Bright and early at 9:15, my alarm went off. Rough, I know haha! I moseyed into the kitchen and ate my delicious Crunchy cereal. I'm seriously addicted to this cereal. It's delicious, and not terrible for you, and of course NOT AVAILABLE in the States! I may go through withdrawal. It's a granola cereal with yogurt clusters and either apple bits or strawberry bits depending on which type I buy. It's seriously so good! I've joked with my teammates about how they're going to need to send me Crunchy when I go home. They think it's cute and funny. I think it's cute and funny that they think I'm joking haha! Anywho, after I devoured my super delicious breakfast, I slapped on some sunscreen and waited for Lina to show up.
Once she arrived, we headed to the little ICA (our grocery store) right by our apartment to pick up cookout supplies (i.e. hot dogs, buns, and nectarines). Rumor had it that we were going to grill out at beach volleyball that afternoon. Armed with our delicious meal, we headed to the lak
e. Here we met up with our volleyball buddies Juha (a member of the Skövde baseball team) and his friends Marcus, Martin, Ace, Patrick, Frederich, and a couple others whose names are escaping me at the moment. For the most part, Lina, Elise, Juha, Marcus, Martin, and I are the ones playing daily, but it's been so much fun meeting and playing with new people! :) As everyone arrived, Lina, Elise, and I noticed that no one had a grill. Embarrassed that we had confused what someone had said to us, we actually hid our hotdogs under a bag LOL!... No worries, after a couple hours of playing, Juha left and bought disposable grills. THAT'S RIGHT! DISPOSABLE GRILLS! I don't know that I've ever heard of such a thing haha! At any rate, we uncovered our poor hot dogs and grilled out right there on the sand volleyball court beside the lake. It reminded me so much of being at home with my buddies. While it did make me a little homesick for my friends back in Ghent and the Beach, it also made me appreciate the amazing friendships I've developed since arriving here. After we ate, we played some more volleyball of course! haha!As the time got closer to our practice time, Elise and Lina decided to head back to the dungeon to escape the sun that was particularly brutal that day. I opted to stay behind and play a bit more before going for a run. After my run, I headed to the field where I practiced with the team :). After practice, we headed to the res
taurant where we get our meals, Prima. At Prima I generally get a salad, pizza, or calzone. The salads are AWESOME. Again, something I may suffer withdrawal from when I leave. I normally ask for the salad bar and get a salad consisting of lettuce, cucumber, mushrooms, corn, pesto pasta, a mix of kidney beans and chick peas, and a little bit of cheese. It's sooo good! The pizza is a bit different here than back home. Here, the crust is a bit thinner, but it's not a thin crust. It has the same texture as pizzas in the States, but is just a much thinner crust. It's good! :) Also, the calzones are not just filled with cheese like how they are back home. Instead, they automatically come with cheese and ham.After our dinner, Elise and I walked back to the dungeon and changed into our swim suits. When Lina picked us up, we headed to another local lake for a night swim (mind you that the sun was still up since it doesn't set until about 11:15 pm). It was getting a bit chilly, but the water was still so warm! I was amazed at how clear the water was. It's unreal to me that I can walk into water up to my waist and still see my feet, haha! That is NOT something you get at VB! :) We swam for a bit and then decided that we should head home as it was getting late. Once we got home, we watched some American programming and then headed to bed.
It's a rough life here in Sweden, but someone's got to do it :).
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