köttbullar!!

I have met with my contact family again; they invited me to their house for a traditional Swedish dinner. The house is by the other side of the lake from where I live and is a beautiful cozy home, they have 2 kids, an 8 year old daughter and a cute 3 year old boy, they didn’t know English but we were trying our best to communicate each other with pictures and google images lol. I actually helped the mom cook the traditional Swedish dinner, they thought it would be a better experience for us (me and the other contact student from Africa) if we cooked with them our meal from scratch. So yes I learn how to cook Swedish köttbullar (which is meatballs), with mashed potatoes and lingon (a small red fruit which they use to make a type of sweet jelly to eat with the potatoes and meatballs). The traditional food in Sweden is a bit plain in my opinion but nevertheless it was delicious and memorable to share dinner with a Swedish family! <3

Bonfire!

Living in Vilhelmsro accommodation is great! Everyone does truly become your family and it gives you that sense of "home away from home". Vilhelmsro is a big accommodation only for international students and it is divided in different “color-coded” corridors, I live in the yellow corridor. There’s one kitchen and about 3 bathrooms and showers for each corridor, plus there is a common area for all of the corridors; it is really easy to socialize since there’s always someone cooking or watching TV in the common area. So if you feel alone in your room it’s just a matter of going to the kitchen and common area if you feel like you need to speak with anyone. There’s really that sense of community and family here.
Since Vilhelmsro is right next to the Vättern lake (the second largest lake in Sweden), we decided to do a bonfire at night right next to the lake! It was so cold, there was still snow in the forest but it was nice to share stories in the middle of the night while cooking bread or sausage in the fire and looking at the amazing view of the city of Jönköping reflecting over the lake J 

Definitely a memorable time