Alright, lots of things have been going on. First off, moving in is finally done. I have a desk, a sweet IKEA bed and Johan … the awesome Swedish roommate took care of most of the other furniture that we needed. The other day before our intensive Swedish course started we had a short greeting with Peter the head administrator for the Atlantis project here in Sweden and got a short tour of the typical campus building. We also saw the draft for our degrees which are titled as International Business. So that’s pretty amazing.

We had the first day of our Swedish class and it’s really not that bad. It’s a Germanic based language and the structure is more similar to English when compared to French. There are some weird pronunciations like in any language but I think picking this up maybe a bit easier. Linkoping is a real school. It’s a large campus, so definitely pick up bikes as soon as you can. The atmosphere is more college. Almost more then DePaul. Very cozy and simple but has everything you need. The gym here is pretty awesome too, just as new as the Ray and maybe a bit smaller but couple it with all the activities they have you’ll be more then busy. The 4month “gold do everything card” is 1500 krona or so which isn’t that bad at all.

Oh and the internet here is DIVINE! 24mbit to the HOUSE and so much cheaper then in the states. I was pulling like 16mbit from my server in the states. Insane from overseas. I can’t wait to see how the school’s network is.

You know how public bathrooms in the states are absolutely disgusting? Couple this with a fear of going to the bathroom in public I very rarely would use a restroom outside my house. However almost *all* of the places I’ve been in Sweden have immaculate bathrooms.

All in all the program is really turning upward. And from what I heard the administration really pulled some strings for us in getting things kosher. The issues in France should be fixed, they’ve had more then enough people complain about it. I’m very serious when I say Sweden will take over the world. So far the only thing I have a problem with is having to goto the “SystemBlogjet” to buy real alcohol otherwise it’s almost perfect here.