Day 20: Almost Three Weeks Already

I’m enjoying Uppsala more with each passing day. The first two weeks were terrible. However, I’m really comfortable now. I have settled in and am homesick no longer. This is indeed very, very fun. I can safely say that when it’s time for me to leave, I’ll miss this place. Although it’ll be back to see my family and the friends I’ve grown up with, I’ll miss this place still. Oh well, there’s still a few more months for me to enjoy the independence, comfort, and warmth (not the weather) this place, Uppsala, Sweden, has so graciously extended to me.

I’ve signed up to make something for fika with Jana on March 26. Will somebody please remind me a week before the actual date?

It seems like it’s easy to find coconut here. At least one of the cakes on each of the past three weeks has had grated coconut on it. Why haven’t I seen any? Maybe I’m just looking at the wrong places. Or maybe I’m just searching for the type of coconut I know; freshly grated coconut, or coconut milk in a packet. It’s likely the coconut here will be in some processed form, grated and packed in a box or something. Have to take a closer look at things. But then again, what’s coconut in Swedish? I can’t read many Swedish words yet. Buying food in the markets is really touch and go or guess work. If I’m lucky, I’ll get the thing I want. Otherwise, lan lan lor. So I wouldn’t even know if it’s coconut without pictures of it on the packaging.

According to an online translator, coconut in Swedish is ‘kakao’. I think it’s crap though. Isn’t that cacao or cocoa for the beans, of which chocolate is made from?

More to see, more to do, more to experience in the coming weeks! Can’t wait. Life here is much more exciting than back home. Perhaps it’s because everything is absolutely new to me here. Yah, I think so.

I still haven't had the chance to take photos! At least one other person agreed with me that it's so difficult to take pictures in the cold. First you have to take the gloves off. Then remove the camera from the bag, turn it on, aim and finally snap. By then the moment and the mood are gone.

To more photo taking opportunities. Cheers!