So without any real warning I have been temporarily moved to a new host family in Helsingborg, a town 20 km south of Ängelholm. This is due to the language camp that I only found out about on Söndag (sunday; pronounced Soon-dog) and started at 10am on Måndag (have a guess which day...).
Arriving at Helsingborg station at 10am, I was introduced to 4 fellow exchange students from New Zealand; David, Alessandro, Melissa and Kimberley. First thing we did was walk to the nearby school and have lunch followed by a few hours of ice skating...
(The view from Niclas' office)
(An arch at the base of Helsingborg's castle. You can see Niclas' office in this pic, is on the first floor of the corner building overlooking the harbour)
Then came the best part; After an exhausting day of ice skating the other two boys and I were picked up from the school by a wonderful lady by the name Lena. The first thing Lena did was drive us to the movie store where she bought loads of chips and coke and told use to fill a bucket each full of swedish lollies and chocolates.
She then brought us to her home, a beautiful 4 story house, surrounded by snow. Inside we met her husband Morgon and beautiful daughter Isabelle.
Lena then proceeded to spoil us, letting us watch TV with coke and chips before a lovely dinner of Swedish pan-beef and a variety of chocolate, blueberry cakes and glas (ice cream). The three of us were given the attic bedroom which looks out over Helsingborg and across the water to Denmark (yes I am looking out the window at Denmark as i write this)
(Denmark in the distance)
The next night David, Alessadro and I enjoyed the Sauna before jumping on the families trampoline soaking wet in our swimmers at -5 degrees C (to the obvious shock of the neighbours). In retrospect the ensuing snowball fight really wasn't a good idea.
Arriving at Helsingborg station at 10am, I was introduced to 4 fellow exchange students from New Zealand; David, Alessandro, Melissa and Kimberley. First thing we did was walk to the nearby school and have lunch followed by a few hours of ice skating...
Then came the best part; After an exhausting day of ice skating the other two boys and I were picked up from the school by a wonderful lady by the name Lena. The first thing Lena did was drive us to the movie store where she bought loads of chips and coke and told use to fill a bucket each full of swedish lollies and chocolates.
She then brought us to her home, a beautiful 4 story house, surrounded by snow. Inside we met her husband Morgon and beautiful daughter Isabelle.
Lena then proceeded to spoil us, letting us watch TV with coke and chips before a lovely dinner of Swedish pan-beef and a variety of chocolate, blueberry cakes and glas (ice cream). The three of us were given the attic bedroom which looks out over Helsingborg and across the water to Denmark (yes I am looking out the window at Denmark as i write this)
The next night David, Alessadro and I enjoyed the Sauna before jumping on the families trampoline soaking wet in our swimmers at -5 degrees C (to the obvious shock of the neighbours). In retrospect the ensuing snowball fight really wasn't a good idea.
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