Umeå: Too much cold, little sun (Pablo en)
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2 months here
Yesterday was October 23, which means, if we look at the calendar, that I´ve been two months in Erasmus! Things around here have not changed much in the last month, as I said, I've settled into this place. However, the cold is beginning to take its first breaths. On...
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1st try to see the northern lights
We're still in October and the northern lights are not easy to see, but there are people who have seen them, even for a long time! I was tired of hearing how wonderful they are, so I decided to go search for them. Robin´s buddy studies astronomy and he told him when it...
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Swedish dinner!
This week has been dressed by the buddy group, because we have met twice. The first, on Tuesday: Swedish dinner! Finally, to taste the Swedish food! The buddies came together to prepare a meal of these typical Swedish food. Marco, the Uruguayan, study cuisine here. All...
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1st snow!
October 14, just started the autumn. warm weather in Spain makes that you can even go in short pants... however, the snow has come to Umeå... Today, fortunately, I had not classes in the morning, but I woke up early to avoid the waste of time and start with the work...
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Laserdome
The other activity we did with the buddies on this week was on Sunday, Laserdome! The typical pistols game where you get into a dark room with many lights. We had to shoot everybody! the truth is that I laughed a lot, but quite hard enough. Not too much people come....
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The different church
A curious thing I wanted to say is something that happened us last week. On Sunday we were in the downtown, and we entered in the church. We decided to go in and were at mass, and we discovered that it quite funny! Masses are much more fun here, not a priest speaking in...
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Airport odissey! (I)
After almost 3 months, I went away from Umeå. In a relationship with Erasmus I have to visit the other part. I bought the tickets to Barsome time ago.. The trip was more or less well, catch a plane at 10 am in Umeå, and after a stop in Stockholm for 2 hours and a...
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Airport Odissey (II), visiting Spain
I ran around the airport, including terminal change! I went back control, and luckily the gate my plane was the first. I got in the door, and the flight attendant followed me because just going to close the doors! I arrived at 12:10, and it closed... 1 minute later and...
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News of my exam...
As you might remember from another post, 2 weeks ago I did my first exam here. After 2 weeks waiting for the results... they gave them to me... failed... It took me half an hour to go aside the notes to know if it was or not suspended, because I was not sure of my...
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What is the smell of the clouds?
I still don´t know the smell of the clouds, but that they does not smel, in Umea, l is rain. At least, not anymore. We are in autumn, which means that it rains a lot. What I mean is that the rain has no place here. At this time, only snow is dancing on on the Swedish...
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frozen!!
Another thing I want to talk, that it is imposible to understand until you see it, is that the darkness of the night is not so bad, and it is not total darkness, although there is no sun, especially if cloudy. The sun sets at 3 and the cold night occupies every corner...
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Strange people
If someone decides to come to this beautiful city of Erasmus, one of the first things you see, is people wearing is rare. rare? what I wonder with RARE? You will see many people wearing the pants at least curious full of patches. From the first day we look at these...
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Welcome to iksu!
It is true that there are many topics of Swedes (drunk people, all blond and tall, timid... ), most are true. today I will mitify one, the strenght people. It is true that all Swedish boys are muscular, it is true that all Swedish girls are thin. Sorry erasmus people...
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Nobody can delete my smile
When I have open my eyes, I saw the window and I knew that today would be a good day, when the smile would prevail. Seeing this, who can not smile? : I know you will call me crazy! and many people would say that seeing that would be made to die, but I love it!. It has...
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1st advent!!!
Today is the 1st advent, which means that counting from today, there will be 4 saturdat for Christmas. In Sweden it is a typical day, which;officially; Christmas is coming. In the houses they made Christmas ornaments, and Swedish buns are typical: saffranbullar. are...
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day of exams...
I'm always speaking about various things in the blog, but specific things, I have not counted how my life is in general! The truth is that everything is going great. I am very very happy with everything and everyone I know here. This course is quite simple, and leaves...
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My group
Moreover, we are already forming a new group of people, I´m less with spanish people (which my parents will thank! ), And lately I'm having a lot of parties with some Russian (Yuliya and Natasha), an Italian, Davide, and a Mexican, Chucho, and of course, Laura, Eve and...
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Two exams in one day
Today has been a horrible day... 2 exams on the same day! In Spain it never happened to me, and I was pretty scared... For more fear, one beginning at 9:00 and ended at 15:00! 6 hours of exam! and the next was from 15:30 to 17:30 this morning I woke up quietly and I...
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Swedish snow
The other day, I said goodbye to some friends of my house and got into my room. After 5 minutes hernán came running out calling to come out. And I saw this...
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Policy of internationalism
I've discovered that Sweden is even more international than I thought! Well, at least my university. In the laboratory, there are a lot of time waiting, because there are things that take time, whether they'd better get to interact and talk? speaking with my lab...