December 17
Well, it’s time for the European trip. Today was wonderful. I did some packing and then went to Malmo with Frieder, Christian, Paul, Marion, Helene, Yuko, Masao, and one of Yuko’s friends from Scotland. We played laser-tag! It was great fun. We stopped at an indian fast food restaurant named Ganesh and Christian, me, Helene, and Marion had a bite to each. Marion and Helene were having a tiny bit of trouble with the spicyness, but it really wasn’t bad! Heh, they just have to train more.
After coming back we chilled for a bit then went outside to burn the Christmas goat! It is of course a Swedish tradition! Frieder found this Swedish song, and outside once we finally got the straw goat to start burning, we locked arms in a circle around it and started dancing and singing this silly Swedish song. Ahh, these crazy Swedes.
Afterward I went into the lounge to spend time with people, and the French girls were having a pre-party. We talked a bit, and then Amalia came in and we said goodbye, because I won’t see her tomorrow morning. After everyone else left for the nation parties, Frieder and I had a long talk first reminiscing about our experience here then to a wide range of more serious topics….the aftermath of WWII in Germany, war in general, the middle east, etc. I will really miss talks like this.
I leave for Amsterdam in 12 hours. I’ll head to the train station at around 11am tomorrow, then catch a train to Copenhagen airport. Sapana and Sachi are in-flight now towards London.
Though some ‘goodbyes’ have started, I’m NOT ready to say goodbye yet! It’s going to be hard.
There will likely be no real updates on this site until January 1st or 2nd. I will be writing my notes each day of my European trip then I will upload them all to this website with pictures once I arrive back in Lund. See you all soon!