First thing I have to say: MINE is the best. By far! (Thank you guys, especially Josh and Jorge <3) We still meet at least once a week, whereas other groups met once or twice and that was it. In the beginning, Josh had a party at his place at Delphi every Wednesday (if you want to party, just go to Delphi, follow the music and join some random party - nobody cares!) until he received a serious letter from the housing office. I show you a picture of his bookshelf and you will know why Rico loves this place!
Yes, that's what the Swedes do (actually, Josh is from Australia). They go to Germany and spend hundreds of Euros. There is a bustrip from Malmö to the German border. It's 40€ per person and everyone is allowed to take 75kg (!) of alcohol! Awesome! And Rico? He found his little baby.
And a final picture of our first party in Sweden. In the picture:
- Sarah, my soon to be flatmate (I'll explain later)
- Some drunk guy who looks like me (I ate a banana - I HATE bananas!)
- WTF is wrong with Rico?
Something, I really had to get used to: Everything (yes, everything, even official announcements by the university) is organised in Facebook. No Facebook => You are alone. Yes, that's Lund.
I don't really know how, but Rico finally managed to get in contact with his Mentor Group and so we joined them for a trip to Malmö to the huge Malmöfestivalen (some kind of city festival): a lot of people, free concerts everywhere, way to much different food. And imagine, we almost found a house of our own there!
Next thing we encountered: the crayfish-party, some Swedish tradition. You eat crayfish, some kind of small lobster, and drink a lot of wine.
...and as you can see on the picture, you have to wear one of those fancy hats. Of course, Rico (yeah, and me as well) had to have one of those. We were like the happiest human being on earth as we managed!
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot, here is a picture of the Mentor Group. Guess who is the Mentor (= most Swedish) and what her name is!
Solution: Emma (most Swedish name EVER)
Some important people you really have to know: on the very left (next to Rico) Gloria (Italian) and the girl with the red scarf Tiphaine (French).
[Some important note for my friends. If you're not, please ignore. Yes, I still hate the French. But in Lund, you cannot avoid every single one of them. There is too many. I tried. Believe me. ;)]
Just for the impression: a picture of a different stage near the harbour. My camera somehow went berserk. Look at the crazy colours; I swear it isn't photoshopped.
While listening to the music, something happend. Something I didn't mention till this very moment and what is connected inseparably with Sweden: rain. We haven't had a single day without rain. Well, perhaps two days, but in the following night, you thought the end of the world is near. The crazy thing: In Sweden, it can rain without any clouds (so called "fake rain". Common usage: Oh my god, it's fake-raining again!). Positive feature of the Swedish rain: it usually rains for just half an hour! (It's still kind of summerish, so probably I have to correct myself sometime soon). Rico loves that!
After all this new experiences, Rico was very hungry. Due to the very unfriendly (though beautiful) girl who didn't want to sell us anything (I hate you, Subway. You can't do that. We arrived ten minutes before closing-time. I'll never forgive you!), Rico had to eat his Kex (For all non-Germans: it should be Keks!). Rico thinks Swedish is so funny!
During the first two weeks, we didn't have any lectures apart from our Swedish classes. And as I've already mentioned: for a German, it isn't very difficult to learn (many words are similar, but spelled in some strange way + you don't conjugate the verbs!), but actually you don't have to at all: I haven't met any Swede whose English isn't like perfect.
Right here, the entry is over. But since you had to wait so long again (I am so sorry; you cannot imagine), there is some reward for you. As you might know, both of us aren't staying at Fabian's any more for three weeks now. According to this blog we still do. Time to change that!
It started with Rico (again - don't ask me how he did it). He was able to get a room in Spartaaa (don't ask me why it's called like that) for one month. This is where I am living now. I really like this place. I fall out of my bed - I am at my lecture. Yes, it's so close, yet not that beautiful. In October, I'm moving to Vildanden. I'm going to share an apartment with a German girl. She is in my Mentor Group and she noticed that I'm still looking for a place to live. Since her flatmate is moving out, she asked me, if I want to move in! (Thank you again, Sarah!) Unfortunately, Vildanden is at the other end of Lund, but I'm going to have a kitchen and a living-room of my own!
How come that I live in Sparta now? Rico is too lucky, as always. He got to know someone who knows someone who is renting houses to students. He found the perfect place - one of those you will never get. He is sharing a house (a really beautiful house!) with 7 other students from all over Europe! Some comparison:
The building.
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Yeah, ok... that's not his house. Still, he was too happy, when he discovered it!
The entrance.
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The balcony.
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By the way, that's Malte, one of his housemates (and Max, thank you again for the Swedish flag!). We had an awesome BBQ, where I met the other housemates (all of them are very nice!).
And one final picture for you. You should get the basic idea why Rico's place is the best ever: Jacuzzi!!!
I hope you had a great time learning a little bit more about our time in Sweden. Please, don't be sad - I know it wasn't that many thumbs this time - and I'm sorry to tell you, but the next entry will be something special and there won't be any thumbs at all =(
Some last words I really have to get of my chest right now: LUND, I LOVE YOU!
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