a wonderful day! :-)

I just had to share the fact that it is the MOST beAUTiful day here in Lund today! I went to a language cafe today at one of the local schools and not only had a thoroughly enjoyable time while there but also had a magical time exploring (aka getting a bit lost!) on the way home. The school was so interesting and so very typically Swedish in it's design. I have noticed that here there jsut aren't the same boundaries as home, for example the palace in Stockholm has no fences or anything, you are free to just wander around the cobbled streets nd courtyards surrounding it...very interesting i thought! (pictures above! Also notice the recylcing lorry outside, even the royals are big on recycling here - awesome!)

So anyway the school was like this too, no real fences (apart from around the playing fields) and no real main entrance. Every building was as important as the other (again this notino of equality being very Swedish). This ideal is a fantastic one but it did mean that i had NO idea where the entrance was or where i was meant to meet everyone! But as ever there was a positive side because i got to practise my (very bad) Svenska and ask for directions, seeing as i wandered into the primary school building and not the high school building! But the teacher was very nice and pointed me in the right direction.

The language cafe is a compulsory aspect of their language learning, so i was given 5 students age 14/15 and they had to talk English to me for an hour, and o my heavens, they were amazing! I am honestly so inspired and in complete awe of them, and really a little embarrased about my shoddy language efforts! But it was good because every so often they would speak in Swedish and i could understand veeeeeeeery small little snippets...SO cool!

So a magic afternoon it was and most informative. As i said i then had a little bit of an explore around the area and finally ended up back in the centre and oooo twas lovely cos everyone was sat in the sun and enjoying life, and there were Capoeira performers in the main square with a band and everything! What more do you need on a spring day than sunshine, music and a bit of dance/martial arts!? twas perfect!

That's it from me this time, will write all about my little trip up North soon, but i need to time to fully explain it to you as it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D

Peace out x x