Rollin' With the Punches: Hija

Hej! (I know it looks like hija but its pronounced just like Hey and hey! it means the same thing too!)

Today has been quite the adventure. First off it was a free day, woohoohoo. You would think I'd want to sleep for once on this trip but nope, I hit the ground running. Some of the group took the bus bright and early to go to a farmers market in town. I was expecting a farmers market sort of like fayetteville, with lots of fruits and vegetables and the like for sale. But nope, it more reminding me of a cheap place to buy clothes (that looked like they were made in China). It was FREEZING so we decided to take our first (of many) fikas of the day. After hanging around for a little bit, we ventured to the shopping street part of town, but not before we stopped at another cafe for fika round two (aka we got cold and wanted to go inside and warm up).

After fika #2, we finally made it to some stores. I'm definitely not doing so hot at the whole covert currency in your head on the spot thing so thank goodness for currency apps. I bought a few things but then I really struck gold, I found a candy store. I've been hearing a lot about the Swedish people and their candy but i had yet to go into a candy store. Thankfully a girl on the trip has as big (if not bigger) sweet tooth as I do so we saw the sign and we were so there. Heaven just might begin to describe it. Not only was there buckets and bins of candy everywhere, but there was even an allergen guide so I knew that everything with a blue little dot sticker was gluten free (SCORE!). Surprisingly I only spent around $2 but I actually got a lot of candy (which in true Kelly fashion, i ate as lunch).

On the way back to Raslatt (Side note apparently Raslatt isn't just the dorms for the international students, it's Jonkopings ghetto. I mean definitely nicer then any ghetto I've seen!) we stopped at Max Burger which is basically the equivalent of McDonalds. I had just eaten pounds of candy so I didn't get anything but I might have to venture there again before the trips over. As soon as I got back, I finally crashed. Three hours later I pried myself out of bed then just wandered around outside for a little while. I guess the boys here have to soak up all the sun they can in the summer (since it's so dark in the winter) because every time it gets warmer than 65 degrees, I'm pretty sure every guy has their shirt off and girls bust out the bikini tops. I'll work on the whole picture thing but I've got to get a little sneaky.

The end of my little adventure led to the grocery store. I literally just wondered up and down every aisle looking at all the interesting and different foods. I couldn't stop thinking of my friend Autumn when I stumbled upon a whole wall of hotdogs (I then thought of Lizzy being all "do you know whats in those?!). I found some definitely strange snacks (cream cheese chips anyone?). Of course I was dying of thirst so I thought I'd try some random drink....literally tastes like someone poured at least a pound of sugar in a bottle and squeezed 4 oranges. It was even too tart when I watered it down...and then watered it down some more. Earlier I got a flavored water, which I assumed would tastes like those carbonated flavored waters I always drink at home. NOPE. Ick gross, flavored seltzer water is obviously not my cup of tea.

I started walking home and of course it started raining since I had just taken my umbrella out of my purse. Okay, it was drizzling but just let me be a diva.