Week one in Göteborg...

I realise I have completely let this whole blog thing fall by the wayside, but it also means I was super busy living the life of an exchange student (to say its unreal is definitely an understatement!) Oh where to begin... Ok well my plane took-off from Dublin, Ireland at 9.15am and landed in Rygge, Norway. From there I caught a train to Trollhättan, Sweden,

followed by a bus to Göteborg and finally a taxi to my hotel for the night – Hotel Poseidon (really nice and pretty inexpensive with a lovely view).

The next day, everyone from the Swedish language course met-up, had a course brief and moved into our accommodation for the month. Classes would be in the morning and the group would have activities in the afternoon. The course really began on Tuesday. I’m going to skip the Swedish lesson here and just tell you about what happened each afternoon.

Tuesday – We went on a boat trip along the Göta Alv, sailed under Älvsnabben to Klippan, where we saw the Röda sten (red stone).

Wednesday – The group was formally welcomed by the international office and shown a wonderful PowerPoint presentation of Göteborg city. “Göteborg – We Love You!”. The course activities were finished pretty early so we decided to head to Saltholmen to catch some sunrays. I thought the water was pretty warm for the sea but I think some of the guys from the Mediterranean will beg to differ...

Thursday – We spent the afternoon exploring the Botaniska Trödgården. Entrance was free. Between the herbal garden and all the flowers we all smelt so good!

Friday – It was raining so heavily on Friday but Stina and Ing-Marie insisted on walking to Världkulturmuseet. This museum was very nice. Each level had a different theme, to name one “Destination X”. To cap off the night, a few drinks in the Rotary pub (what a special find for students!).

Saturday – Hard core card gaming session at my room. It sounds a bit on the dry side but we realised too late in the day that System bolagat closes at 3pm on Saturdays (a mistake we would never again make...). After a few hours some of us were itching for a beer so we headed to an Irish bar of all places close to Avenue.

Sunday – Laundry day!!