weekend

So many things have happened in the past few days. It feels like I've been here for a lot more than just a week, but than again, it doesn't. I wish I could write about all the things happening. But I simply don't have the time. It's been a great time. I'm sorry that I don't write much, at least not as much as I'd like to, but I'm always busy and when I have some time, I am too tired.


We spent our saturday and sunday at my swedish grandmother's appartment. We drove for 2 and a half hours which actually is not a long time, but it felt so long. I read a book the whole time. We had a stop at the biggest Darlana häst (horse) statue in the world. We took some photos. Everyone was so tired after the drive, so we had lunch and then we rested for a while. The grandmother is very nice. Fortunately she's lived in Africa for many years, so her english is very good. We made a trip to a place where the water is one of the best in Sweden.
 It is a stream, but a stream of ground water. The water is coming to the surface in little bubbles. We had to watch out for them. Because were the bubbles are, the ground is just an illusio

n and the water is actually a lot deeper. If you step in it, that's pretty bad. Because the water has about 6 degrees. You can't be in it for more than a minute because  the cold really hurts. But the water is crystal clear. You can just stand in the stream and drink it. And if you fill it in a bottle, the bottle fogs because of the cold.. I just wrote a whole paragraph about water, but it's just amazing.
 We just walked around in the forest, picked some raspberrys and ate them. My hostbrothers saw a snake, but I didn't. The mosquitos drove me/us insane. We kept walking but we went home after a while. I was exhausted and not feeling good that time. I'm always tired anyway. Learning a new language, not speaking my native language, every place, every person is new. A lot of impressions. But this was different and I was afraid that I might had a cold. But I startet to feel better slowly. We had dinner and we ate cake later, because it's grandmothers birthday tomorrow. We watched the athletic championchips and went to bed.
The next morning we had breakfast and relaxed until noon. Then we drove to a big lake with many islands in it. A relative of my hostmother has a motorboat and a vacation house there. We drove there and spent the whole day swimming, relaxing, eating, picking berries. What a beautiful place! I really want to have a vacation house on an swedish island when I'm an adult too.

And I will go to sleep now, because I feel really tired and I have to get up early tomorrow. It is my first day of school. The day on the island has eased my mind so I'm not nervous.