A long awaited update

It's been three weeks since my last confession; here's what you missed.


In no particular order I will list some of the things I've done. There was a free performance of a ballet at the Gothenburg Opera House so a bunch of my friends and I got dressed up and saw that. There were two separate pieces. One of them was a modern dance thing and I didn't think it was so terrible, but the other one had a story and narration and I didn't enjoy it one bit.

I found 500 kroner on the tram, so that was pretty cool.

My friend Marcel and I went to an event called language cafe where people can go from table to table and practice speaking different languages. Needless to say, my English is much improved.

Last Tuesday was semla day. I went to an event celebrating semla and their history. Afterwords I went out for fika (coffee) and ate another one. This is a semla.

Such a treat.

I've hosted a couple more group dinner's in my apartment. I have been making chili often and its been well received. I've also been putting leftover chili on my hot dogs, which is just way too exciting for words. Teemu brought a Finnish dessert called mami: it looks like poop.

I've been really getting used to the town and have developed a routine;  Pingisklubb is every Monday night and on Friday afternoons I go to afterwork. I've found a few new places that I like, so I try to mix it up every week.

My Swedish is improving only slightly. I know more words but my pronunciation is atrocious and hardly recognizable.

Last night was St. Patrick's day so I went with some people to the Dubliner. It was pretty cool but the beers were expensive. There was a band that would play three songs and then take an hour-long break all night but people seemed to enjoy that. I was out pretty late so today I'm taking it easy.