Amie's Travels

They only drink it at Christmas, just like how mini-eggs were only at Easter.

Well, I arrived in Sweden in tact and in one piece everyone!

For me, this is an accomplishment in itself as I’m deathly afraid of planes and heights, as I’m sure you all know, as well as other irrational fears such as zombies and asphyxiation. Anyways, I got to Umea and my penpal Jessica and her twin sister Camilla were waiting there with a big big sign that said “Amie, I’m here!” It was very awesome and cute!!! I was happy to get there, but they lost ALL of my luggage . So I only had my backpack with my computer and stuff. No clothes or toiletries (as you can’t bring liquids or gels as carry-on). But, thankfully, I got them this morning! Jessica let me sleep in till 11 o’clock! .

This afternoon, we took the bus from Savar, to Umea, and we did a tour of the centre with all the shopping and walked along the river! We didn’t really do any shopping quite yet, but we went to the library so Jessica could get mathbooks and I got a look at the system. Its ALL letters, not like the decimals system or like the U of R system, way different than that. But, it was easy enough to find everything! Later, we met with her mom and sister and we saw them at their job and we went to get groceries and they bought me a big bag of Candy!! I felt bad, but it was so nice of them! They are making me feel very welcome and have been so nice to me! I only hope I can repay it one day when Jessica comes to Canada and she can stay at my house!!!

Other than that, I stayed up talking to Brendon on Skype for a bit before he’s off to Regina Beach to see his grandfather for the weekend! It was very nice to talk to him and we were talking about doing a roadtrip during the summer as I have to go to Calgary to get my Chinese visa! So hopefully that works out too! Anyways, first day in sweden was good, but I’m still so tired. So now its time for bed! Talk to everyone later!

Amie