I thought Kings, and Queens where only in Fairytales?

This day was one of many of my great days in Sweden, as I was sitting in class ( a normal day) I received a text message from another exchange student, she asked me if I was going to see the Royals? "What Royals?" I responded, she then explained that the King, Queen, Prince, and Princess (along with her new husband) were going to be in Helsingborg (my town) in 1 hours. I reacted the way any other would... I freaked out! So I left school, and went to see the 'Royals' Let me just say that it was with out any doubt absolutely amazing! It could have been cold, and rainy, and wet, and crowded with shouting people from Denmark, AND Sweden, and it still would have been the best experience ever... Oh wait it was!! There were many people from both Sweden and Denmark, (which made us very confused) and it was a cold and rainy day! Still, another one of those moments that were absolutely un- explainable! So above shows a picture (taken by me! Yes I was that close!!) of the Queen of Sweden which is in the brown jacket and black hat, and the King with the brown jacket. Sorry about the hand, everyone was waving at the King and Queen!

This photo some of you may know who they are.. I believe that it was so popular it was shown in US. The Princess Victoria, and her newly wed husband Daniel. Behind Daniel is Victoria's brother Carl. I may mention that this was the first time in 200 years that the Royals came from Denmark to Sweden, it was the 200th anniversary of the Swedish throne Bernadotte's (who was from France) going ashore in Sweden and entry into the Swedish royal family. (Bernadotte's had stayed in Denmark for some time to change his religion from Catholic to Protestant, because back then you could not enter Sweden if you were not Protestant.)

So anyway this day was like a fairytale to me!!

Göteborg

Now, I have been in Sweden for almost 3 months, and love it hear, it is getting quite cold, and very grey out all the time, the days are also getting shorter, with the sun going down earlier and earlier everyday, but the best part about this season is... the trees, they are all yellow, red, orange, and some green. I am used to seeing them those beautiful colors on the ground, but here they stay on the trees for quite some time, and it is great! I think even though it is grey and rainy a lot, and getting darker, it is still a beautiful season! Everything here has been going great, I am not just getting living day to day life, and can't complain with anything, I have a great host family, go to a great school, in which I have just changed to fashion design program. I am now in third year, which is the last year of high school here! So that means I will get a prom, and get to graduate! I have great friends in this class, so I am thankful for that! I have also joined a volleyball club, which is so much fun, of course it is quite different from what volleyball I am used to, I like it! & have made many friends from that as well!!

The next few pictures are from this weekend, I went to the 2nd biggest city in Sweden (Göteborg), the first is Stockholm the capital of Sweden, which I will being going there in 3 weeks time! Can't wait! Hope you enjoy!

In Göteborg, they have some great architecture throughout the city, in this picture it is a statue of Poseidon. It was in front of a very nice art museum.

Some very friendly people on the street, it is nice that you can fine this throughout Sweden!
A very "tasteful" Swedish tradition, it is a roll called Kanelbulle, most commonly eaten for 'Fika' this kanelbulle though was probably the biggest ever made (daily) it was bigger than an average human head! How cool! It tasted very great might I add!
& This was a very creative soap store we went in. It had many soaps that looked like foods, like a cheese soap, a chocolate soap, and strawberry, and also many pastry soaps!