Trip to the Island                                                    Jan. 25

Branno Island

Finally we had a day to sleep in a little bit because we made a trip to the island Branno around lunch time. This island is not allowed to have cars on it so it is very peaceful and relaxing to be on. Everything is very quaint and tidy with beautiful scenery all around. It was very quiet and desolate on the island and it was really refreshing. All the houses were very rustic and built right into the rocks on the island. It gave a very outdoorsy feel and made you feel distant from the busy city even though it was only a 15 minute ferry ride away. Branno is a very nice escape to go to enjoy the natural landscape of Sweden. On the island we walked around and looked at all the cute houses and took lots of pictures. We made a stop for lunch at this little home made meals restaurant. It looked like a house that was turned into a restaurant. After lunch we headed back to take the ferry to go back to Gothenburg. 

Lunch at the island

Branno Island

After we got back we had a little bit of time to blog before we broke up into teams and had an iron chef competition. We had four teams and each team was in charge of a different course during our dinner. My team was in charge of making one of the main dishes and we decided to make quesadillas and nachos. Going to the store was a bit of a challenge because everything was in Swedish. We almost bought yogurt instead of sour cream because we couldn't read the label. Working together we made our meal and it was pretty good! The other group made spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread. We all bought way too much food forgetting that we were all making something for everyone. Since we had so much extra food we invited some other guests at the hostel to have some of the food we had prepared. 

Daily Reflections:

• working with a group of people is challenging when everyone has a different perspective
• living on an island with no car would actually be really relaxing