Leaving Leute

The semester is at its end, and people around me are already leaving. It's really sad, and I will miss you all soooooooooo much. Daniel left this morning, and he has been here both semesters with me and been one of my best friends. Me and some other people helped him with all his stuff to the train. Not sure how he will make it all the way home with that big bike box! Good thing he has Molly and Hector to help him to the airport in Frankfurt.

Daniel, I will miss you lots and lots (du fehlst mir schon!!). I've learned so much about bikes and cameras from you, things I never thought I'd know! Keep riding that Atlantis (I want to see it in Sweden soon)!

Going to Rome

Me and Machiotto by the Fontana di Trevi

Yeah, I went to Rome. Met up with ol' friend Otto aus Suomi in a crazy hot Italy. Wednesday to Sunday last week.

I flew in Wednesday evening, and that night was all about getting to the hostel and then to find some food. The hostel was just next to the Vatican, and we could almost wave to pope Ben from our window (if it had been on the other side of the house). Tiny, tiny, really hard beds, but when you've been travelling all day, it was heaven.

Thursday we went down town to do some sightseeing. We just walked around for a bit (the finnish army doesn't really believe in maps...) and we managed to kinda come across almost everything we wanted to see. Pantheon, Fontana di Trevi, the spanish steps, the Colosseum (hur stavas det egentligen på engelska?!) and all that stuff. This city is really beautiful (and old!!). We tried multiple times to get into the Vatican, but the line to the museum was always waaaaaaaaaaaay to long to even concider getting in in thease temperatures. Maybe if it was a bit cooler, but we decided that it was enough to see the walls from the outside.

Friday we discovered was some kind of religious holiday in Italy, so everything was closed. We had planned a day at the beach, and this was the perfect opportunity. So we took the S-bahn there, and enjoyed a whole day of sun and sea. Wonderful. The tan/burn I got was not as wonderful. Now it is, but I needed quite a lot of after sun lotion. All over me. Even our dinner waiter that night told me "you are very very tanned". And then he called me "tanned lady" to the couple at the next table (he should see me now!!).

We shopped for nine hours saturday. At noon it was 35 degrees, and in the afternoon 42. Quite hot. When you stayed in the shade it wasn't really a problem, but the sun was terrible!! We just spent as much time as possible in the air conditioned stores. I got a pair of shoes, some make-up (yes they have Sephora in Rome!!) and some other small things. None of the things that I was really looking for.

I had to leave sunday, but Schmotto stayed on his own until monday (hope you got home allright!). The flight was no problem, but the trainride back to Reutlingen from the Baden-baden airport was awful. I landed at 16.55 and didn't reach Pestalozzistrasse until after 23 at night! Lots of waiting and slow trains. Blä!

June, month of swedish parties

Since June has both our swedish national holiday (6th) and Midsummers eve (22nd) there's been some swedish parties the last couple of weeks. I enjoy hanging out with my swedish friends here, and the rest of Reutlingen probably think we're totally crazy by now. Here's the month in pictures (månaden i bilder :))

Bea, Anna-Karin & Andrea with swedish Jordgubbstårta on Nationaldagen

Stefan (2. Stock and IKEA hero) playing beach volley ball on the 7th

Roger came to visit on the 11th (that turkisk peppar made some really great shots on midsummers!! thnx!)

Real midsummers dinner; with sill, nubbe och allt!!

Two Bodils at the same party, that can only happen in Germany!!

The swedes have (as usual) the best ölsinne of all!!

the 180's and the München

After a whole weekend (and then some) in München, I'm a real city girl. I can ride the U-bahn and S-bahn all by my self, and also walk all the way from Münchener Freiheit to Marienplatz (like we did on Monday).

I started the weekend together with Daniel, sharing a Baden-Württemberg ticket and a Bayern ticket. He was going to Augsburg, to ride his bike from there to Italy (hope he's still alive!!) Saturday was really baking hot, and me and Candyse tried to stay in the shade as much as possible, drinking iced coffee from Starbucks all day long. The day was all about shopping. First all day in Marienplatz (1 hour in H&M...) and when we were tired enough we went home to clean up and then back into town to have dinner. We went to a burger place that was supposed to be really amazing, but since we weren't on the list, we had to get our dinner some place else. We ended up in an irish/australian bar, and got our amazing burgers there instead.

Sunday we went to Münchener Freiheit, which is a really nice and fancy part of München. Lots of small cute shops and cafés everywhere. We walked a lot, and when we finally reached city we met up with Sam and Adolfo and some friends of theirs (three very nice american young gentlemen they'd met at their hostel) at the Hofbräuhaus. A classic when you are in München. It was like Frühlingsfest all over again (pretty scary, thinking of all the drama we've gone through thanks to that night...), but we gave up pretty early and went home to go to sleep.

Monday was museumday (neue Pinakotheke) & some sightseeing. Again lots of walking, but the museum was really nice. And really big, didn't think we'd ever make it out of there. But we did. We went back to Münchener Freiheit to have some coffee and then we went to the movies. A really funny german movie (Shoppen) about dating in München.

Yesterday everything was back to normal (d.h. not Feiertag anymore) so Candyse had to work. I had to spend the day alone, problem was it was pouring down all day. First thing I did was running to the closest shop to buy an umbrella. Then I went to Lenbachhaus, which is a really nice art museum. Spent over two hours there, and then strolled around town. Due to the rain this was not as nice as it could be, but it was ok. At night I went to Candyses work and they had movie night there. We watched the two first Pirates of the Caribbean-movies. Just a bit more pirates and ships than a girl can take in one evening, but finally the movies were over and we got to go home.

This morning I got a Mitfahrgelegenheit to go back to Reutlingen. This was my first mitfahr, but all went well, and it turned out to be a girl and a guy who study at the FH, and two girls who study in Tübingen. I fell asleep before we left München, and woke up about 50kms from Reutlingen.

180's reunion!

Have a whole week off from school, so I decided to go to München and visit Candyse. Will stay until tuesday or so. The 180's will be back together, like no summer semester ever happened! Of course we miss Marie, but you can't get everything. I'm planning on seeing her later this summer after leaving this place they call Reutlingen.

Me and Candyse in the good ol' days. Actually in München

Nu får det väl ändå räcka?!

Enough with the drama!!

2. Stock party and then Bodensee

Last friday we had our Stockwerksparty. We had a 60's 70's theme, and rented the Wurmbar. Lots of people came, and since the theme is pretty open, people looked very... different. We had lots of fun, and also made some money for the Stock.

Me, Nick, Frizie & Myran looking all 60's/70's

The following saturday we went on a adventure trip to Bodensee. We left at 8 o'clock in the morning, and after the big party the night before, we all were pretty tired. First stop were in the Abenteuer Steinbruch. Here we got to ride a zip rope. It's like a linbana, and you ride hanging only from a harnest. I was really afraid before trying it the first time, but it was sooooooo much fun!! Then we got to ride a mechanical bull, wich is also lots of fun to watch, but I was not really that impressed with the ride.

two swedes riding the bus

2. Stock+ wearing harnests

Me on a repbro

Stefan was first out on the zip rope

Back on the bus, and we went to Meersburg. A very pretty little town just by Bodensee. Here we walked through town, and then we had a wine tasting. I didn't know anything about wine before, and this was only local wines, so it was very interesting (and good). We had really good dinner at a nice restaurant, and then we took the boat to Konstanz. Here we met up with Daniel, who spent all weekend to ride his bike around Bodensee (han är gaaalen!). We had time for a quick drink, and then we headed back to Reutlingen.

The day was perfect, and me and Andrea ended up in 4. Stock Litthaus to watch Eurovision Song Contest with the other Swedes. (We all know that fel låt vann!) :D