On Thursday Zoe and I went shopping for these paper star-shaped lights that are everywhere here, to bring home. I bought one that is cream colored and has gold accents. Then we both went to Orwar and Marie's house for dinner. Orwar made a delicious fish dish and chocolate pudding for dessert.
Friday Janie and I went to Gamla Stan (old town) for the Christmas market there, and to go to some of the kitschy souvenir shops. We both bought some gifts for friends/family. After, we stopped at System Bolaget (the liquor store) and bought glögg (mulled wine), then went back to her house with Zoe and had glögg with pepparkakor. Then more of our friends came over and we made swedish pancakes with jam and drank wine and talked and danced. It was a lot of fun.
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| Gamla Stan Christmas market |
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| Glögg! |
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| Janie makin pankakor |
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| ready for pancakes |
Today my host family, Janie and I went to a chirstmas/advent concert at a church in Brottby (the church is over 800 years old, no big deal). It was mostly a choir, but there were also some songs with a bassoon, oboe, flute and saxophone. Then we went back to our house for fika. The boys were being really silly and fun. I'm going to miss them.
Also today I wrote 4 out of 11 pages on the perception of Immigrant women as "othered" in Swedish society as both an immigrant and a woman and the intersectional oppression and disregard for the persistent sexism in western society that creates! For my "women in swedish society" class. FUN FINALS.
In other news: I've been working on this sort-of photo project, which is just pictures of light in Sweden (some natural light, some holiday/artificial lights). Its been a lot of fun and makes me notice the times there is pretty light, which is good since it is dark so much. Here are two of my favorites from this week:
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COMING UP:
My friend Miriam is coming to visit from Tuesday to Thursday this week.
FINALS! AH!
I'll be home in two weeks! WHAT!?
Haha I love your exclamations. Mostly cause I can hear your voice saying them and it reminds me that I'm going to hear your voice on my states cell phone in T minus 12 jours!! WHAT?!
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