just before Christmas



Inez my little host syster, building
 a ginger bread house with me



Hej hej !

I’m sorry for didn’t write on the blog last weekend but I was quite busy. The think is that in this time of the year, just before Christmas there is a very important tradition here which is to build “ginger bread houses” in order to break it 20 days after Christmas in order to eat it. So last Saturday many exchange students met at the YFU office in Stockholm to build, to “cook” ginger bread houses.



view of my school from the appartment



But this day was also a very important and fantastic day for many exchange students because the snow really came and stayed on the ground! Some students who come from other parts of the world never saw snow before. It was the occasion to build their first snow-men and to make their first snow battle! The snow is still a little bit here but everything should leave this weekend.  Otherwise tomorrow I will go to Gothenburg (by train) for 3 or 4 days. I just would like to notice you that in Sweden Christmas is the 24^th of December instead of the 25^th. But I must be able to talk a little bit more about it next week!

 I wish everybody a GOD JUL!!! (merry Christmas) And see you next week!

 

 

4 Months and one day later...

Tcha !

So, I’m sorry for those 2 weeks without news, but it mean that I have many things to say!

So last weekend was my host grand-mother’s birthday, it was the occasion to move to Gothenburg (where she lives) for the second time, and to meet all the members of my host family. (Uncles, aunts, cousins...) That time I travelled by train, with the X-2000 (the equivalent of the French TGV) and we crossed Sweden in approximately 2 hours and thirty minutes.

My host relatives are also really kind and I have really young host cousins who are really cute! Except my “new relatives” I also discovered a Typical Swedish fika for special occasions and this is just…  AWESOME! As you can see on the pictures, my host grand-mother cooked so many different cakes and all of them were just sooooo good! Now I’m really looking forward to come back for Christmas time in 2 weeks.  

Otherwise this weekend was the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm. Due to this occasion, many people, tourists, where in Stockholm this weekend. Furthermore the Swedish flag was on every important building, every bus, everywhere! Four exchange student have been selected by hazard to go there but I wasn’t in. However I went in front of the place where the Nobel Ceremony was, and I saw the arrival of the “official” members of the Ceremony.

For the fast news, I have been sick this week for the first time but now I’m okay. I also went Ice-Skating yesterday evening, it was quite cool! Concerning the weather, NO SNOW IN STOCKHOLM! The limit for the snow is in the north of Stockholm but here we have nothing! The few times that snow came, it didn’t stay… This is the hottest year since 1943 and last year was the coldest for 50 years. What else?! Ho by the way I’m in Sweden for 4 months and one day! And this is now 13 days before Christmas and one week and a half before holydays!

To finish, let me just remember you that you can Write to me, ask questions or just let your impressions on myswedishyear@gmail.com

Puss Puss