So...how do you like it?

No no, thankfully that’s not some bad pick-up line I’ve heard recently. After “Why Sweden?” this is the next question I get from most people.

Well...so far, I’ve been loving it. Uppsala now feels like...home. I can find my way around town (mostly) and slowly but surely I’m picking up words and phrases in Swedish.

Also, to those who told me that Swedes are cold, I’m sorry, but you’ve been to a different Sweden than I have. All the Swedes I’ve met until now have been warm, very friendly and welcoming. The one exception being the psycho who almost ran over me (and five other people) with her way-too-large suitcase at Stockholm Central Station...but I can somewhat forgive her since it was Friday afternoon and she probably had somewhere reeeaaaally important to be. Not to mention that in most countries that’s the kind of behaviour you can expect at a major train station during peak hour.

I can’t believe that I’m already past the halfway point of my time here, and right now...I really don’t want to have to leave.