First Impression

Well I made it to Karlskrona without too much hassle. Carrying my huge backpack and dragging my over-sized suitcase along with my school backpack through the Copenhagen airport, then onto the commuter train...and finally through town to the hostel was certainly a workout, but I came to realize that I packed lite compared to some of the other girls!!

I am looking forward to exploring Copenhagen as I did not make it past the airport...but what a nice airport it was. The quality of design and the attention to architectural details was unsurpassed - even the benches at the train station were a beautiful expression of modern design.

The 3-1/2 hour train route to Karlskrona meandered along the coast of the Baltic Sea. Numerous wind turbines spotted the sea and put a smile on my face.

And then there is Karlskrona, my hometown for the next 9 months. The town is very small (60,000) but so quaint and cute. Historical buildings line the cobblestone brick streets along the waters edge. The streets are clean and the air is crisp. I am temporarilly living out of a suitcase in a hostel but am hoping that will change any day now. It's not so bad as many of my colleagues landed here as well. The apartment search has turned out to be more difficult than past years but I am keeping a positive attitude. We are hoping to live downtown which is a 25 minute walk to campus - soon to be a 10 minute bike ride.

Orinetation week started on Monday at which time I was introduced to about 30/60 of my colleagues...more and more people are arriving everyday. It seems that Americans and Canadians are in the majority but there are also people from numerous countires around the world - China, Tawain, Bangaldesh, Hungary, Greece, France, Brazil, Australia, England, Mexico, Pakistan, Iraq and of course Sweden.

That's all for now, back to apartment hunting as I hope to have a place before classes start in 5 days.
Miss everyone and hope all is well in the US!