These past couple of weeks have been busy, busy, busy! They kicked off with a trip to Mariefred where the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child was taking place. Mariefred is a small town about 30 minutes west of Stockholm with a large castle called Gripsholm. The WCPRC is an organization which promotes the rights of the child all over the world. Every year they have a ceremony in Mariefred where 12 child jury members from all over the world, vote for the winner of the prize that year which goes to an individual who has shown outstanding work in the area of promoting children's rights. I stayed in Mariefred on and off for the 2 weeks thats the group was there. I can now say that I have friends from Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Vietnam, Western Sahara, and India, to name a few places.
Two weekends ago, I went to Uppsala (a university town north of Stockholm)where our rebounds (Swedish students who have returned from their exchanges), had planned a one night camp and rented cabins outside of the city. The weather was wonderful and we spent the whole time outside around the campfire singing.
The Monday after (April 16th), was my 18th birthday. The day started off with my hist family waking m up with the traditional Swedish birthday song at 6 am. After, I went off to school to visit my buddies. It was the same day as the big prize ceremony in Mariefred, so after lunch I headed back to Mariefred. The Queen of Sweden was at the ceremony, so I was lucky enough to get to see her. It was all in all a very good birthday gift!
This past Thursday, I went to Strangnas which is about a 25 minute drive east of where I live. The Rotary club of Strangnas hosted 6 exchange students for 2 nights. 
We spent our time sightseeing and taking lots of fikas. WE got to visit the fire department and go up on the rescue truck which was a definite highlight.
Last weekend, I had a birthday dinner with all my friends. We had tacos which seems to be the traditional Swedish birthday party food, not pizza, like we would have in Canada.This weekend, I'm heading into Stockholm to look for a Studenten (graduation) dress. Wish me luck!
2 comments:
Wow, great post -lots and lots of excitement and worthwhile activities. Love the new "do" too!
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