Ok, first off I forgot that last weekend was Superbowl weekend when I wrote that post. I had a huge Superbowl party, almost 30 people. I want to give a quick hats off to Eli and the Manning QB domination for the last 2 years. I think it’s amazing that two brothers won back to back.

Now for Sweden;

I’m pretty settled in now, and things are pretty sweet. Things are organized, efficient and stuff works. It’s hard to explain. As I’ve said it before, the culture is somewhat americanized but they are still very euro and scandinavian.

Few things new students will need to know, learn fast, and do:

  1. Get a bike!

    2. This is very important! There is a bus system but biking is by far the way to travel. I know I know, the whole biking in the snow/ice isn’t that bad. I’d rather get where I want to go fast and cold then walk slow and cold. I’ve only fallen twice, the first time was an accident … it was icy and I was going way to fast. The second time wasn’t my fault, I blame it on the “Incredible Hulk” ( Hypnotic and Hennessey ).

    You can pick one up for 500-800 sek. I went a little overboard and got a nice bike ( I hate it when things break ) and I paid a little over 1700 sek with lights and lock. Oh before I forget, front and rear lights are mandatory, it’s dark a lot of the time, and you will get a ticket. There is a place in Ryd Centrum, but all of those bikes look like they were from the 60’s. Go visit my man in Gammla Linkoping, he’s down the road near Mona Lisa Pizza. I need to get an address but I’ve been slackin’.

  2. Don’t be blue, get in a queue.

    3. Ok, you will learn this quick, the Swedes love lines and you know those little deli number ticket things … yea … everywhere. So don’t understand why your not getting attention? … This is why.

  3. Onlinepizza.se

    4. This one explains itself, online pizza. Although the pizza isn’t the same as back home, its still food. Now, you’ll still miss the days of Onetable and grubhub but this is as good as it gets in the Ghetto.

  4. Ryd is the Ghetto

    5. Don’t let the cool name or the sly talking LiU administration fool you, Ryd is the ghetto man. As thug as it gets. Just the other day a little 5 year old Indian gangster kid jacked me in Ryd Centrum. I never saw that squirt gun coming. Also, ALWAYS carry a nine when cruising the long, lonely, cold and well lite paths because YOU WILL GET LOST!!!! Life in the Ryd Centrum Ghetto is tough, almost everything you need is a 5 minute walk or 2 minute bike ride away. In all seriousness it’s not that bad at all. The only really bad thing is that it took me 2 weeks to figure out where I lived because everything looks the same. I always say it looks very “Soviet” because the buildings look like something straight out of Communist Russia.

Well it’s gettin’ late over here. I’m going snowboarding this weekend so don’t expect a second post this week.