Hi followers!
First of all, thank you all for your support. I hope that you get interesting
information from the things I'll be posting and also, If you are an
international student at the University of Skövde, that you indentify yourself
with the things I write.
Today, I'm going to summarize
how it was my first week at Skövde. Let's begin!
I got to Skövde the 21st of August at 23.00. I was picked up by some students
from the IC - International Committee (https://www.facebook.com/SkovdeIC);
please don't be afraid to fulfill the pick up service formulary on the website,
because I didn't, but finally, by talking to different people, I ended up being
received by the ones in charge of it. So, it's easier if you ask for it from
the beginning!
THE DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULE (Does it sound like something from the
Lord of the Rings? xD)
The first you have to do when you get to a new place is to... Go to the
supermarket! That time I went to ICA Maxi, because it's closer to my
building and I friend of me recommended it. When I got there I was super lost,
because it's a very big super market, everything it's in swedish and I had to
change my mind from Euro to SEK, something which seems very easy but it isn't
at all. If you need to buy household goods, cheap clothes or pet stuff, I
suggest you to go there. Food it's cheap too, but I don't know why I feel more
comfortable buying it at Willys. Ah! And please, if you need to find something,
ask for help to the employers, don't be shy!
That afternoon, I met some Spanish students and they showed me the
way to Willys. I prefer this one, because for me it's structure it's easier to follow.
That evening I realized some of the mistakes I had committed in my first
purchase of the morning, the biggest one was thinking that I wouldn't be
able to find olive oil in Sweden, so I bought cooking butter. When I saw the
oil at Willys, the fisrt thing that came to my mind was “fuck!”. But well, I’ve
to tell you that for frying, cooking with butter or with oils doesn’t make any
difference. And keep off your mind that here fruit it's expensive, because it's not! :)
At night, we went to have dinner to a bar next to “Pinchos” (I think it’s
called Harry’s) in the city centre. It was very nice, cheap (89 SEK) and they
serve plenty of food.
The next day there was a SUPER BIG PARTY at Xenia. There was beer,
food and a lot of international students. I met really nice people that night
and after that, we went to a club, in front of the place where we had dinner the previous day. The entrance it’s free and the music they play it’s very very nice! And because of swedish people it’s extremely tall and I don’t reach the 1.60m, I felt at first like being surrounded by giants! xD But it was a joyful party night. [Alba’s advice: If you have an Spotify account, listen to the hits list from Sweden, so you will know more songs that will be play in the discos ;) ].
On Sunday I picked up all the stuff I bought from Ikea Sweden, that I'd bought online (^-^). You need to know that the Högskolan organizes trips to Ikea.
And that night we had a building meeting! We had fika and I knew
some of my neighbors (and friends!) who are the best! ^-^ Yes you are Wendy,
Aida, Pam, Carl and Iman :)
[Dominika, Dorota, Agniezska, Christian, Aljorna, Laura, Rob, Mariza, you're great too but I didn't meet you that day xD] <3
FIRST DAY (following the schedule)
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Introduction meeting
We where welcomed by professors from the University and students
from the Studentkåren (https://www.facebook.com/StudentkareniSkovde)
and the IC. We were given information about Sweden, about the city of
Skövde and also some very important tips!
1. Be punctual (If not, swedish people get mad!)
2. Respect the queues
3. Address people by the first name (ALWAYS!). Because here they
defend and absolute equality :)
4. If you are being asked for fika it could be for normal fika or for a date ;)
Then I received an e-mail informing me that my things from Valencia had come
and I was super happy!
Then, we had “Movie night” and
we watched Pacific Rim. I didn’t like it a lot, so… I left.
SECOND DAY
The
IC had organized some games for the international students following group
dynamics that were very useful, because we had to get to know each other. We played Bingo, in which the blank squares
needed to be filled by the name of a person who did something related to the
description there was, like, for example, if there was written “Do you have a
cat or a dog?” you had to find someone who does it and put his or her name in
the square. Then, the other games were about putting us in order by different
categories without speaking and there was another which consisted in drawing in
the others backs and try to guess which was the original picture.
Those activities were great and let me met a lot of nice and interesting
people!
After that, we watched “21 st jump street”. It was hilarious!! xD
THIRD DAY
Some international students arrange to had a picnic at Boulognerskogen.
It’s a beautiful park in the city that has a lake and an artificial lake that
it’s called “the beach” because it’s bordered by sand. A lot of people was there and we had a lot of
fun. We were meeting new people, talking about our languages (“qué difícil es
hablar el español” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyp7xt-ygy0 )… It was a lovely
time!
Our first picnic
Then we went to the activities fair, where we met some
members of the University band SMS ( ) and also from the board games club. We
spent the afternoon playing and having a good time :)
Well, I lost my iPhone after the activities and Bill helped me a lot trying to find it, but it had ended up in the backpack of a guy so I had it back!! So the people that was with this boy, Bill and I went to Xenia and we made a private barbecue and had some Vodzka. It was great!
Private barbecue ^--^
FOURTH DAY
There were outdoor activities and games! The weather was incredibly nice so we enjoyed it as much as we could.
Outdoor games
At night, we went to a club, I think it’s called “Hasum” and we had some beers
and dance and all of that! (Advice! Get used to see Black Jack tables at clubs
and bars, because it’s quite normal here). It was a great night!
FIFTH DAY
That Friday we had a lot of things to do!
First of all, the Matfestivalen was set up! Which it’s a great event in Skövde.
The restaurants of the city go to the streets and sell their tasty food. But we
were going to this in the afternoon.
The second thing was that our friend Iman was presenting his Master’s thesis
that day, so we decided to make a surprise for him, because he is a very great
and kind guy ^-^ . Also, teaming up with Aida and Wendy was a very nice experience :)
Team Surprise doing their best!
Then, we were warmly welcomed to Skövde by the Mayor Conny Brännberg, he let us know
his Facebook address in order to send him a friend request xD. It was a truly nice
experience. Swedish hospitality it’s the best! And Skövde community it’s making
a great effort in order to develope as a city and to make people’s life better.
After the reception, we had some fika
and after that… Matfestivalen!
The Matfestivalen goes on for two days. There are the restaurants tents, as
I’ve already told you, but also other activities are prepared… As concerts! We
were in a rock concert and it was pretty awesome, it was almost incredible all
the equipment prepared for the event, like a giant screen next to the stage.
The band's performance was super!
Here Bill, Lio and me being super Awesome
SIXTH DAY
Saturday. Nothing planned for the morning. It was time for… ME TIME! xD
After the whole week participating in different activities I needed to rest,
read, relax and those. Also, because
that night we were playing Beer pong at Xenia. Here, this game it’s very
popular and it’s also very funny. I had never played before, but I was full of
joy when I scored on my second try ^-^
Beer pong professional players
After the pre-party it goes the party, so we went to the
Student Union’s club at Boulognerskogen. There I realized why Sweden it’s the
capital of house music! If you want to
go to this club you’ll need to get used to flavoured fumes and lots of lights
(epileptics… don’t go inside it!). In my
opinion, we perfectly followed Macklemore’s “And we danced” song lyrics
“And we danced, and we cried
And we laughed and had a really really really good time
Take my hand, let's have a blast
And remember this moment for the rest of our lives “
xDDDDDD (check the video, it’s quite fun)
I think that the best moment of all was when the club announced the end of the
party because the played the Lion’s King song “I Just Can't Wait to Be
King" . It was totally AWESOME!
SEVENTH DAY
Actually, I don’t remember what happened this day xD
So, after this large post I just would like to say you thank you again for
following me and vis ses! (= see you!) ^--^
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