The world in my hand- Stockholm

I'm a Spanish teenager living for two months in Sweeden. I will tell you my experience in this beautiful and cold country. I'm 16 years old and I'm from Lugo, a small city in the North of Spain. I hope you really enjoy my blog!
 

Wednesday 5/12

Today we had P:E. at 8:30 (I won't miss getting up that early!) and we went to the ice rink. I really like skating! I think it is so fun, but I was cold! We did a normal class and then we had again a lot of hour to do nothing until Italian class, at 3:00 pm. In that lesson (the last one) we said bye to our friend and asked to the teacher if she could sign our flags (she did haha). It was kind of sad, but say goodbye to everything in this country will be sad. I don't want to leave... Definitely, I will come back on summer.

I had my last dinner (I want to cry writing this): it was Emily and me and we ate meatballs! I will miss them a lot... And Emily too, of course! Later, when Frida arrived, we used some face masks and I said goodbye to my Swedish mum... I will miss her and everyone a lot!

Then, we went to sleep there for the last time...


Tuesday 4/12

Today we didn't have English 5 because it was "Tibble's day" and there were some singing shows on the theatre. Mikaela sang! She and all the rest of the artists did it so well. This country is so talented! But... I was sad because we missed our last English 5 lesson, I will miss Suzane a lot! She was so nice and funny (but a little bit crazy).

We wanted to go to Stockholm for the last time and buy some things that we forgot. But... when we were on our way I remembered that Frida said that we were going to have dinner at her grandmother's place.... quite soon. So, when were on the subway Frida called me and said that we should leave! So I went down in the following station, took the subway at the other side and I went back to Täby with Lucía (because she wanted to go home).

Finally, we weren't late, but I definitely am a mess! We had pizza for dinner and the dessert was ice cream with berries, it was so good! We ate some candy, talked a while and then we left. But, in that moment, when I went out of the house... it was snowing! The snowflakes were so big, but when we left Åkersberga it stopped snowing.


Monday 3/12

Today we had the last presentation with Katarina at 8:20. It was shorter than the other, but it was okay. Then, we had the English 6 exam. Well, it was... It doesn't matter haha it was so difficult and I felt blocked!

After class we went to Täby Centrum and Lucía and me entered on a store while Víctor and Sabela were in other part of the mall. I saw something and I thought... that we could do a crazy thing... I called Víctor and I said "Let's dye our hairs!" He is so crazy as well so... we did it! I bought a red dye and Víctor a blond one. It was... insane! But we had fun and the result... Well, I liked how it looked on me, but Víctor... we can say that blond isn't his color.

After picking up the mess, Frida, Emily and I went with Carola and Isaac to have dinner at Hard rock café. It definitely is a really cool place. I had never eaten there before, but I have two T-shirts from Madrid and Barcelona. I would be cool to have one from Stockholm, but it is so expensive. The food was so good and... a lot! I was more than full! I think I won't be hungry in two or three days.


Sunday 2/12

When I woke up, Lucías had already gone. We took some Christmas decorations (like the candles for the advent) and we lit the first candle. Victor, Tim and Sabela left after a while, and then an Emily's friend came. We watched a movie while I was buying the tickets for... a horse show!! Víctor and I decided to go to the Sweden international horse show! It was definitely amazing. It was a little bit expensive but it was totally worth it. There were some different shows (including one with dogs) and everything was so cool! I was so excited because it was a little bit improvised. We took the two last sits in the area!

Well, I loved it! Then we went home and I only wanted to ride! I really miss it. Two months without riding! So hard!!!!


Saturday 1/12

My morning was a relax morning, we didn't know what to do (because in the beginning we were going to go riding but there was bad whether and we couldn't) so we spent the morning playing Wii (I won almost everything). Around 3:00 pm we got ready to go to Stockholm and have a fika in a good place that Frida and Emily know. It was called Mr. Cake and I have to admit that it was so good. I ate a red croissant with cream inside. It was delicious! But there were a lot of people (because it was fika time on Saturday) and we almost do not find place to sit.

When we finished we went directly home because we had to prepare dinner for around 10 people. The Spanish and Swedish people came to our house and the had dinner all together. Some of them made a sleepover at our place. It was funny... and crazy! Víctor and Sabela wanted to go to Max (a fast food place) and there we went all together at three in the morning!


Friday 30/11

Today we had the last Swedish class before the exam. It will be a massacre! But, well, life goes on, so it does not really care haha. After it we went to English 5, where we translated a Spanish new into English; then we had lunch and English 6. We reviewed the things that we have to know for the test on Monday. It will be really difficult! Maybe even more than the Swedish one! We have to write a formal essay about gender equality, and it has to have five paragraphs and between 400 and 600 words. Well, we have to be prepared!

After class we decided to go to Stockholm to buy presents for our family and friends in Lugo. We went around Drottninggatan and Gamla Stan, getting into all the souvenirs stores that we saw. In Gamla Stan I entered in the most beautiful bookshop I have ever seen. It had a lot of friki things and fantasy books. It was a magic paradise! They had to force to go out because I didn't want to.

Then we just came back to Täby and went home.


Thursday 29/11

Today we had only P.E. We went to the ice rink! I really like skating, but ice skating is more difficult than roller skating. I didn the last one for around five years, so I'm quite good. It was really funny, but Lucía couldn't skate, so two nice boys of our class helped her. I didn't fall any time! But all the Swedish people were better. It looks like they have the ice skating on their blood! Well, I guess the skate since they are little, but it's amazing anyway.

At 1:00 pm I met Frida and Emily to go to Stockholm (Víctor came with us). We did a photo shoot for a Christmas present for Carola, my Swedish mum. We took some beautiful photos!

After around half an hour we came back to Täby because today it was the "open house" and Emily had to be there at 2:30 pm. The "open house" is like an act for younger teenager that next year will start gymnasium to encourage them to come to Tibble Gymnasium. There was a little presentation at the theatre and then there were tables with food, information about activities or the school...

After seeing how it is, Víctor, Lucía, Frida and I came to our place and watched TV and talked until they left.


Wednesday 28/11

Today, in theory, we had swimming in the pool, but Lucía and me arrived but there was anyone. We didn't see in the Schoolsoft that the class was canceled. We didn't have anything to do until 3:00 pm, so we decided to go to Lucías place a while because she wanted to take a shower and I was with the swimsuit on and I wanted to change my clothes.

When we arrived there María was at home. We were talking while Lucía took the shower. We talked about the frozen lakes in winter, the university and some stuff. Later, María went work and Lucía and I watched Riverdale.

We had to be at the school at three and the bus was around quarter to three, so we were a little bit late. We took some beautiful photos at the bus stop.

We had a normal class of Italian (on Monday they have an exam but we don't have to do it) and then, when it was already night, we just went home.


Tuesday 27/11

Today we had English 5 and Swedish (it's one week left for the exam!). We reviewed the things we saw during this two months. It will be difficult!

After class we went to Explanad to play cards. Lucía left after a while to visit the University of Stockholm. We weren't in the mood to do anything so after playing a little bit more each one went home.

Anything else to tell today!


Monday 26/11

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Sunday 25/11

Today in the morning I just ate breakfast and had a shower, because I met Lucía around 1:30pm. We went with all her family (María, Mikaela and Mikael) to a Christmas market in Sigtuna, a small and rich town outside of Stockholm. It was really beautiful but really cold, too. We bought caramelized walnuts, which were really good! And then we had a fika in a typical bar of the town. It was a pleasant local, with low ceiling and warm candles. I had a hot chocolate with cream and a vanilla cookie, that was like dust but really good.

We spent around an hour and a half, but it was like two or three, because it was really cold! There was one moment when we were at -6º. We almost became ice cubes!

When I arrived home (after a good siesta in the car) my feet were literally frozen. If in that moment you cut me a finger I wouldn't feel it. Next time I will wet them with hot water to warm them!


Saturday 24/11

Today I slept until the time I checked my phone and I saw that Lucía said that we had to be in Tekniska Högskolan (Stockholm) at 11:30, so I woke up and got ready to go. We went to Abba Museum! I'm not really fan of Abba, because I didn't know many songs, but I like it. The museum was so funny and we did a lot of crazy activities. I bought a bracelet and a plectrum to remember this day.

After the museum, we went to have lunch in a McDonald's (because it's cheap) and then Víctor left. So Lucía and I went to Mall of Scandinavia because the sales of the Black Friday lasts all the weekend, and I wanted to go to Pull&Bear (there is only one, and it is there). But, finally, Pull&Bear didn't have sales, so I didn't buy anything. We went into some stores and the we went to Täby, tired.

We went to my house to change my clothes and leave the things I bought in the museum and the, Frida, Emily, Lucía and me went to Täby Centrum to have dinner with some of Frida's friends.

We ate in Vapiano, some pizzas. It was so funny! But when we returned home it was so cold!


Friday 23/11

Today we were at the school at 8:10!! I was really tired because it was so soon. We had to do the presentation in a Spanish class, but, basically, we didn't do anything. We were sitting "helping" students, but finally we left without doing anything.

After that we had Swedish at 9:15, then English 5, where we improvised a mini-presentation about a new that we searched. We were in groups and all of them presented a new. It was funny and dynamic, I liked this class. And finally, after lunch, we had English 6, where we watched a speech and answered some questions about it.

Today is Black Friday, so, after class, we went shopping to Täby Centrum. We went into a lot of shops, but I only bought a t-shirt and some earrings in H&M (all of that for 5€). At the end of the they we were tired because we walked a lot. Go shopping is exhausting!

Thursday 22/11

Today we had volleyball in PE again, and we did some exercises before little matches. One of them was really funny because when it was my turn to serve, I did so much points that my team was sitting on the floor and the other team was desperate. I felt really good because they couldn't stop my serve!

After lunch we didn't have more classes, so we went home. It was a relax day where I didn't do much. I was with the phone around an hour and a half, I read, I drawed and I watched series.

I don't have anything else to tell today!

Wednesday 21/11

Today we had PE at 8:30 where we played volleyball. I have been playing volleyball in Lugo for ten years, so it was my moment. The best was my services. I have been practicing it for a lot of years, so now it is quite good.

After it we worked a while and we had lunch. We didn't have anything to do until 3:00pm. Víctor went home and we three spent three hours at Explanad, playing, working or just sleeping. At 3:00 we had again a presentation on a Spanish class: we talked about Spain and our childhoods. We were in groups talking and helping the students with Spanish until the teacher said that we could leave.

Each one went home after class, because we were a little bit tired and didn't have anything better to do. And it was night when we finished school, so you have like the feeling that you have to go home because it is dinner time! But it isn't. It is really weird for us!

Tusday 20/11

I think the presentation was good. First, we talked about Spain with a Powerpoint and our childhoods, then we were in groups with Swedish students, answering questions and helping them with Spanish. The best thing was that the teacher gave us Swedish Christmas cookies!

Then we had English 5, where we made a little issue about a nightmare (I invented it) and then we went have lunch. We had Swedish after it, but it started a little bit later because Katarina didn't had enough time for having lunch, so we said to her don't worry, we could start ten minutes later.

After Swedish, we took a train to Stockholm because we were going to a really cool place: Jump Jam!! It is a place with trampolines and games where you can play and jump. It was really funny but, after five minutes, we were already sweating and breathing difficulty. It was 12€, which isn't really expensive, and it was worth it.

We took a lot of public transport to get there, but we didn't get lost. I twisted my ankle a little bit, but I'm okey. After it, we went to a Burger King in Stockholm and then we went home. I took a new bus from Danderyds, where I took the 605 to my house a pair of times, but today it was the 618 (which was like four minutes delayed and I was waiting outside, and it was really cold!).


Monday 19/11

Today I first had Italian (we still don't have the marks of the test), we went to the library until lunch and then we went to English 6 where we worked in the texts (we have homework again!)

After class, Lucía and I went to McDonald's because I was hungry and we went to my house to practice a presentation we have tomorrow abou Spain. I don't really want to do it (and we have to do it like four times, in different classes and different days) because I am shy, I don't like talking in public and we have to wake up really soon (we have to be in the school at 8:20, when, if we didn't have the presentation, I wouldn't have to be there until 10:00).

We practiced those things, talked a while and then, after around two hours, Lucía left. Emily proposed me to go work out with her but... I'm really lazy!

We had dinner and went to sleep like a normal day!


Sunday 18/11

Today I woke up more than one time in the morning, but I didn't get up until 10:00. I had a piece of cake and an apple for breakfast (I ate four pieces of cake in total, it was delicious!). Then we went to Ica and bought some food for making lunch. We ate pasta with tomato and cheese with Tim's mother and sister. After lunch, we decided to go to a museum, whose name I don't remember, but it was about nature and animals in history. I think it was interesting. There was an enormous skeleton of a baby whale, which I thought it was an adult!

After that we finally went home. I spent almost all the weekend outside!


Saturday 17/11

Today in the morning I slept and booked the places in the cinema for this afternoon. Around 2:30 Víctor and I went to Sabela's place to bake the cake for the party (yes, we are going to do a party tonight!). We bought the necessary ingredients and then started with the chocolate and cream cake.

Just before finishing it, Víctor and I had to left because we were going to the cinema at 6:00. We watched Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald. It was, simply, amazing. I was looking forward to watch it since months ago, and, finally, I watched it! The ending was quite open, so it's obvious that there will be more films, but it was shocking! I was so so excited, almost shaking!

After that, we went all together to Víctor's place to the party. It was like a birthday party for Víctor and me. We spent the night playing and talking, but we went to sleep quite soon because we were tired!


Friday 16/11

Today at school I have first Swedish, where we studied the parts of a house; then English 5, where we watched a speech and had to answer some questions about it; and finally, after lunch (which today was pretty good), we had English 6, where we worked with some texts.

We had booked a mini-course of photography at 5:00 pm, and while we were waiting we went to a library and Explanad. It was at Explanad as well, so when it was the time we went to the room of photography but, finally, the girl didn't come because she was sick. We have to postpone it to other day! So we decided to go home because we didn't have anything better to do.


Thursday 15/11

Thursdays we only have PE, but today the teacher didn't come, so we didn't have any class. We stood a little bit around Tibble and finally we went home as a relax day. I worked a little bit, I watched series, I read a while and, especially, I drew. I drew other days at Explanad, but this time it was with my material and at my house. I really wanted to draw seriously! And finally I did.

I haven't done much more today, so that's all!


Wednesday 14/11

Today we had PE at 8:30: we played the hole class like mini-matches of 3 minutes, changing all the time our opponent. I think it was funny but the class passed very fast! Swedish people definitely are really good at ping pong, because I think I only won like three or four matches!

After PE we didn't have class until 3, when we had an Italian text. In all those free hour we were in Explanad and the library of Tibble. I think I did the text almost perfect, because I studied the words in Italian and Swedish and the exam was in Swedish. Lucciana, the teacher, wasn't there, so a Japanese teacher did the exam instead.

When we finished the school and went out... it was night! I can't imagine when, in winter, students start classes when it's night and finish them when It's already night again. It must be hard!

After class, each one wanted to go home, but finally Víctor and I came to my house to play ping pong, but we couldn't because we didn't have keys. He stood in my house and we talked until he left.


Tuesday 13/11

Today is Víctor's birthday, so yesterday we bought him a present (three pairs of socks). At school, first we had English 5, where we worked on some interesting texts, then we had Swedish and Katarina sent homework to us.

After class we went to Stockholm because I wanted to buy the shoes I saw yesterday, they are perfect! Tim, Frida and Mikaela had a meeting today about going to Spain (similar to the one we had in Madrid in summer), so when they finished we went all together to Täby. We were in Explanad playing cards and talking for a long time.

Finally, Frida and I came home, had dinner and went to bed after talking a bit.


Monday 12/11

Today we had italian (I was like one or two minutes late) and English 6. In this class we worked on some exercises and then started a work that was rewrite an informal text into a formal text. It was difficult and Lucía and I didn't have time to finish it, so now we have homework.

After the last class, at 1:25 pm, we went to Stockholm to an outlet of Stadium. I thought it could be cool because it was good sport clothes for low price. I saw a really beautiful pair of trainers and I asked my mum if I could by them other day. I hope tomorrow I'll go and buy them!

Tim and Víctor came later because Víctor didn't go to class because he was a little bit ill. After the outlet, I had a waffle with Nutella for fika, it was delicious! The two boys didn't want a waffle so after it they went to have a pizza, but Sabela, Lucía and I went home because we were tired.

We have a extrange thing for dinner: it was pizza but in tortillas of fajitas. It was good (I ate two) but it was weird anyway.


Sunday 11/11

We were sleeping until around 11:30. In fact, we slept 7 hour, which isn't bad at all. We had breakfast together and then Emily, Víctor and I went to Täby. We went to my place and had meatballs for lunch -I really love swedish meatballs!-. After that, Víctor and I went to Stockholm to a virtual reality place. We weren't sure if we should do that because it was expensive, but finally it really was worthwhile. We went to the space! We were on Saturn's rings, we saved the life of our leader, we avoided asteroids... It was really funny and... real! It was, simply, amazing. It cost 20€ but was so cool, so I don't regret spending them.

Then, we went home, because after all we were tired.


Saturday 10/11

Today I woke up late and had two toasts for breakfast. I tell this because I don't usually eat much food for breakfast. I spent the morning at home and then I met Víctor and Lucía in Täby Centrum. We went for a walk and then I went home for dinner because after it we are going to Víctor's place. He and Lucía had dinner in his house and when we arrived (Frida, Isaac, Emily and me) started the game of ouija board. It's the second time we play here but it is really creepy and amazing.

We contacted with a 77 man called Zac. He was from USA but he lived and worked in Åkersberga as a doctor. It was really creepy because he said that he was in Tim's birth and he knew the names of all his siblings. I still think that this is real, I'm not 100% sure but I want to believe it.

After that, everyone left except Emily and me, because we were going to spent the night there. At around 1:00 am we drank coffee because we wanted to spend the whole night in Stockholm, but after a walk to Tim's mum's place we return home because Tim and Emily didn't really want to go. So we were talking and doing stupid things until around 4:30 am, when we went to sleep. We had an alarm at 7:00 am because we wanted to go out and watch the sunrise, but when it sounded we just shouted "Switch it off!" and keep sleeping!


Friday 9/11


Fridays are the days that we have more classes. We have first Swedish at 9:15 am (the teacher always thinks that it's at 9:00 am), then English 5 at 10:25 am, with Susane (who I think is a little bit crazy, but I like her) and after lunch English 6 with Serena. Today we had almost the same classes at English 5 and English 6. Why? I have no idea, but the case is that we saw passive sentences in both classes. We were with formal and informal forms in both too.

After class, at 1:50 pm, Sabela and I went with my family to a cheap outlet outside Norrtälje. There was a lot of jewelry at 70%, so it was quite cheap. I bought earrings of anchors for me, and I was thinking about buying some rings for my cousins or my mum, but I didn't see anything for them. We had a fika there because there was a café inside the shop. Frida bought a lot of things because she loves jewelry and it was cheap, but finally she spent around 500 kr.

We came home after leaving Sabela in her house and had dinner pretty late. It was meat with puff pastry around it. It was so good! And after dinner we watched Fantastic beasts and where to find them. This is a movie of J.K. Rowling, a story in the magic world of Harry Potter but years before he was born. I think it was the fourth time I watched it. I'm so excited because in six days the second part of this movie will be in the cinema and I will go to watch it! I look forward it since months ago!


Thursday 8/11

Today we only had PE again and we played basketball. We played some short matched by teams. I didn't really play a lot, but it was funny anyway. At first, we didn't like this class (we have PE and English 5 with them) but now, I like it a lot! I think they are funny but maybe a little bit cold. There is a boy -that we call Milo because he is exactly the same as a character of a movie called Milo- who sometimes talks to us in spanish, maybe he is messing with us, but I think he's nice.

After lunch, we went with Tim to his mum's work, which is next to Mall of Scandinavia. It was a really big building. It's interior was so white and modern, and the oficines had a lot of space. Lucía thought that it was a good place to work, but I don't like oficines and I don't want to work in one.

It was funny because you had to have your ID to enter, and we all had it except Tim, who couldn't enter and had to wait for us.

After that we four went to Täby by train, and Tim went with his mother because they had a meeting at the school, the meeting I talked about yesterday. We decided to go to a party that was in Esplanad, I don't remember why. There was free food, candies and a cool photo booth. We played cards almost all the time, and then I went home. I wanted to walk, so I went walking with Víctor.

We had tacos for dinner at home. I love mexican food!


Wednesday 7/11

Today we had to get up really early because we started PE at 8:30. We did basketball. It was really funny because around 7:45 Víctor told us that he fell asleep and didn't have time to take a bus and come to PE, so he didn't come. We were us three, the three girls. It was a good class, he have fun and I talked to a girl! She was nice and one of the first people a talk to from this class. I think tomorrow we will follow with basketball. I don't really like this sport, but I don't care.

Today and tomorrow there are a kind of meetings between teachers (mentors), students and parents. From 12:00pm we didn't have class, so we didn't go to Italian.

After class, Víctor and Sabela wanted to go to the swimming pool, so, before it, they had to go to Víctor's mum's house to take his swimsuit and have lunch, which took them around two hours. Lucía and me had lunch at the school, but it wasn't good. We went to Explanad until around 2:00pm, when we were hungry and went to McDonald's. I spent almost all the morning drawing!

After that, we came to my house and decided to watch a movie. We watched one of my favourite Barbie movies: Barbie and the Diamond Castle. Remembering my childhood! I loved Barbie when I was little, and especially this film. I have a doll of one of the main characters, Alexa. I had a lot of dolls from these films, but I gave some of them to the daughter of a very important person to me.

When Lucía left, I just stood at home, worked a little bit and had dinner.


Tuesday 6/11

Today we started at 10:00am with English 5. We had to do a really long essay. I think I did the longest essay in English of my life! But I think I did it well. It was about responsibilities and it had to be between 300 and 500 words. I thought I wasn't able to write so many words, but I wrote 503. I had to finished it in the train going to Stockholm, because the class wasn't enough.

So, how I say, we went to Stockholm after lunch and Swedish class. We went to the Globe. It is a enormous round and white building where sometimes there are concerts, matches... And you can enter on it and see almost all the city. But we didn't enter because it was expensive. After that we went to a close McDonald's and had a walk around a small shopping centre.

We almost get lost in the way to Täby because we didn't know wich subway we had to take, but the case is that we arrived home alive and safe.


Monday 5/11

Today we started classes again. We had Italian and English 6. There was a really funny moment in this last class: at the end, we corrected some exercises and Víctor forgot his papers on the locker, and in one moment, Serena was saying to him, angry and in spanish, that the next day he should bring his notes. The rest of the class was like "What is she saying?" and Víctor was like "Yes, yes, of course". It was funny.

After class, we went to my house again (we spend all the exchange in my house!), we ate some food, played cards and then Víctor left. After it, we watched a movie that I wanted to watch since months ago. It was cool and funny, and there were a lot of pretty boys. Sabela and Lucía had to left before the movie ends, so I finished it alone.

We had hamburger for dinner, I put double cheese on it and it was delicious! While we had dinner we were watching Riverdale. Frida and I watched four episodes! But she was tired so she went to sleep. I went to my bedroom and readed a little bit before going to sleep.


Sunday 4/11

Today I had to get up early although I went to bed late. I met Sabela, Emma and her mother in Tibble at 10:00am. We went to the place where Cecilia (Emma's mum) has her horses. I was impressed because they were island horses, and they are difficult to get outside Island. In fact, they are ponies, really cute ponies. The place was cold, but I think it was pleasant: there was a riding track, some meadows, around ten ponies... One thing that surprised me was that the island horses live outside, instead of in estables.

We met the new Cecilia's pony. He was black and really cute (the one of the photo), but I think is expensive too (like all relationated with horses).

After that, I went to Sabela's house to have lunch. I took a sandwich from my house, so I ate that. We met Lucía, Víctor, Mikaela and Tim later, for playing football. We were talking about going to the cinema since a few days ago, so we planned to go today, at 8:40pm. We watched "A star is born". In my opinion, it was so beautiful but maybe a little bit slow. The story was simple and foreseeable, but the final was a little bit shocking. But, in short, it was nice.

Frida and I went home with Tim and Víctor, talking about yesterday. They take the bus near our house (but I think they lost it). I was tired when I went to bed!


Saturday 3/11

Today I woke up earlier because we planned to go to the school swimming pool. I thought it was worse, but, in fact, it was really cool. There are three different types of trampolines and a slide. It was really funny, but the slide was in the water, so it was so difficult to climb up it. We swam and climbed a lot, so my arms were burning when we finished.

After that, we went to Täby Centrum to look for something to make a Halloween costume. I bought white contact lenses and a black mask. We had lunch at McDonald's (it is starting to be normal for us).

Then, Víctor when to a party and Lucía and Sabela came to my house. We played cards and prepared the dinner. But only Lucía ate dinner at my house because there wasn't anyone at this house. We ate pizza!!

When Lucía went home, we started to prepare things for the party. I dressed up and used mascara. Before the party, Isaac and two friends came to our house and we played a little bit.

The party was at a Frida's friend house, and those people were working or had worked at McDonald's. When we arrived home, we were soooo tired so I went directly to my bed.


Friday 2/11

Today I slept until late again. Víctor, Lucía and me went to the biggest shopping centre of all Escandinavia after lunch. It is in the North of Stockholm and it definitely is really big. But we hadn't got a lot of time because we had to be at my home around 6 and we went late to the shopping centre, so we only had time to admire the high prices and the enormous building. But it was so cool, I want to go again someday.

Then, they two came to my house to have dinner with Emily's friends. It was funny and the dinner was so good.

Around 10, Frida returned home and showed me what she bought on Norway. When I went to bed I was so tired.

Thursday 1/11

Today I could sleep again in the morning. I woke up, had breakfast and then we planned to go to the bowling alley. It's next to the school and the swimming pool, so I went walking. We were: Lucía, Víctor, Tim, Sabela, Emma, Emily and me. Frida is still in Norway, but she comes tomorrow night. In the final ranking, I was the second (Tim is so good at bowling!). It was so funny!

After it we had dinner at Burger King quite soon. We -Tim, Víctor, Emily and me- suddenly decided to go crazy: it was already night and we went to Norrtälje by bus, only because the bus had two floors and we wanted to go on it. We spent like une hour on the bus, then around 40 minutes on the city, and then other hour on the bus. But it was so funny and a good experience! In the second bus we went in the second floor and in the front of the bus, so it was so cool.

We arrived home like at half past nine, so it wasn't so late.


Wednesday 31/10

Today I slept and worked in the morning and met the spanish guys in the afternoon. We went to an electronic museum that was free from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, so when we went it was already night! I thought it was better, but we spent a good time. There were some activities to do (I think they were for kids but we didn't care) and a few rooms with interesting things.

We had dinner in a McDonald's in Stockholm, where we think we saw an actor, and then we went to Täby.

I came tired so I went to sleep soon, after reading a little bit.


Tuesday 30/10

Today I think is the day I woke up later -11:45-, so I wasn't tired. I met my parents for lunch with Carola in a really cool place: there were like different mini-restaurants with food from different countries, so you could take the food you prefer (there were asian food, mexican food, latin food, italian food...). We all ate mexican food, it was so good! But the nachos were round, I think it's weird, but they were delicious anyway!

After that, I met the spanish people and Mikaela to go to a cheap clothes market. Before that, I said goodbye to my parents because they return to Spain tomorrow and I won't see them anymore.

I went early to home and watched TV with the family.


Monday 29/10

Today I could sleep because I had to take the train at 12:00pm. But I almost lose it because the bus I took to Täby Centrum was delayed a lot -I think because of the snow-; so when I arrived to the train, the door closed in my nose, but a good man inside opened the door again for me, tack!

In the morning, we went to Vasa Museum, which is about a viking boat that went down 20 minutes after leave the port. I think it's a little bit boring, but I guess that it's because I don't really like history museums.

Then we had lunch in a McDonald's and we took a boat at 2:00pm. It was a boat that went across the bridges of the different islands of Stockholm. I think it was beautiful and interesting, but I almost fell asleep one time!

After the boat trip we had a fika with Víctor, Lucía and Tim and I went home with them.


Sunday 28/10

Today I met my parents at Gamla Stan and we had a walk around the old city. We went to a place with very beautiful views. But before I met them, they went on a free tour around Gamla Stan. I did it the first day I was in Stockholm, but the person who showed us the city was María, Mikaela's mum.

Then, my parents, my brother and I had a fika in the same place I had one the first day: the theater. I had a muffin and a hot chocolate. It was delicious!

That was the first time I went alone to Stockholm, and I came back to Täby alone, too. But I was listening to music, so it was fine.

Today Frida went to Norway, so at the dinner we only were three: Carola, Emily and me.


Saturday 27/10

Today is my birthday! I'm 16! My Swedish family woke me up singing "Happy birthday" in Swedish and with the breakfast in the bed! They gave me a precious bracelet with the sentence "Sister Power". They told me that that organization recaudes money for fighting for the women's rights. I think it's amazing!

Then, Emily and I went to visit Frida to Täby Centrum because she was working and then we went shopping. I bought two sweatshirts and we had a fika.

After that, we went home and were waiting until the time to pick up my parents and my brother. They came from Spain a few days! But it wasn't a birthday surprise, I knew it since before coming to Sweden. And they didn't come because it was my birthday, they came because they wanted to visit Stockholm and this was the better weekend for them. But I was happy for seeing them.

We had dinner all together -my two families- at home, and they all get along very well. It was a really nice dinner. But my parents were tired and Frida is going tomorrow to Norway, so they left around 10.

I'm glad that the families liked each other!


Friday 26/10

Today it was the best day of all! I'll start for the beginning:

We didn't had any class because first, in Swedish, Katarina wasn't at the school, then, in English 5, the guys had to watch a movie and finally, in English 6, they had a exam, so we hadn't to do it.

So Víctor and I went to Lucía's place to have lunch (delicious steaks) and then we watched a episode of Riverdale. At 2:40pm we were ready to the best part of the day: Gröna Lund!!

It was so so funny! We spent a really good time in all the rides! Lucía and I went to one ride that was a free fall but in the top they turn you 90º, so you are looking to the floor. I was so scary because you think that you are going to smash on the floor!! But in the end it was so funny so we went twice.

The high rides were three free falls and une ride that is like chairs and they turn in the air so high! We could see almost all the city from the top! But it was so cold up there... Then we went in three or four roller coasters.

The park was open because of Halloween so there were a lot of horror houses, clowns, monsters... But we only avoided them XD. It was so cold but I didn't really care, we had fun anyway.

We had dinner in a restaurant into the park -an italian restaurant- and then we left, so sad, because we wanted to stay more time.

It was, definitely, the best day until now!


Thursday 25/10

Today I only had PE at 10:00 am. We finished the activities that we didn't do yesterday. My muscles were in pain! But it was funny.

We spent almost all the morning in Explanad, playing cards and drawing.

Today was a calm day, without anything special to tell. We had a nice dinner (meatballs and mini-sausages with mashed potatoes) and now I will read a little bit and then go to sleep.

Wednesday 24/10

Today I didn't start until 10:00 am. We had PE, and this time we didn't get lost! We had some strength probes that we will continue tomorrow because we had not enough time.

After lunch (which was horrible) we decided to go to Täby Centrum and go some shopping. Lucía and I wanted to buy three Pops taking advantage of an offer 3x2. They are vinyl figures of characters from series, films, video games... A lot of things. And I love decorating my room with them. Then we had italian class since 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm.

I came home early, so I worked a little bit and then we watched a serie together while we had dinner.

Tuesday 23/10

Today I didn't start until 10 am, so I could sleep a little bit more. I had English and then Swedish. Every day I think Swedish is more difficult.

Then, Víctor and me went explore Stockholm. When we arrived at T-Centralem, we took other subway that we didn't know and went to a random site. We went to a shopping centre in the North of the city, and we had a little walk.

Today it wasn't as cold as on Sunday, but it's obvious that winter is coming. Every day is more cold and I'm starting to need gloves. But it's Sweden, it's not extrange.

Monday 22/10

Today we didn't do a lot of things. I started my italian lessons at 8:20 in the school. It was supposed that we had English 6, but the teacher didn't come, so after lunch we went to my house. We had a fika and then we watched TV.

I tried sushi for the first time for dinner. Honestly, I didn't really like it. I prefer other type of food. But I ate chinese food too, so it was a good and different dinner.

Sunday 21/10

Today I woke up earlier because I had to be in Täby Centrum at 11:40 to take a train to Stockholm. We went to a zoo, Skansen. We saw wolfs, a lynx, a bear and more animals. I loved the fjord horse because I had never seen one before and they are so beautiful.

But the bad thing is that today it was so cold and my hands were frozen without gloves. So we went home early.

We saw that the theme park was open, so we want to go next week. I hope it's not too cold!


Saturday 20/10

Today I woke up at 11 because I was tired. I met Lucía and Víctor at 3 for going to Stockholm. We wanted to go to second hand stores, but we didn't find them so we had a walk in a beautiful place. We saw the sunset and it was so beautiful.

When I went home it was already night and maybe it was 6:30 or something like that, that is so early for being night!

Nothing else today!


Friday 19/10

Today was a nice day. At school we went to a Swedish class and then we had English 5 but the teacher didn't come, so we had lunch and then went to English 6, which was a really nice class. The teacher makes classes dynamic and you can participate, talk with your partners in english... And a really curious thing of this country is that you can be with your phone in class!

Then, Lucía and Víctor came to my house and we played cards with Emily and her friends (Emily is Frida's sister). At 6:30 we went to Sabela and Emma's house for a little "party". We had dinner, listened to music and played games together.

But the best thing of the night, in my opinion, was the game "ouija". We invoked a spirit following some rules. Apparently, we contacted with a dead boy called Tomas who was 25 and lived in Täby. He told us that he was in Tibble Gymnasium and went to Lugo in 2002, the first year that our schools did this exchange.

I was scared but it was exciting, I liked it. But I don't trust that anyone was moving the glass. But I don't know, I don't want to believe that someone was moving the glass instead the spirit. It was a good spirit. I want to play again.

After that, we listened to music, played some games and everyone went to their house. I was so tired! I arrived home at 1am. Good night!

Thursday 18/10

Hi! Today I woke up at 7:30 for PE class. But... we had a little problem. We didn't have class, basically, because we got lost and didn't find the teacher or the class. We went ask Katarina, but she didn't know anything neither. So we "worked" (we played solitario) and then we had lunch.

But here is the second problem. The food was horrible, so we bought meatballs in Täby Centrum and went to my house to cook them. So we didn't have any class.

After lunch we saw some chapters of childish series and then we went to the gym.

Wednesday 17/10

Today we had our first PE class. Our teacher was supposed to be a man, but it was a woman. We played ping pong and I think tomorrow we will have the same class.

About the gym yesterday... I feel pain in my arms! But I wish tomorrow I'll be better.

After school, we went to Stockholm and had a walk in a big street with a lot of stores. It happened a really weird thing: we were sitting in a bench when a extrange old woman came to us and started saying weird things. We stood up and started to walk fast, so the woman came after us and we run. It was scary but we laughed a lot. We entered in a local and I had a delicious waffle.

Tuesday 16/10

Today we had Swedish class and English class. This English class is different than the Monday's class. Today it was English 5 and the teacher was different. On Monday we had English 6 with friendlier students.

Then, Sabela and I went to the gym for the first time at the same time as Lucía and Víctor went to Stockholm. We needed to do some exercise, so we were looking forward to go to the gym. So we went to my residential area's one. I think tomorrow I will feel pain in my muscles!

Then we went home, played a little bit cards and when Sabela left I had a good shower.

Monday 15/10

Today I had my first serious class. It was an inglish class with only one girl! Now we are four girls with Sabela, Lucía and me. We only did presentation activities, but it was funny. It started at 12:15, so I could sleep, not like in a normal spanish Monday! Then I had lunch at Burguer King and we played cards at my house after visiting the gym.

I think it's all for today!

Sunday 14/10

Today I could sleep until the hour I wanted. In the morning, I worked a little bit and then we went for a walk to the sea. The sea is sweet! It isn't salty like the Atlantic Ocean and all the seas I have ever seen. In the afternoon, we rested up and went early to sleep.

Nothing else for today!

Saturday 13/10

Hi! Today in the morning I worked in the blog and stood at home until the time to go. We had a barbecue in a beautiful lake. We were six: Sabela, Lucía, Víctor, Tim, Frida and me. We had sausages and only one hamburguer. We ate it with ketchup and soda. The dessert was burning marshmellows to the heat of embers.

It was a really nice afternoon, and happened something really funny: Víctor fell down to the frozen water! All of us laughed a lot.

I think it's all for today, bye!

Friday 12/10

Hi! Today at the school we saw a movie: Sakespeare in love. It was so beautiful and I liked it. After lunch, we went to Stockholm for second time. This time we went with Mikaela, Lucía's partner. Fist, we went on a boat for only 10 minutes. We got off the boat next to a theme park that I'd like to go, but it's close until may. We visit a free museum of boats and then we had a fika at a café. 

After that, we came to Täby and met Tim, and we all went to Explanad and played Uno. 

When I arrived home I met Frida's sister, who jus arrived from Norway. We saw two films (the second one was so stupid) and then I was so tired so I went sleep without talking with my parents. 

I think it's all for today, bye!

Thursday 11/10

Today at school we only worked in a spanish presentation for classes of spanish. When we finished, we didn't go to the school canteen: we went to a restaurant in Täby Centrum called Vapiano. It is a italian restaurant, so I ate spaghetti carbonara. 

In the afternoon we went to Víctor's house and then came back to Täby. When I was going to return home I noticed that I had lost my bus card. I'm a mess! Then, we saw a movie while we had dinner. 

There is nothing else interesting for telling, bye!

Wednesday 10/10

Hi and welcome again! Today I met my partners and my teachers at the school at 8:30 to go to a different activitie: an orientation activitie. We took the bus to the lake, which has a big forest around it. Some people gave us a map and we had to look for some objetives. In the map there were clues about the localitation of the clips.

The objetive is to find all the clips and come back to the start place as fast as possible. We hadn't got too much time so we only found five clips. We had not too time because our spanish teacher had to leave at 12. But it was so funny because we went across the forest and we got lost!

When we arrived to the school we had lunch and then we went to Täby Centrum, the shopping centre. I couldn't avoid buying a book: Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban. I love Harry Potter and this is my favourite book, so when I saw that beautiful cover page I knew that I had to buy it. 

After it, Víctor, Lucía and me came to our house and played cards. Then, we went to a walk around the forest that is in front of my house. When they left I stayed alone at my house watching Netflix.

We had dinner at 8:30 pm and we watched a film called The Circle. When I went to sleep I was so tired!

Tuesday 9/10

Hi! Today I had to stay at the school at 8:30 am, to take the photo for the student card and have my first Swedish lesson. This language is so dificult, especially the pronunciation. Then we went to the shopping centre before go to a play, which was a parody of Shakespeare. It was so funny but I had to act because the actors chose me with other students and I was ashamed, but I had fun.

In the afternoon we stood in a really cool place: it was the tipical american place where the teenagers go to drink a coffee, study, play cards or do whatever they want. There are a lot of things like music and art studios or dance halls. It was so awesome and I want something like that in Lugo!

When I arrived home by my own I had a shower and we have panqueques for dinner. I ate them with Nuttella and ice cream, it tasted so well!

Then I will finish for today, bye!

Monday 8/10

Today I woke up at 7:50 to my first day at the school. It is only at five minutes walking, so we don't have to wake up too much early. 

The school is so big and there are a lot of students (around 1,400). The Swedish teacher explained us the different areas of the building and we met the headmaster. After lunch, we went to the shopping centre. It's called Täby Centrum and it's so big! It's so near from the school and we spend there a couple of hours. Then, we met Frida and went to our house, where we played cards and listened to music.

Sunday 7/10

Hi! This iws the first post, where I'm going to talk about my first night at Sweeden and my first visit to Stockholm.

I woke up at 10:15 am and had my fist breakfast, which was a toast with honey and a cup of milk. In the morning we went to Frida's grandmother hose (Frida is the name of the Swedish person who I'm living with) and we picked up some apples. Then, we drove Tim and Victor (some of our partners) to our house. When we were ready, we went to Lucía's place to have lunch and go all together to Stockholm. We travelled by car and by subway.

We arrived at the old city and admired how beautiful it was. We visited the royal palace, where a rude guard shouted us, the place where people decide whom to give the Novel Prize. We went across many different islands and finally had a fika, a Swedish tradition, at café of the theater. Then I went to HyM to buy a hat because I forgot mine at Lugo (I'm a mess!).

At the end, we returned home and have an exquisite and typical diner: meatballs with mashed potatoes.

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