Boats and Euro games!

The days continue to whiz by...

On Saturday, Andre took me and a friend of his out on his boat.  We rode down the canal by our office along grassy running paths and families of ducks.  We watched a crew race and eventually reached open waters. The water in Stockholm is brackish (mixture of salt and fresh water). Boating away from downtown, we reached secluded islands housing an old church and beautiful country homes.  Similar to Alaska, many people live in homes on islands where their only exit from the island is via boat.  It is a Swedish dream to own an island... sounds nice.

The next day, Nikki, her friend from The Netherlands, Marieke, and I went to the Museum of Modern Art.  It is located right next to my internship, so I definitely wanted to visit.  Similar to my thoughts about most Modern Art museums I've visited, I thought it was interesting, yet pretty weird.  I've noticed the 'weirdness' is usually amped up in Europe.  A TV screen showing a girl painting the floor with her hair, pig bodies with human heads cut open to expose internal organs, a tank of bubbling mud, need I go on?  My favorite part was upon our exit of the museum (museet).  We each wrote a wish on a note card and hung our wishes from a wish tree.  It was beautiful with the wish'full' branches blowing in the breeze.

Last night, Ewa, Eric, and I went to an outdoor bootcamp.  The direction was entirely in Swedish.  It had just rained and many of the exercises took place on the ground in fields.  So after being covered in mosquito bites and dirt, we went to a pizzeria to drink beer and watch Poland vs. Russia.  Ewa is from Poland so we were excited when the game ended with a score of 1-1 (everyone expected Poland to lose). The Euro games are so popular here its as if each game is the equivalent of the Super Bowl.  What an exciting place to be during this time!

                                                             The Wish Tree