Week 4

Feels like I’ve been here longer than four weeks! I guess that’s a good feeling to have? Anyway, here’s what I’ve been up to this week.

Last Sunday, September 7th, I went along on a Nordic Wildlife Tour organized by the International Desk here at the university. We went to the Skånes Djurpark (Skåne County Zoo) which focuses primarily on nordic animals. We saw everything from grey seals to reindeer. Most of the animals were very curious and some even woke up from their naps to look at us! Here are some pictures:

A male brown bear came over to say hello
His wife was a bit more skeptical
Raccoons are not actually native to Sweden but this one was trying to take a post-lunch nap!

After the zoo we went to a lake to have some fika! Some were even crazy enough to swim…

I would call the temperature ‘brisk’…

The main part of my week was relatively normal – a few lectures on social policy and a whole lot of reading. I now understand why taking one class at a time is common…because you have so much work to do! I did take a break from working to plan a trip to Stockholm though! I’m going September 26 through September 29. My train leaves Lund at 5:54am…whew.

On Friday night, I ended my week with a trip to Copenhagen to see Canadian pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. It was in the coolest concert hall I’ve ever been in. Very modern and I sat really close to the orchestra! Here are a bunch of pictures:

The DR (like the Danish NPR/PBS) complex from the metro station. The concert hall is on the left.
Closer now. They even have a canal!
Panorama from my seat (and not even a super expensive one!)
The lobby area during intermission
From the top balcony

As Copenhagen is quite expensive I didn’t do much the rest of the weekend. Just went to the Saturday organ recital and Sunday service in English at the Cathedral. Currently planning a trip to Berlin for the end of November!

In celebration of passing my introductory Swedish course…Ha en bra vecka! (Have a good week!)