I have heard the cries of my impatient readership (ahem, Tom), who has had to resort to phone conversations in order to receive a full update of my Swedish life. I do apologize for my absence, but I’m not too sorry because I have a lot of shit to do. As a compromise, here is a short, mostly pictorial, update. The most shocking update is that, as of today, October 4th, I feel that my outerwear is already irrelevant in this place! Nighttime temperatures are falling down to 5 or 6 degrees (Oh yes, I’ve decided to convert myself to celsius since fahrenheit is a silly invention that a majority of the world does not understand. But for those who are not on this same crusade, it’s in the 30s! Aka brr!). Anywho, so the light fall jackets I brought, even complemented by a nice sweater, are useless in the face of this quickly onset chill factor. Time to go shopping!
To address my absence from the blogosphere with a semblance of a snapshot update, I have been traveling (posts in the works for Amsterdam and a cruise of the Baltics to Helsinki and Tallinn) and additionally, I have this thing called a master’s paper that I MUST finish. Not to mention fellowship applications and classwork etc. etc. and facetiming with Lucy. Things have been busy (not Boston busy aka I’m not losing my mind), but I regretfully admit that crafting these musings for your entertainment have temporarily fallen to the bottom of my priority list. To make up for it, I’ve included some pictures of the beautiful fall foliage, including a rainbow I saw this morning outside my apartment complex. Stay posted for my reflections on the first of many European travels and…maybe a guest blog from Nance who’s coming to visit next week!
Peace and love,
Swedish Jamie
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| Fall scenery outside of my home |
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| Wow! |
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a sunset and a cool tree
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| lingon berries |
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| the rainbow! |
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| fall from the library steps |
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