rainy days

hi everyone!

so its started to rain here and going outside doesn't seem very appealing so i thought i would update you all on the past few days.

on monday i started my first class. its called Swedish Society and Everyday Life. every lecture we are going to cover a different aspect of swedish life; some of the topics are perspectives on swedish modernity, culture analysis, food and national identity (i thought mom would like that topic), habits and customs...so it should be pretty interesting and let me gain a better grasp on the life here and i figure there's no better time to learn about the swedes then when i'm actually here! i'm also the only person in there from california (actually the only one from the US) which seems odd since there are so many UC students here, but i think its going to be a good opportunity to meet some new people! the class only meets mon and fri for about 2 hours so its like i have two weekend. i have tues, wed, and thurs off and also the regular weekend. i'm going to have to find things to occupy my time!

there's a site where you can bid on tickets to stockholm and they are waaaaaaaaay cheaper than buying them at the station or online (online or at the station is around $100 round trip, but through the auction site you can get them for about $40 round trip) but the only problem is that they're for the next day, so you have to be ready to leave. so i think i might try to do that, but since everyone else has class i might just have to do some traveling on my own. but that might be nice since i'd get to see everything that i would want to see, so we'll see!

yesterday and today i just wandered around lund and i've been looking for a cheap bookstore, but everything is so expensive! paperback books cost about $20 and i don't really want to spend that much! so tiffany and sarah and i were talking about getting library cards so we could check out there selection annnnnnnd they'd be free! my favorite price! today i went to max burger, its the largest swedish fast food chain. it was pretty good, but i'm used to 99cent cheeseburgers and what not, but a fast food meal here still costs around $10! but it was fun and actually really good, but still doesn't compare to in-n-out!

this weekend me and some of the girls were talking about going to this park reservation where they have mooses! we thought that would be exciting and they have some trails you can hike, so hopefully the weather clears up by then so we can go explore!

i thought i'd post some pictures of some of the university buildings here so you can see what my actual school looks like!

this is the main building. they have statues of random people all over the place.

this is where they hold their graduations and what not.

the AF building. there is where we came when we first arrived and had registration.

the library. so pretty. i went in the other day and couldn't really figure out anything. i couldn't even figure out how to get on the computer. hopefully i'll figure it out soon! there's a cafe inside and a falafal place.

lund cathedral
this is a big mound on campus. really weird story behind it. i guess a long time ago one of the buildings became infested with rats, so the students decided to kill them and get rid of them. so this is where they buried them. so this mound is actually a pile of dead rats.
this is part of my mentor group. theres about 25 people in the group total. it's all international students; some from australia, england, germany, austria...so its a great place to meet people and my mentors are great and plan lots of events for us and dinners and game nights so its a lot of fun. this was one of the nights where we went to one of the nations.

miss you lots.
love you more.