Söndag Februari 24, 2008
Things have gotten better since the last time I wrote. My family is doing as well as they can. I spoke with my brother and the driver that crashed into my uncle was under the influence of alcohol. This comes as no surprise to me as U.S. statistics claim approximately half of all automobile accidents involve alcohol with just below 40% of fatal crashes involving the same. It’s a shame….
Tuesday, Feb. 19th we all said good-bye to Markus Stahl. Markus is from Germany and we were both Erasmus students here in Sweden the fall of 2006. I was so happy to return to Sweden and to see his familiar face. We tried to make in an international dinner so everyone could bring a typical dish from home. It was certainly some of the best food I’ve ever eaten. I can’t pronounce what some of the things were, but they were all delicious I assure you.
My weekend was nice, but I feel a cold coming on. On Friday we all went to Normalm for a pre-party and then made our way into the city for some dancing. We went to the Stathuset; it was my first time there. The place has a large dance floor and a couple of bars. The music was up to date, thank goodness! Dance floors are referred to as discos in Sweden and I understand why. The American music is usually between 5-20 years behind. It always gives me a good laugh. They Swedish way of dancing is very free so to speak. I once witnessed a girl doing some ballerina moves. People tend to just do what they want and laugh at themselves while doing it…. or maybe it’s me laughing at them….. I am not the best dancer so perhaps that why I enjoy it!
The dancing yesterday (Saturday) was very fun and new for me. I went to a party at my friend Frida’s. Her roommate is from Nigeria and he had some family in visiting him. My friend Mattias taught me the Swedish boog. I was quite old-fashioned but I got to spin and twirl so I loved it! We finished up with some African dancing. Tony, the Nigerian, danced with a rhythm of 2 beats opposed to 1 that I do. It was very interesting to watch and he was very good. We also did a bit of Salsa, so the Salsa lessons I took a couple of years ago paid off a bit.
Today Tom, Kitty (both of Amsterdam, Netherlands), and I went to IKEA and shopping at Birsta City. I spent way too much money! I got a great pair of boots that I couldn’t be happier with and some other clothes. We had a typical Swedish lunch and I was very impressed. This evening I went to their place where Tom cooked Dinner for us. Then we watch King of Queens for a few hours. It’s one of my favorite series so I could probably watch it all day long. I am definitely tired after this week.
