I've been in class 8-5 almost every day so it severely limits the amount of exploring I can do during daylight hours. I've been trying to get things in over the weekends with visits to different parts of Lund, as well as even a walk last weekend out...to who knows where. Kind of north-east of town, in search of windmills. I glimpsed them just barely over the crest of the hill, and kept on walking until I got a better look...and realized that they were a long way away across a highway. So I turned back because it was 4:00 and starting to get dark. I passed a pretty pond on my way, though.
Hey, look! I found the windmills!
I've definitely noticed an increase in daylight here - when I get up and bike to school at 8 now there is some light! The sky is not completely black. Also, when I ride home after a long day halfway below the ground, the sun is still (kind of) up! It's amazing.mmm in school we spent last week finishing up isolating our protein from almonds, and gave a short presentation on it. It went quite well, and this week we're onto using different chromatographic techniques to separate three proteins in an unknown sample. We already have figured out what one of them is! Success! We're now halfway through this class, which never ceases to amaze me. Things go by so quickly! But at the same time it feels like forever until I will be home.
There are many things I miss about UNC and Chapel Hill, but the never ending construction is not one of them. They're doing construction on both my dorm and the chemistry building here, so I never get a chance to miss it.
Last Tuesday I went back and baked some more with the Krischansta Nation, and I actually joined it. I have a lot of fun with the baking, and the people who I bake with. I arrived late (since class ends after baking time starts) and walked in the kitchen to see huge bowls and pots of bread dough overflowing and bubbling onto the counters and floor. It was hilarious. And lots of fun. After baking, they were holding an exchange student event on making Semla, a pastry of sorts that you eat before Lent when you start fasting. It's a sweet bread bowl, filled with a creamy mixture of marzipan and milk, topped off the (unsweetened) whipped cream, and then you put the bread-top back on and dust the whole thing with vanilla sugar! Very tasty, though I only ate two small ones. In the cafes they sell ones that are probably 6 inches across...I can't even imagine being able to eat all of that. But I may well try before I leave Sweden ;-)
You can see more pictures I posted here if you scroll down to the bottom, and I might have some more for you if I get into Malmö this weekend. I just need some willing people to travel with (even though it's only a 20 minute train/bus ride), and Sunday I will probably bike back to Nova Lund to walk around the shops.
TGIF!
