Today is my second day in Sweden. I am currently sitting on the train from Stockholm to Jönköping. It has been a crazy two days. I am so grateful that I am not doing this alone and that there is another
U of A exchange student with me. I got into the airport at about 1 PM yesterday. It was very confusing for Sierra and me to find each other. Thank God for WhatsApp and Wi-Fi because without it I don’t think we would have ever found each other. We took the train from the airport and then found our hotel, which was super easy. We spent the entire afternoon exhausted and exploring. Stockholm is so beautiful. We went to Old Town and the Royal Palace both yesterday and today. We did get lost yesterday in the rain, luckily, we had our rain jackets. A lot of the buildings in the Old Town look very similar, but once we took a moment and evaluated where we had been and what looked familiar we were able to find our way back. Coming from our hotel to the train stations has been a little frustrating. We bought our train tickets before we arrived to leave at 3:50 PM. We had to check out of hotel by noon, so we’ve had to walk around for a little over 3 hours with our luggage. If I could do it again, I would’ve booked an earlier train. We also have to take 2 trains and a bus to get to Jönköping. It was a little confusing finding our second train, but all the train stations in Stockholm have people in yellow vests that speak English to help you. Right now, we are on our second train and are currently stopped, 10 minutes into the train ride, because someone tried to jump in front of another train (they were able to stop her), so they’ve halted all trains to get her off the track. We only have 20 minutes when we get off this train to get on our final bus. We have been stopped for 30 minutes, so I think we are going to end up missing our next bus and will have to book another one. I’ll keep you updated on if we made it in time on my next post. I’ve also attached some pictures of Stockholm, to show just how beautiful it is.
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Accounting major Arielle Amburn is spending the Fall 2018 semester in Sweden with our
U of A Exchange program at Jonkoping University.
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