I loveloveLOVE Sweden in the summer. Every day the sun stays up a little bit longer and goes down a little bit later. There are people out soaking up the sun in every patch of the outdoors not covered in shade. It is beeeeaaauuutiful! And such a contrast to the winter time!
On the downside, because I am so used to treasuring every moment of sunshine, it is nearly impossible to do anything productive (like homework or blogs...heh). But I am really enjoying my last weeks.
This weekend the sun began to rise at 2:45am. I couldn't believe it. I was out with some friends and I looked up into the sky and it was pink on the horizon. PINK. At 2:45. And at 3:00 it was that light, misty, eerie blue it becomes in the mornings. Bah I love it so much!
I'm still taking my polymer course and doing my research. I'm a bit disappointed (but also kind of relieved) because of how little responsibility they give me with research. I'm only doing one reaction, and it takes about 10 minutes to put together, then has to sit for 72 hours. So it's really not much work. I would probably ask to take on more tasks, but it's just too sunny for real responsibility :)
Expect today actually. My friends and I have been planning to go hiking all week and then FINALLY today we went and IT RAINED ALL DAY LONG. Yesterday it was 72 degrees and then right as i woke up it started raining. Lame sauce. But we decided to be troopers and go anyways. I wore shorts. Bad idea. The times it wasn't actually raining we were swarmed with mosquitos. They are all over the place here. I guess it didn't help that we were hiking in the woods with a nearby lake. Luckily I bought some awesome mosquito repellent and didn't get one bite (well I got one on my head, but that was before i put the repellent in my hair). I actually watched the mosquitos fly to my legs and then turn around when they got close. Kind of a fun activity. I recommend it next time you are bored.
It also got me to wondering things like...where do mosquitos go when it's raining? They all just disappeared. And then I wonder how much blood they need a day. Because it seems like they are ALWAYS hungry. And what do they do in the winter.
What do squirrels even do when it's raining? Do they have little places under trees where they just hang out atop their acorn piles? I never see them outside.
So anyways, here are some pictures from the hike (which was actually just walking around in a flat forest...we couldn't even find a path...luckily someone had a compass).
Here is our fearless compass-man who just decided to make a walking stick (France)
My friend Matthew from Illinois
We found a couple animals bones and this little baby leg. I wonder what did it?
My poor little dutch Roza when it started pouring during lunch
The boys continuing to grill in the pouring rain
Hiding under an umbrella :)
Trekking along forest grounds
Ahhh that hike looks amazing! I actually love doing things in the rain. And I think you wondering about mosquitoes in the winter time has made me love you even more.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have been there to watch 2:45 a.m. sun rise with you. Remember when we stayed up until the sun had risen that one time?
You are so amazing BFF!! Soak in as much sun and Sweden as you can!