So it is now January and I have been back in Sweden for nearly 2 weeks, after a nice break back to the UK for Christmas and New Year. It was great to see family and friends and time away from them has made me value my friendships and family bonds more. But now I am pleased to be back in Stockholm!
After being worried that coming back to snowy, cold and dark Stockholm would be very hard, I was surprisingly not too down to come back. Maybe this was due to the exciting prospect of the Train the Trainers weekend in Goteborg......which was a really, really fun ( if very exhausting) weekend!
We learnt lots of different and effective ways to teach those embarking on CISV camps this summer.....unfortunately I didn't lug my giant camera down with me, so there are only a few photos from the weekend......Like this one of Saturday night.......
Overall it was a very inspirational weekend that has provided much 'pep' for the Impact weekends over spring, which I hope to be involved lots with. It was also great to see a bit of Göteborg, a city which hopefully I will see more of when meeting with the NJRs/RJRs next weekend!
Speaking of looking ahead, this Monday was the most depressing monday of the year (in the UK at least) so it should all be up hill from here! And in true New Years Resolution style I have joined Friskis och Svettis to try to stay in shape, I haven't been to any group training yet, I think I might wait until my Swedish is a bit better or take a translator with me!
This weekend another EVS volunteer will be visiting Stockholm, so it will be time to put my tour-guide skills to the test. And a couple of weeks after that I will have my first visitor from England, followed by a trip to Lappland to (hopefully) see the Northern Lights :)
Speak to you all soon!
