It was hard getting a taxi to the university but we found our way and we met the student coordinator who showed us our new homes (5km apart though so boo hoo about that) and we got our Swedish sim cards so if you want my number FB or email me!
My place is great, It's a 4 bedroom apartment with a living room and kitchen and 2 bathrooms. Its got so much space and the view from the porch and my room window is so nice! It's about 1.5km from the university and I have to cut through this quaint little wooded area which the other students say is "absolutely safe even when dark" so I'll take their word for it. Anyways no one but students and lecturers live around here.
Mel's place is 3Km from the Uni and she has her own little flat but she shares a kitchen and living room with 5 other people on her floor. I'm just sad that we are so far apart, we cna't even walk home together. I'm hoping that things will get better once our room/floor mates move in sometime next week so we'll have company.We had a tiring but relatively mundane day, settling admin stuff, buying basic things we need for the hostels. We also set up Swedbank accounts! And the guy who was helping us -Daniel- is such a nice guy, he not only helped us with banking, he also printed out maps for us and drew us simpler routes to get from hostel to uni. He's also a student at Lulea tech and is on a summer internship, so we're bound to see him again since the uni is quite small :)
After some shopping and a very yummy $10 pizza which mel and I shared, we parted ways to go home. It was about 7pm but still so bright out. I got a bit lost and a nice lady who works at the uni gave me a lift and showed me the path through the woods that I should take next time instead. The poeple here are really wonderful. Mel got a bit lost too, but she made it on her own safe and sound.
Well tonight is going to be spent skyping with shaun and unpacking and tomorrow Mel and I will be going shopping for 2nd hand bicycles! Wheee!
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