Sweden - First Post

So we have arrived in Sweden. For the next 3 weeks ( February 7th til February 28th) myself and 4 sports students will be on placements across the town of Falun and Borlänge.

The trip here consisted of :-

• A taxi from Wakefield to Leeds (pick up at 3am!)
• A plane from Leeds to Amsterdam
• A plane from Amsterdam to Stolkholm Arlanta (delayed by around an hour)
• A train from Stolkholm Arlanta to Borlänge (delayed by 40 minutes, due to this we missed the second train Borlänge to Falun so instead we got...)
• A coach from Borlänge to Falun (delayed by 15 minutes)
• A minibus to each of our placements - mine is in Hosjö, a 20 minute bus outside of Falun town centre

For my placement I am staying with an 18 year old student called Amanda who also goes to Lugnet Uni which is the school I am based at. In preperation for this I had emailed Amanda during the week before our arrival so I knew a bit about her before I came out.

The first night was an experience. Unfortunately it was quite difficult to speak to Amanda as she doesn't understand that much English ( it may just be because of my accent or because I speak too fast). I also asked all the basic questions right at the start so after that there wasn't much to talk about which resulted in a 3 hour silence in the evening. I also didn't realise that I was sleeping on the lounge couch which is also Amanda's bedroom as she lives in a studio flat so that has been a bit awkward. I should have been more prepared before arrival as I hadn't taken anything to eat but it had previously been arranged that I would provide my own food. This resulted in me having nothing for breakfast the next day as Amanda had hardly any food in her flat either. The first night has been a bit weird but I'm hoping that as the week goes on she may come out of her shell and it will hopefully become more comfortable living here :)