Last week i went to a language camp in Eskilstuna for like 5 days with all the other exchange students in two districts.
so sunday we took a bus to the camp which is like 1.5 hours bus ride from nyköping. it was horrible, i seriously felt so sick the entire way, not fun at all. then we went to the meeting spot and met up with the other exchangers. it was so cool there were people who actually knew where tahoe is! there is two boys from the west coast, chico, and oregon, so it was nice to talk to them. there were 9 americans, 2 brazillians, 1 french, italian, indian, german, japaneese, and 2 canadians and an oldie from new zealand. it was really cool to see different cultures and meeet people from all over the world. so at the meeting spot, we had a fika then met our host parents for the week. i stayed at the top of a huge building in the town and it had an amazing view! it was pretty cool, but the family really didnt talk to us too much so i spent alot of my time in the room. then monday we went to our first swedish lesson. it was really good to learn some swedish, but it was all like , hej jag heter lily och jag kommer från usa, jag tycker om...., like basic sayings like that, as the week went on we learnt alot more, and now i have tons of vocab words i should study and i have worksheets to do to, so thats good. that was basically how the school day went everyday, and we went to rotary lunches everyday and had to introduce ourselves. monday after school we had this bbq thing at this lake, it was very pretty and we played the longest game of kubb ever! then we chilled and got attacked by mosquitos! that sucked. oh i saw an old viking drawing on a rock thing, it was pretty awesome! then tuesday after school we had a fika with some oldies and it was fun hearing about euro tour and stuff like that they are so nice. wednesday we went bowling, i suck at bowling but we already knew that, it was fun, thursday we went to a zoo and then to a swiming pool. we were only at the zoo for an hour so we didnt get to see too much, but i really like the animals, we saw some tigers and i got attacked by a monkey kind of, then some of the other exchangers went out, but i felt so sick all week, i had the worst cold and headache ever so i didnt go, nor did i get an invitation :(. i feel really bad that i didnt get to know the other exchagers better, but i felt so sick and anti -social all week. i felt homesick for nyköping, and it wasnt the best week for me either, it was hard for me to open up feeling so crummy all the time. i think the other exchangers probably thought i was a jerk or something, but i didnt mean to come off that way and now i regret not talking so much, but i did talk to some people and they are all so nice! its so dumb that i had a cold all week, i still do actually and im like positive im allergic to eskilstuna so i dont think i can ever go back there. everytime i walked outside my nose just hurt so bad!! anyway enough of me complaining. then on friday i got to come home!! i was so happy, but it was sad to leave the other exchage kids, i felt like i got to know them alot better on friday, so it was hard to say goodbye. :( then i came home and moved into oscars old room! then i had to say good bye to Filip because he is going to spain on foreign exchange and he left saturday morning, so that was sad. but all in all it was a nice week to meet people and make conections and try to learn swedish, im actually speaking more at home and they are talking more to me in swedish and i actually understand some things now, so thats really good!!! im glad to be back home in nyköping though!
so that was language camp!
i still miss you all, and keep me updated on whats going on in your lives too!! i want to know how everyone is. love you!!
the exchangers!
Lake where we BBQ! BEAUTIFUL!
Really old Viking carving
Fencing! my sisters in the green dress :)
Face Painting!
A palace
The bridge where i jumped and my friend viktor
Stockholm
My first swedish meetballs
