Crayfish party!

Me and Frida had our annual crayfish party last night. It was me, Frida, a big bowl of crayfish and loads of wine. No others were invited, lol. Anyway, we sat on her amazing balcony most of the night and ended up going out to Kvarnen after. It was a great night!  

Today is not a great day however. I feel like crap. This has got to be the worst hangover in the history of mankind.





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Parkhäng

Swedish summer is amazing! And when the weather turns warm something happens to the Swedes, they start living again! After a miserable winter everyone sort of comes back to life.

Hanging out in parks (parkhäng) is a big thing over here. People meet up and have wine, beer, snacks, BBQ and maybe play a game of kubb!

I've been to two different parks this week. Catrin had a bday thing in Tantolunden on Thursday so we had a mini BBQ and some wine. It was really good to see the girls again!
Yesterday I met up with some old uni friends (Mia, Annalisa and Therese) at Rålambshovsparken.
We don't see each other that much as we've all been living in different places. Therese lives in Australia but was visiting for the summer. It was really good to catch up with them!






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Christmas plans

I can't believe how fast this term has gone! Next week is my last week of uni. And in two weeks I'll be going back home to Stockholm over Christmas. I'm flying there on the evening of 23rd and then spending Christmas Eve at my mums. On Christmas Day I'm going out with Mikaela and Jenny, can't wait to go to Malmen again! On Boxing Day I'll be visitig my dad. And on the 27th I'm flying to Manchester and spending the night at Andy's parents. On the 28th Andy's friend is getting married outside Liverpool so we're going to the wedding and spending the night there. After that we'll probably head to Andy's parents for another night or so and then we'll be coming back south for New Years Eve. I think we'll be spending New Years with two of Andy's friends and some of their other friends.

So, as you can see I'll be doing a lot of traveling over the holidays. It sucks that I can't spend Christmas with Andy but at the same time I'm really looking forward to seeing my friends and family again!

 

IKEA

Yep we visited the most Swedish place on earth yesterday; IKEA! I've never been to an IKEA abroad before but it's just like home! It's strange really how a person could be thousands of miles away from home and just walk into IKEA and feel like they're in Barkarby or Kungens kurva in an instant.
I know what I'll be doing if I get homesick!



We got some stuff that we need for the apartment which is still pretty empty. Well it's not empty but there are some essential things missing, so I guess we'll have to go a few times. Not complaining by the way -I love IKEA! :)

It's strange buying stuff for the apartment and decorating knowing that I'll only be here for a few months. I love doing it so I'm not complaining but I would love doing it even more if I knew I'd be here to stay.

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Things I will miss about Sweden

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