To Hike or Not to Hike                                          Jan. 24

View from lookout at Keillers Park

There was nothing planned for the group in the morning so a couple of us had decided to go on a hike on Hisingen Island. We wanted to get an early start, but when we woke up we realized that it was snowing pretty heavily outside. A hike in the woods on a mountain is strenuous enough let alone in the snow, but we ended up going thinking that the snow would let up soon. Of course the snow didn't stop and we ended up hiking the whole time in a bunch of snow and wind. To add on to the list we didn't exactly know how to get to the mountain once we were on the island. We asked some of the locals, but they couldn't really give us directions so we ended up just walking towards the mountain and trying to find a path. We eventually found what seemed to be a path but couldn't find the main path so we tried to just make our way using our own paths. That wasn't really working to well for us so we kept looking for the actual path and finally found it! Going out in the blizzard was totally worth it because once we got onto the path and made our way up to the lookout on top of the mountain, it was breathtaking. Along the way we saw a hare and it was huge! We also saw some beautiful gray, black, and yellow birds that were flying all around us.

Frolunda Hockey Game

At night we all went out to a hockey game! We saw the Frolunda Indians play and it was a pretty fun experience. This was the first hockey game I have ever been to and it was really fun. It made me want to go to another hockey game back at home! There was a fan section for both teams and they were so rowdy. They didn't stop playing their drums or stop chanting throughout the whole game. It was so crazy and loud, but it was so fun! The player introductions were also really cool. They had music playing and a giant Indian head that all the players skated out from. The whole experience was amazing!

Daily Reflections:

• Sweden should invest in some salt for all the ice on the sidewalks and streets
• squirrels here look like they are part rabbit and part squirrel
• hockey arenas in Sweden are way smaller than in the US