Karlskrona friends

This is Josh partying with my lady friends while I'm away, so fun! He thinks he looks like a drunken stalker, I agree.

Stephanie (on the left above) took this photo of Mark and I at the Wanas Foundation. It was a lovely day.

Canadian Thanksgiving

Crystal's birthday

We celebrated along with the Oktoberfest festival.

A night of animalistic fun

Game night!

We made friends with our upstairs neighbor Anna and her dog Uli (I will have to confirm the spelling later).  We made tacos that were half swedish (mushrooms, lettuce, corn, cucumbers, tomato and onion, taco sauce, (soy) meat) and half 'american' (rice, beans, salsa).  

awesome.

This is Anna totally kicking our butts at Jenga.

Deep thought.

København pt.1

last weekend we went to copenhagen to visit our friends krys and kate. the train ride over took about three hours and we were able to see the sun set on the baltic.

the first thing you see when exiting the central train station is tivoli gardens.  the line literally wraps around the block on a friday night.

friends, new and not so new. familiarity in strange countries is an incredibly comforting feeling.

we saw great window art the next morning on our walk to get breakfast.

crazy naked african pygmy looking statue.

and a giant ear with tiny people cleaning it, i'm not even sure what that place was selling.

danish danishes, kind of a no-brainer.

a motorized street vending cart. it was going down a major street at the speed of a lawnmower.

interesting fact, apparently most hotdog/street food vendors are government subsidized. it's like the danish equivalent of welfare, and much easier to swallow.(heh)

this is the old danish stock exchange building. the spyre has four dragons atop it with their tails entwining upwards. they're supposed to represent the four scandinavian countries. it's also pretty tough.

stor gay al's stor gay bådtur

i'd call this picture beauty and the beast, but that really isn't fair to all the decent, honest beasts out there.

copenhagen likes their bikes.

crystal was philosophizing when she took this picture.

this was a picture hanging in the apartment we were staying in. it's just great.

train ride home. look at all those wind turbines, copenhagen is the leading country in wind energy production.

Bonfire & New Friends

Last night I finally got to meet more of my new classmates...there will be 60 of us!  Rebecca from New Zealand put together this little shin dig and it couldn't have been a more perfect night...beautiful beach, great food, fantastic people.

Hej-do! (Bye!)

Every adventures begins where another ends.

We will definately miss all of our beautiful friends and family!

& thanks for all the lovely goodbye wishes!