Trollywood

some good looking apples


one of the many villas along the river


in a lock!


approaching the lock!


Sverige är best!

on the river

Älven at dusk

how i've been feeling lately

Yes! Finally we have internet at home!! Things are going well, though I've been feeling a little bit useless. Getting started with a language class has been a really slow process. I wake up in the morning and wonder sometimes what I am doing here in Sweden!? I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere and I don't really have the opportunity to meet a lot of people. Suk! (Sigh!) Jag borde igentligen börja skriva på Svenska! (I should start writing my blog in both Swedish and English.) Above are some pictures from last weekend's trip to Trollhättan, Västen (the place is nicknamed "Trollywood" because many Swedish and American movies are filmed there). Alice and I went mushroom picking, took a boat ride on the river Älven (we went locking! in Swedish its "slussa"; its like an elevator for a boat. The water level slowly rises and lifts the boat up so you can travel along different canals and avoid waterfalls!), and Erik (Alice's father) gave us a tour of the construction site of his new country home. We ate great meals, enjoyed being outdoors, and I learned all about hunting!