Day 69 Oct. 18 It was a long, long, weekend. Six hour drive to Eskilstuna Friday night and six hours back Sunday morning. We got to the summer house/cabin around 11pm on Friday, I met Thomas who is Paul's brother and had a cup of tea. Next morning was up at 7:30, enjoyed some breakfast then we took a walk around the lake. So about 40 minute walk in like 2 degree celsius weather! My ears and nose were definetly feeling cold after that. After that I got to meet up with Sofia. She showed me around different parts of the town, told me a little history, and then we went and got fika. It was so great to see her, I had lots of fun walking around the town taking pictures and whatnot. I have to say I think I like Eskilstuna more than Helsingborg...I just felt like it was calmer and more relaxing. Mainly we talked about differences between the two countries. We probably talked 95% English and 5% Swedish. I told her Swedish is hard for me, it's difficult to understand but that I am trying to learn as much as my brain will let me. That was about it...But yeah, she said that they have like a house or something further up north and that if I ever wanted to join them I could go up with them. So perhaps I will go up for a weekend with her family! Anyway after meeting with Sofia we were going to get ready to go to Stockholm. I also got to stop by and met farmor (Paul's mother) before we left. She is 96 years old and still going :) Although we were driving up to sightsee we were only doing so from the car...we were suppose to be going to a party for my host siblings cousin's birthday soon. But, I did get to see the royal castle, their "white house", ha even a big cruise ship. Another day I'm sure I'll go up to Stockholm and actually walk around but it was still great to have stopped by. Well like I mentioned before we were going to a party. We drove to the location...hmm can't remember name of the town but it's right outside of Stockholm. There I met more family. Cousins (2), their husbands, their kids, birthday guy's parents, his sister and her husband. All of them were very welcoming and quite nice. Once of the cousins Cecilia (spelling? birthday guy's wife) happened to have something in common with me. She has been to Seattle quite a few times! I belive more than me...and I've lived in the area for 11 years. Geesh. So it was great to talk with her about Seattle and a few areas around the city. Well, we had a wonderful dinner and yummy chocolate cake to go with it. Mmm, around 10 or so we excused ourselves as we had a 1 1/2 hour drive back to the summer house/cabin. We said our goodbyes and drove back. Once again we had a cup of tea and then headed to bed. Next morning we got up...early agian. Ate and went for a walk, but I decided to stay in and read. Comfy I might add. We said bye to Thomas and went into town to say bye to farmor. Eventually we got back on the rode for yet another long drive. About half way back we stopped by a town known as the "candy town". Here they have a candy shop were they make polkagris (peppermint candy) from hand. You can actually watch them as they make the candy, but they weren't making any when we stopped by. They have lots and lots of different flavors to pick from. After buying some candy we got back to driving...3 more hours to go. Of course driving to and back we didn't just drive the whole time, we stopped every 2 hours or so for some coffee or candy or just to use the bathroom. But still, it was a long journey. Next time I will have to jump into the lake then hop into the suana, because I didn't get the chance to this time. I loved the trip though! Ha, funny now to think about it but I don't really remember what went on throughout the week before we left....just volleyball practice Monday and Thursday but not much else, oh yeah school.
Coming up this week is dinner with the Helsingborg girls, Germany, and helping Veronica move to a new flat.
Until I return from Germany!
xoxo Es
p.s - I really didn't kill any tuna while I was there :)
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