I am a Rotary Youth Exchange student living in Helsingborg, Sweden. This blog is a compilation of stories, feelings and photos of my brilliant life here in Sweden.

Monday, January 29, 2007

How do you measure, measure a year?

I have my official arrival time home:

WEDNESDAY, JULY THE TWENTY FIFTH, TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN at EIGHTEEN FIFTY THREE.

Wed. July 25, 2007 @ 6:53 pm!!!!

SEE YOU THEN!!!!

photos of my new home




Sun Room







Dining room + My room






ENOUGH LUGGAGE RACHELLE????? HOW AM I GOING TO GET HOME?

and then she moved...



And it snowed...
and rachelle got glasses(her third host-dad is an optomitrist and owns an eyeglasses shop:D)
And she made cupcakes with her new host-sister, Ebba(11 years old)

She also has a new host sister, Anna, who is 15 and goes to her school.
They get on really well and have some of the same friends which is great. Anna is going on Rotary exchange next year as well!
She's been living here for 2 weeks now. It's a 10 minutes bike ride from school, 5 minute walk to town and right by a forest perfect for running in.
Her host dad, Axel, is a mechanical engineer and is in China right now. His wife, Christina, my host mother is a 'Nutritionist' and does several different things dealing with the subject of nutrition.
http://www.christinaleijonhufvud.net/
is her host mom's website and her daily updated blog is:
http://www.foodhealthandunderstanding.blogspot.com/

Rachelle is very happy here in TÄgaborg, Helsingborg.
School is going good and she's starting Swedish courses every Tuesday and Thursday evenings- hopefully they will help her.

Friday she is going to see Erik Molinder in VĂ€nersborg! Then... in 2 weekends I am off to Verbier, Switzerland with my 3rd host family.

Rachelle is now running another blog, just started today, of pictures... one thousand pictures for one word...
www.droweno.blogspot.com

She hopes everyone is doing great wherever they are in the world.
Saturday was her official 6 months mark. Wow! Time is flying like she knew it would!

Leave a comment, She's still working on updating christmas ect.
much love,
rachelle in first person

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Stay tuned for...

1) Christmas at Family Roos
2) New Years (visit from my dad!)
3) Trip to Paris with my Dad and Natalie
4) Move to New Host Family, Family Leijonhufvud.

Everything is going great for me but as you can imagine I have been super busy!
School has gotten a lot better in the past while and I'm so happy to be living in town.

Can't wait to hear your comments on my posts.

Big hugs to the Rotary Klubb of Calgary East!!!!

Puss och Kramar,

Rachelle