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I'm just over a week away from my departure for Sweden. On Thursday, January 15th, I will be leaving for the adventure of a lifetime- a semester long study abroad at the University of Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden (see map in next post). If things go according to plan, I will arrive in Stockholm around 8AM on Friday the 16th. Then it's a short, 30 minute, train ride to downtown Uppsala and a hop, skip, and a jump across the river to the university. Upon arriving I need to move into my modest studio-style apartment. Luckily I have my own bathroom and kitchen! And I'll be living in a building with both international and Swedish students. Let the friend making commence! I'll also need to get my schedule from the chemistry department. I am supposed to take an intensive physical chemistry class that would transfer as two classes back at Purdue, but I won't know if the class is actually offered until I show up on Monday at 9AM because at Uppsala registration is a physical process- students must show up for the first class in order to register and depending on attendence that first day, a class will be held that semester. If it isn't offered, then I'm going to have an interesting senior year if I want to graduate in 4 years and I'll need to find a different class to take. Wish me luck!

While I'm in Sweden, I'm going to use a Swedish phone so that will be long distance for you guys though I'll have limited international calling/texting each month on my normal number. The best way to get ahold of me is via email or AIM/MSN Messanger/Facebook/Skype (comment if you need my SN or email). I'll try to update the blog at least once a week as well as upload pictures to both Facebook and Flickr though I might not always get a chance to add captions (see links to the left). Please subscribe to my RSS/Atom feed to receive notifications via your blog reader when I have new posts or check Facebook where my notes tab will be importing this blog.