stockholm region! The meet up began with a tour of Falu Gruva which is a very old copper and gold mine that they use to mine. They still do use the mine because they get the red paint colour from the minerals there. The red paint I am referring to is on all the houses over here to protect the wood. We went 67 m under ground and we got to see how the mine was mined, as well as all of the different areas in the mine. However, before we went in the guide told us about "The Lady of the Mine". In the old days they took this very serious and it was said that you could die if you did not follow the rules. The Lady of the Mine does not like yelling, swearing or whistling while you are in the mine and before we were allowed to enter, the guide had to greet The Lady of the Mine. There was also a collapse of the mine in 1687. This is why it seems like an open pit because that is where the mine was until it collapsed. The great pit that opened was over 100 meters deep(300 feet). So when we first go there I thought it was an open pit mine but then the guide told us about the collapsed and then it all made sense! The mine logo is the Female sign with a box around it, which in miner terms is the symbol for Copper! Since 2001 it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site as well as a museum. Our tour finished at 1330. Following the tour we went over to a school to eat and have meetings (Exchange students and the host families talked in separate groups). After we were done there at 1700 we were on our way home!
On Sunday morning I helped Åsa, Tomas and Grandpa at the cabin putting wood there for the winter since Martin goes ice fishing there (I plan on going with him this year) and he stays over so it would get cold if you do not have wood for the fire! We also had fika at the cabin and I got a few pictures of the cabin to share with you! I hope you are enjoying my pictures and that it allows you to get a feel for what life and things are like here.
This concludes everything that happened through week 10 and I am now into week 11 with only 32 more weeks left...and no, I am not really counting!
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| The mine (Part that collapsed) |
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| Next few are inside of the mine! |
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| This is what we walked on for most of the tour |
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| One cavern of the mine |
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| This bucket is how they transported rock from the bottom of the mine to the top easier |
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| Mines also would hold on with one foot and one hand and go down to their section of mine and would swing the bucket and jump to the land |
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| Stairs to behind the bucket where the water pumps are for moving the bucket up and down |
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| Rock...I know it might be hard to tell |
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| Ventilation door |
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| Lowest part of the mine we were allowed to go (64m underground) |
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| Outhouse at the Cabin |
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| Area around the cabin (All trees) |
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| The small lake |
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| The spare rooms |
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| Small pano out front of the cabin |
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| The cabin |
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| The "Driveway" |
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| Stairs down to the boat house |
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| More trees |
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| Living room |
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| Kitchen |
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| Sled/Spare room up top |
Monday, October 12, 2015
Innebandy & Touring
Week 9:
Hello people that follow my blog and those who just come here to read it since you have nothing else to do! I hope you enjoy my little updates!
Last week was more entertaining then Week 8 was. To start Monday I had to go to Immigration to get a card that will allow me to stay in Sweden for the rest of the time I am here. So Åsa and I were on the train at 6:20 am heading to Uppsala! It was a three hour train ride which had us in Uppsala for about 9:40 am after all the stops we had to make while heading there. My appointment was at 10:15 am so we took a cab and headed across Uppsala, arriving at Immigration for 10:10. We waited for about 15 min until I got called up. Åsa gave them our address and all that fun stuff and then I had to get my picture taken, as well as my index fingers fingerprinted. After this long 5 min appointment we were did not have to be back on the train until 14:20. So Åsa and I walked around Uppsala a bit and got to see some very neat things(there will be pictures below). Then we had lunch and went back to the station to wait for the train. That was as entertaining as the weekdays got.
The other days were the usual school and Innebandy training. We also had pictures this week and we had to order our team clothing, which when you do not really know what size you would be it was a bit of a challenge and a lot of texting to Mom and Åsa to get their opinions...I just hope I ordered the right sizes :o .
On the weekend my Innebandy team had our first match (I did not play) but I watched...it was not a good game. The score at the end of it was 7-2. Maja had to work at the cafe at the arena so we stayed there till about 22:00, so two of the guys stayed back and we fooled around a little. I will post a video of Andreas trying to do a trick which never worked out in the end, but he tried. After we were done at the arena I thought we were going home... turns out we were going touring around town! Maja, Hannah, Andreas, Anton, two others and I were out driving around Mora till about 2 in the morning. Then we decided to go home with everyone where we ate for some reason and at 3 everyone went home. So I would say it was a very productive Saturday night! Sunday was laid back and I did not do much. I just toured on the trail we have near the house...I may have got lost since it is a little confusing. But I am typing this so I found my way home safely! I also face-timed with Uncle Jamie, Aunt Chris, Grandma & Grandpa Morphy while they had Thanksgiving dinner together at Uncle Jamie's.
Anyway, thanks again for checking in! Feel free to say hello or leave a comment at the bottom. It is always nice to hear from people back home. Weekend 10 will be a bit more fun with a YFU meet up! I'm looking really forward to that.
Hello people that follow my blog and those who just come here to read it since you have nothing else to do! I hope you enjoy my little updates!
Last week was more entertaining then Week 8 was. To start Monday I had to go to Immigration to get a card that will allow me to stay in Sweden for the rest of the time I am here. So Åsa and I were on the train at 6:20 am heading to Uppsala! It was a three hour train ride which had us in Uppsala for about 9:40 am after all the stops we had to make while heading there. My appointment was at 10:15 am so we took a cab and headed across Uppsala, arriving at Immigration for 10:10. We waited for about 15 min until I got called up. Åsa gave them our address and all that fun stuff and then I had to get my picture taken, as well as my index fingers fingerprinted. After this long 5 min appointment we were did not have to be back on the train until 14:20. So Åsa and I walked around Uppsala a bit and got to see some very neat things(there will be pictures below). Then we had lunch and went back to the station to wait for the train. That was as entertaining as the weekdays got.
The other days were the usual school and Innebandy training. We also had pictures this week and we had to order our team clothing, which when you do not really know what size you would be it was a bit of a challenge and a lot of texting to Mom and Åsa to get their opinions...I just hope I ordered the right sizes :o .
On the weekend my Innebandy team had our first match (I did not play) but I watched...it was not a good game. The score at the end of it was 7-2. Maja had to work at the cafe at the arena so we stayed there till about 22:00, so two of the guys stayed back and we fooled around a little. I will post a video of Andreas trying to do a trick which never worked out in the end, but he tried. After we were done at the arena I thought we were going home... turns out we were going touring around town! Maja, Hannah, Andreas, Anton, two others and I were out driving around Mora till about 2 in the morning. Then we decided to go home with everyone where we ate for some reason and at 3 everyone went home. So I would say it was a very productive Saturday night! Sunday was laid back and I did not do much. I just toured on the trail we have near the house...I may have got lost since it is a little confusing. But I am typing this so I found my way home safely! I also face-timed with Uncle Jamie, Aunt Chris, Grandma & Grandpa Morphy while they had Thanksgiving dinner together at Uncle Jamie's.
Anyway, thanks again for checking in! Feel free to say hello or leave a comment at the bottom. It is always nice to hear from people back home. Weekend 10 will be a bit more fun with a YFU meet up! I'm looking really forward to that.
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| Kais Mora HJ is White |
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| Another pic from the match |
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| One last one |
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| The A Plan (Special flooring) |
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| The Rink |
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| Wide shot of the A plan |
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| Visitor's Net |
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Dinner with the Stenis Family
Week 8:
Hello Everyone!
Last week was not very entertaining but there was a few highlights. Monday-Thursday were the normal school days and training on two of those nights. So not much excitement. Friday was a bit more entertaining, specifically in the morning. In Mora there is an old water tower and honestly it does not even look like it could hold water even back then so I am still confused by it...but inside this very small space they have created a small rock climbing facility! The '99 Innebandy guys were in a tournament in Umeå, 8 hours north of Mora so they were on the road early Friday morning leaving only 6 people in the Innebandy class for the morning. This allowed us to get to go climbing! I always enjoy climbing a lot, so it was a fun thing to do even if it was very small facility compared to our climbing walls at home. So that was the fun I had during the week!
Now the weekend came around. Saturday afternoon Maja had an Innebandy game, so Tomas, Åsa and I went to watch her play and her team won 7-2. On Saturday night the Stenis's and I made plans to have supper together since all the kids were home (including Johan), so I wanted to go visit. Inez said she was going to pick me up at 18:00, but 18:02 is when she actually picked me up. Just a quick note, an average Swede is usually on time...but clearly Inez is not an average Swede since she was two minutes late. I was kind of disappointed...but Åsa & Christer's supper made up for it! ;) After supper Inez and her friend left to go to another friend's house (a lot of friends I know). The rest of us went across to the neighbour's for a Music quiz (Johan said it was a music quiz game) but I left before it started...so I kinda missed out on that. But there is a song Johan showed me, if you know the song, "Take me Home, Country Road," it is that melody but they are saying their snowmobile will take them home. It is a comical song...well I think it is good since I do not understand it, but I will soon....hopefully! (I will post the song below).
Sunday was laid back like usual, which ends my summary of week 8 for all of you! Good-bye 'til next week!
Hello Everyone!
Last week was not very entertaining but there was a few highlights. Monday-Thursday were the normal school days and training on two of those nights. So not much excitement. Friday was a bit more entertaining, specifically in the morning. In Mora there is an old water tower and honestly it does not even look like it could hold water even back then so I am still confused by it...but inside this very small space they have created a small rock climbing facility! The '99 Innebandy guys were in a tournament in Umeå, 8 hours north of Mora so they were on the road early Friday morning leaving only 6 people in the Innebandy class for the morning. This allowed us to get to go climbing! I always enjoy climbing a lot, so it was a fun thing to do even if it was very small facility compared to our climbing walls at home. So that was the fun I had during the week!
Now the weekend came around. Saturday afternoon Maja had an Innebandy game, so Tomas, Åsa and I went to watch her play and her team won 7-2. On Saturday night the Stenis's and I made plans to have supper together since all the kids were home (including Johan), so I wanted to go visit. Inez said she was going to pick me up at 18:00, but 18:02 is when she actually picked me up. Just a quick note, an average Swede is usually on time...but clearly Inez is not an average Swede since she was two minutes late. I was kind of disappointed...but Åsa & Christer's supper made up for it! ;) After supper Inez and her friend left to go to another friend's house (a lot of friends I know). The rest of us went across to the neighbour's for a Music quiz (Johan said it was a music quiz game) but I left before it started...so I kinda missed out on that. But there is a song Johan showed me, if you know the song, "Take me Home, Country Road," it is that melody but they are saying their snowmobile will take them home. It is a comical song...well I think it is good since I do not understand it, but I will soon....hopefully! (I will post the song below).
Sunday was laid back like usual, which ends my summary of week 8 for all of you! Good-bye 'til next week!
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
...I can not think of a Title...
Week 7:
Hello everyone of Canada and other places not named Canada! This is week 7/43.5 and it was another good one!
The whole week I was waiting on a decision about the Technique Program at school. Which after a long wait (it was really not that long) the Guidance Councillor told me I got in to the program Thursday night! That means I can start Friday...nope because we had a PA day. So I had to wait three days to start the new program. In the program we are currently working on drafting a house on ArchiCAD, this is a computer program made for drafting. But the catch is, I am attempting to read the very detailed and descriptive instructions of what to do in Swedish...I am not that good yet at reading Swedish so it is a slight challenge. That is what is happening in the new program so far!
Oh and a quick story. So in Sweden, I swear there is a Facebook group for every club/team you join. So I am in our "evening" Innebandy group. But little did I know we also have a group for school (like honestly, an Innebandy Facebook group for the school too?!). So Wednesday afternoon we have Innebandy from 13:15-15:45(they all use 24 hour time here), so I get on my bike and pedal my little heart out since I thought I was going to be late! It is a 20-25 min bike ride don't forget. I manage to get there with time to spare, but wait! I am the first one here! This is amazing...I am not going to be the late one. So I wait a little for everyone else to arrive since the Innebandy does not actually start till 13:30. But at 13:25 I am still the only one there...so I knew they probably cancelled practice and did not tell the Canadian. So I go and ask the lady that works at the arena at about 13:40 and she decides to go ask the receptionist since she thought we had practice too. After a 20 min wait since the receptionist was on the phone..."They are at the school doing a class, would you like me to call and tell them you are coming?" I look at the clock, it is like a 10 min bike ride and I was already 30 min late. So I was like "No don't worry about it!" That bike ride back home was the most depressing bike ride I have ever biked. The good news is though, I am now in the group on Facebook, so no other incidents like that should happen anymore!
Now to the weekend. On Saturday Maja had a few friends over for a get together (some of them were the Innebandy guys) so I chilled with them for a while! Then we went on an adventure around town. Without realizing it was 4:00 am and we had no way to get home. So, we called a cab bus (I think they are called that) and managed to get all of us home! But I still did not get to bed till 5:00 am. So Sunday I slept in till 9:30... At 14:00 Maja, Lovisa, Annie and I went to watch Kais Mora, the men's floorball team. They are in the second highest Men's league in Sweden, so that was an awesome game to watch since you can see how good the Swede's are at Innebandy! You realize why they are one of the top Innebandy teams in the world! So that was an exciting end to Week 7!
I promise I will be on time next week posting! I have just been busy with the new program! (I did not get pictures this week, next time I will!)
Hello everyone of Canada and other places not named Canada! This is week 7/43.5 and it was another good one!
The whole week I was waiting on a decision about the Technique Program at school. Which after a long wait (it was really not that long) the Guidance Councillor told me I got in to the program Thursday night! That means I can start Friday...nope because we had a PA day. So I had to wait three days to start the new program. In the program we are currently working on drafting a house on ArchiCAD, this is a computer program made for drafting. But the catch is, I am attempting to read the very detailed and descriptive instructions of what to do in Swedish...I am not that good yet at reading Swedish so it is a slight challenge. That is what is happening in the new program so far!
Oh and a quick story. So in Sweden, I swear there is a Facebook group for every club/team you join. So I am in our "evening" Innebandy group. But little did I know we also have a group for school (like honestly, an Innebandy Facebook group for the school too?!). So Wednesday afternoon we have Innebandy from 13:15-15:45(they all use 24 hour time here), so I get on my bike and pedal my little heart out since I thought I was going to be late! It is a 20-25 min bike ride don't forget. I manage to get there with time to spare, but wait! I am the first one here! This is amazing...I am not going to be the late one. So I wait a little for everyone else to arrive since the Innebandy does not actually start till 13:30. But at 13:25 I am still the only one there...so I knew they probably cancelled practice and did not tell the Canadian. So I go and ask the lady that works at the arena at about 13:40 and she decides to go ask the receptionist since she thought we had practice too. After a 20 min wait since the receptionist was on the phone..."They are at the school doing a class, would you like me to call and tell them you are coming?" I look at the clock, it is like a 10 min bike ride and I was already 30 min late. So I was like "No don't worry about it!" That bike ride back home was the most depressing bike ride I have ever biked. The good news is though, I am now in the group on Facebook, so no other incidents like that should happen anymore!
Now to the weekend. On Saturday Maja had a few friends over for a get together (some of them were the Innebandy guys) so I chilled with them for a while! Then we went on an adventure around town. Without realizing it was 4:00 am and we had no way to get home. So, we called a cab bus (I think they are called that) and managed to get all of us home! But I still did not get to bed till 5:00 am. So Sunday I slept in till 9:30... At 14:00 Maja, Lovisa, Annie and I went to watch Kais Mora, the men's floorball team. They are in the second highest Men's league in Sweden, so that was an awesome game to watch since you can see how good the Swede's are at Innebandy! You realize why they are one of the top Innebandy teams in the world! So that was an exciting end to Week 7!
I promise I will be on time next week posting! I have just been busy with the new program! (I did not get pictures this week, next time I will!)
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Grandpa's Birthday & Program Change?!
Week 6:
Hej Everyone! Last week and the weekend were fun, but very tiring! On Sunday night I got the weeks training schedule for Innebandy(floorball). We had practice Monday-Thursday for 2 hrs each night. I also switched into the Innebandy Training at school (not the program change which I refer to in the title, yet) which means I also had training on Tuesday and Friday for 3 hrs, and Wednesday for 2.5 hrs. This is why my blog took so long to do last week. That was pretty much the excitement of this past week.
Now, to explain about the program change... I have been thinking about switching out of the Music program because I do not find it to be much fun. The program I am considering switching into is the "Engineering Program". At the school it is the Technique Program (I forgot how it is spelt in Swedish). This program is Maths, Physics and Drafting which is more my thing since I like to use AutoCAD and Google SketchUp! So I would be much happier in it than I am in the Music program! So, that is where things are at with my schooling right now!
Now onto the weekend fun! On Saturday, Tomas and I went to watch Mora IK play. Mora IK is the professional hockey club in northern Dalarna, which is the region which I live in. One thing that is very different is that the arena is very small compared to OHL and NHL rinks (picture posted below) and Mora has a very small Neutral zone but a wide ice surface. In a Swedish hockey game, behind the home team's defensive zone, they have a cheering section for their cheering squad. Let me tell you, they go all out during the game. I did not know that there is that many cheers for a hockey game. The end result was a 3-1 win for Mora, with one empty net goal to seal the deal at the end! When the team scores everyone is on their feet cheering...it is crazy! On Sunday, it was a relaxing day with us just sitting around at home! This allowed me to make the Nilsson's a favourite dip of mine, taco dip. Asa purchased the ingredients for me and I went to work making it. I think it is safe to say, it was enjoyed by everyone. Lastly, on Monday it was Åsa's dad's birthday! When I was done at school I went with Maja and Åsa to his house for a small get together with other family and friends. We had Fika (Coffee/tea and a treat) and I met a lot of Åsa's family. They were all very nice and welcoming.
Well friends, that's all I have for Week 6. Hopefully, there will be more to come on my next blog! Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
Now, to explain about the program change... I have been thinking about switching out of the Music program because I do not find it to be much fun. The program I am considering switching into is the "Engineering Program". At the school it is the Technique Program (I forgot how it is spelt in Swedish). This program is Maths, Physics and Drafting which is more my thing since I like to use AutoCAD and Google SketchUp! So I would be much happier in it than I am in the Music program! So, that is where things are at with my schooling right now!
Now onto the weekend fun! On Saturday, Tomas and I went to watch Mora IK play. Mora IK is the professional hockey club in northern Dalarna, which is the region which I live in. One thing that is very different is that the arena is very small compared to OHL and NHL rinks (picture posted below) and Mora has a very small Neutral zone but a wide ice surface. In a Swedish hockey game, behind the home team's defensive zone, they have a cheering section for their cheering squad. Let me tell you, they go all out during the game. I did not know that there is that many cheers for a hockey game. The end result was a 3-1 win for Mora, with one empty net goal to seal the deal at the end! When the team scores everyone is on their feet cheering...it is crazy! On Sunday, it was a relaxing day with us just sitting around at home! This allowed me to make the Nilsson's a favourite dip of mine, taco dip. Asa purchased the ingredients for me and I went to work making it. I think it is safe to say, it was enjoyed by everyone. Lastly, on Monday it was Åsa's dad's birthday! When I was done at school I went with Maja and Åsa to his house for a small get together with other family and friends. We had Fika (Coffee/tea and a treat) and I met a lot of Åsa's family. They were all very nice and welcoming.
Well friends, that's all I have for Week 6. Hopefully, there will be more to come on my next blog! Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
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| The Hockey Game(Mora is in red) |
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| Hockey |
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| Hockey |
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| Grandpa's House, he built it all himself! The ceiling is wood. |
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| Small pano of the living room |
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| The entrance from the driveway |
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| Fireplace, facing the Foyer |
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| A cool chair he has |
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| The house |
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| Grandpa's yard |
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| Steps up to upper entrance |
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| I forgot what this is..... |
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| Grandpa's shed |
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| Upper Entrance |
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| Another shed |
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