Hejsan!

I still have no internet - after calling them four times… (not every customer service is as good as *starticket :D) It’s time you get some news!! Luckily I have a friend next door who let me use her internet.

I’ve already been here for one week now. Last week was introduction week for the international students. They organized program for us every day from Tuesday till Friday ending with a fun game in the city. One task was to sing a song in the teams. As my team was so good singing (…) we won tickets for a women soccer game in umea. Boring you think? Well it is soccer so yes but apparently the women soccer team from umea is one of the best in the world!

That having a bicycle is crucial I already found out the second day. After just missing the bus I checked the timetable – only two buses per hour and so I had to wait 30min (and again later the same day). But as the city is so small you can get everywhere easily by bike. So I bought a second hand bike one the third day. Umea is very nice lots of trees in the center and a lot of forest around. A good place to go jogging!

My room is alright (after I got rid of the very bad smell). Still a bit empty though. The area is very nice – I live near an awesome lake. It’s probably one of the nicest areas to live – near university and a lot of nature around.

Yesterday we (other international students and me) wanted to go berry picking which is one of the Swedes hobbies. Unfortunately the weather was not too good so we took a walk along the lake instead.

It’s already quite cold here but I heard it’s not so much different from Switzerland. I had a bit of a shock when I arrived on Monday. It was raining all afternoon and night and Tuesday morning – what a welcome! But that rain was unusual so I’m still optimistic. We’ve had a bit of sunshine but I’ve never been outside without a jumper. I’m hoping for a warm autumn (summer here was not better than in Switzerland).

Enough for today. As soon I have my own internet I put some pictures here. Hope to hear you soon!