Helloooo everybody! I come to you live from Stockholm, freshly returned from my Long Study Tour in London last week. I wanted to give a little background on what the long study tour is before I jump in on a day-by-day for the past week, so here it is!: (I'm gonna call the Long Study… Continue reading study tour — london, uk
Tag: Stockholm
a packing guide for fall in stockholm
I've been in Stockholm for nearly 2 months, and in these 2 months I've had highs of 80º and lows of 30º (Fahrenheit, of course — I still can't grasp Celsius). Packing for a week's vacation is hard, let alone a 4 month super-vacation spanning 3 partial seasons and including mini weekend trips to the… Continue reading a packing guide for fall in stockholm
lagom, adv. & adj.
Heard: In Swedish class and at home, in the discussion of Swedish-ness and Swedish cutlure. Lagom has no synonymous definition in the English language, but it means just right or just the right amount. It's really quite a bit of a cultural thing, applying to the work-life balance, or the repression of those things that… Continue reading lagom, adv. & adj.
how to be homesick – some tips
A few days from now marks my one-month anniversary of being in Stockholm, and I've gotten a consensus from some of my coursemates that now is about prime time to miss home and all the things that America has that, well, Sweden doesn't have. Last post I talked in length about how at home I… Continue reading how to be homesick – some tips
nu, adv.
Seen: All over the place. Ads in the subway, ads in the street, newspaper ads – mostly in ads, yes, but nonetheless I see it everywhere, and hear it in just about every conversation I eavesdrop. (Is it eavesdropping if you can’t understand what the people are saying?) Nu means ‘now,’ and sounds something like… Continue reading nu, adv.
museet, n.
Seen: Written in a perfectly apt updated Brush Script on the side of the Moderna Museet, Stockholm’s Museum of Modern Art. Today was our technical first day of classes, beginning with a telecom academic orientation at KMH, and then splitting into our respective Core Courses to go on our first official Field Studies. I’m in… Continue reading museet, n.
buss, n.
Seen: On signs for bus stops, on the busses themselves, in the (greatly helpful) SL app — everywhere. Today was Day 1 of a sort of “Welcome Week” at DIS — we met at KMH, chatted a bit together, and had a lovely introductory program before splitting into groups to tour the facilities and gather… Continue reading buss, n.
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