December 2010

December was a calm month. Getting the results on both the exams was a big relief - A. Now the focus turned to working on the application: writing a statement of purpose, getting recommendation letters and so on. I spent as many evenings in the library during december as I did writing the exams.

Lisa came and visited me and we had a blast as always.

Here celebrating ten years of friendship with fabulous Italian food and wine.

At Dancing Dingo.Liseberg at christmas time.

Christmas was celebrated back home in Linköping as usual.The car that took me and Sofie home through the winter wonderland of Sweden.Christmas eve at my uncle's house.

New Year's eve was spent having a pyjama party at Tove's cabin. Scrapbooking, tv-shows, movies, good food and wine made for a perfect weekend.

Tove enjoying some cake.

Cheers! New Year's dinner.

Dessert.

November 2010

Exams for both my courses were due at the beginning of November. So when they were finished I decided to have some fun. Results: Roadtrip to Hot Salsa Weekend in Stockholm with these dudes.

First evening at Manchester Town Hall during the Great British Salsa Experience. Disa, Lilly, Mariam and me on the stairs.

The wifi at the hotel was ridiculously expensive, but the did have a computer downstairs that you could use for 15 minutes at a time.

At a Chinese restaurant with a whole bunch of salseros.

Tove and I spent a weekend at her cabin on Tjörn scrapbooking, watching movies and having wine.

October 2010

A bunch of us made a roadtrip to Helsingborg to dance some salsa. The event was far from a success but it was still a lot of fun.

The rest of the month I spent working and studying. I discovered that I actually miss studying a lot. But working full time and studying full time took up a lot of my time.

September 2010

September meant the return to New York for the congress. I spent ten amazing days in NY and determination grew stronger. The fabulous people, great dancers and beautiful city have me mesmerized.

View from my hotel room.

The pillow I ordered off of the pillow menu.

A bunch of us having dinner before the congress party.

Leon and Rodney

Me, Ronald and Lilly at the congress.

Leaving the afterparty at 8.30 am on Monday morning.Me and Wes at Honey.

V getting a pedicure. This after giving me directions getting me so lost that he had to come pick me up from my clueless wandering around Brooklyn.

Rodney and me on our way to Staten Island. Staten Island was not worth the trip, but the company was good.

Lilly and me having dinner with V on my last evening in NYC. Between the three of us we basically ate a cow. This made the dancing at Caché a little uncomfortable.

Enjoying the blistering September sun in Central Park.

Favorite quotes of the trip:

Lilly: I need a foot massage!
Me: You need to fork yourself?!

Conclusion: Too tired to be coherent.

At a restaurant where I ordered a pasta that was less than delicious.
Lilly to waiter: This is inedible!
Waiter: Do you want that to go?

The trip was so good and I was not happy about getting on the plane going back to Sweden. Back home I started studying full time beside my full time job to reach my goal - MSW in NY.

August 2010

Tove and I went to Italy where we spent time in Leccho and Como. Both beautiful towns. Unfortunately we managed to catch a lot of rain. But being in Italy is always a treat!

View of Como from the village of Brunate.



Me and Tove on our way to Brunate.


Lunch in Leccho before taking the boat to Como.


Tove enjoying herself in the hotel bathroom.


Roadtrip to the airport that almost made us miss our flight.

This month was also the first time I found something crawling on my plate at a restaurant. Having dinner with Anna at Farelli's I found a green caterpillar crawling around my plate. New experience and not one I care to repeat.