SWEDEN

 

This past weekend I took a trip with the entire Sociology dept to Sweden!! We spent time in Malmo and Goteborg and some areas in between! Some highlights of the trip include:

-Traveling in a double-decker Malmo Redhawks Bus and being mistaken on many occasions for the Swedish hockey team. I’m sure many Swedes were exceedingly disappointed to see our bus pull up and then watch 50 American college students emerge.

-Watching two extremely depressing, but sociologically poignant, films with a middle eastern connection and then our professor responded, “And the moral of the story is love cannot exist in a world of multiculturalism.” He was kidding…but still…

-Boat Tour and the International Museum of World Cultures (so fascinating) in Goteborg!

-Dinner and drinks with the dept. in downtown Goteborg!

- Hiking and Kayaking in the woods of Sweden on the last day and a delicious lunch of meatballs after getting off the water and out of the woods! So fun!!

That was the three days really concise but most of the time was spent traveling. Swedish people are GORGEOUS, not that Danish people are anything harsh to look at, but the tall blonde Swedes are really intimidating. And they are so friendly! Everyone we encountered was interested to talk to us and we had a great time getting to know some of the locals. Unfortunately I didn’t see much “traditional” Sweden, windmills and all that, but the country was beautiful and the scenery was breathtaking and I’m hoping to go back as Malmo is only a 20 minute ferry ride from Copenhagen!

 

 

 Some in action wind energy as we crossed the bridge over to Sweden!

 

 A slightly more traditional windmill

Downtown Malmo

Piece at the Museum of World Cultures (full photo album on my facebook)

Exhibit at the Museum on being a bystander during conflict, quite interesting.

 

Friends! (from left: Ben, Adam, Me, Kris, Jenny)

get all the sociologists together with some free food and drinks...who knows where the night will go.

Downtown Goteborg

 

In the country where we hiked and kayaked and ate delicious meatballs!!

 

Highlights in the next few weeks: This Wednesday I'm visiting the Danish Embassy for my US-EU relations class, friend from home Lindsay coming to visit for the weekend and then I head to Munich, Prague and Berlin during my week off from school for fall break! Can't wait! Stay tuned!