Finally...

Hey everyone! Sorry it has taken ages for me to establish some sort of blog of my travels and time here in Jönköping. I have been pretty busy here meeting new people, there are roughly 250 international students at JIBS from 35 different countries, exploring the city, exploring the country, exploring neighboring countries, going to pubs and nightclubs (I love the fact the the drinking age is 18 here), and I suppose studying a little bit too. :)

First I want to say hi to the person/people reading my post right now. How are you doing? Good to hear. I am doing good too, thanks! With that out of the way let me dive right into my experience here.

I am studying at Jönköping International Business School in Jönköping, Sweden. It is a town of roughly 120,000 people and is the 9th most populated city in Sweden. Located in Southern Sweden along the cost of the 2th largest lake in Sweden, Lake Vättern, things can get a bit chilly. When I first arrived the weather was, and still is, between -6 and 0 degrees centigrade. When the wind is not blowing it's actually not bad. Unfortunately this city is rather fond of the wind and those periods are far and few between. It was hard getting used to only brief periods of sunlight, but I soon learned to enjoy the 4 hours a day! The days are getting longer, however, and soon I will be cursing the 16 hours of sun a day.

Studies here are a bit more relaxed than at CC. I am taking 2 classes this quarter and 2 classes the second quarter, March 28-May 29. I have 4 lectures a week total, equating to 3 or 4 days of class a week, roughly 10 hours. One of my classes, Swedish 1, is proving to be quite difficult. I know what you are thinking, "Andrew you are in Sweden and it should be easy to pick up the language!," but everyone here speaks English very well and it's easy to fall back on English when my Swedish is making no sense. However, Jag talar lite svenska nu och jag studerar mycket hårt! My final grade in each class basically comes down to my final exam, but if I don't pass it's okay because I can just retake the exam and once I pass the exam I pass the class. However, the re-exam period is after I leave and even though it would be a good excuse for me to stay a bit longer, I think I'll just pass them the first time!

My university JIBS

I have meet sooooo many cool and interesting people here from all over the world. Making friends hasn't been difficult at all. Everyone here is super nice and and very friendly. I have even met a lot of Swedish people. Lots of beautiful, beautiful Swedish people. But in all seriousness, they are gorgeous! 

I have also been able to travel a bit while I have been here. I have been to Copenhagen (København and Gothenburg (Göteborg). I'll have more to say on those trips in future posts but I'll tell you know that they were both extremely cool cities and very memorable trips! Here are a few pictures to keep you interested.

Me overlooking Göteborg

Me and my roommate Marc with a royal Guard in Copenhagen

I'm a bit tired now so I'm going to head off to bed but I want to thank you for reading my blog. I hope you have enjoyed it and you should look forward to many more (and frequent) posts to come!