20 kilos of Sweden

It’s hard to believe but it’s just few days left and I’m leaving. My adventure is over. And the last week is one of the strangest I have ever had. First, it’s a week for saying goodbye. It’s the first time in my life when I have to say goodbye to ...

19 December 2011  1 Comments

Where Time Stops

Last week I spent five days (or shall I say nights?) in Kiruna, Lapland. It was one of the most amazing trips in my life, so I must say some words about it. Our journey started with spending twenty hours in a train. For me it was the longest train...

12 December 2011  0 Comments

What does the Student Union do?

I was an active member of Student Union at my home university, so when I came to Skövde I was pretty curious about the activity of local Student Union. Now I have some remarks I’d like to share. Students that don’t belong to Student Union often ha...

5 December 2011  0 Comments

First Candle of the Four

Last Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent. People lit up the first candle in their Advent Wreath. The candle of hope. That means that a very special and sacred time began. What does it mean here in Sweden, and what could it mean to all of us? Fir...

29 November 2011  0 Comments

Home Cooking Time!

Husmanskost – that’s how Swedes call old fashion home cooking. I learnt this word not from Swedish lectures; I learnt it from a big book of recipes. Everybody knows that one of the essential parts of country’s culture is its national food. And I...

23 November 2011  1 Comments

Eglė Gruštaitė

About

I am Eglė Gruštaitė from Vilnius University, Lithuania. I’m studying philosophy and now it’s the third year of my studies. I really love the city I live in and my home university, but after two years of studies I decided that now it’s the time to see what it means to study abroad. I tried to find a county which would be both different and familiar to me. And I found Sweden, Skӧvde! Lithuania and Sweden have in common northern calm character, similar climate etc. But at the same time there are a lot of different things including study system or ways of spending free time. So now I’m trying to get to know the new country and share my findings with others.

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