Today was a big day, now I have seen all the famous political images of Sweden! I woke up at nine this morning ready to go. I had a delicious breakfast and then me and Harald, he's intown for the weekend, went to ride around town. We, I, decided to go and wake up Caitlin! So we rode our bikes to her house and I ran into her room yelling ''Good morning!!!'', it was absolutely great. We have come to be really good friends so she didn't mind too much I don't think. After getting her out of bed the three of us rode to the grocery store to pick up some snacks and go visit Svampen, a large mushroom shaped building similar to the space needle in Seattle. Right after we got done at the store my new French friends called me up to hang out. We all met up for lunch, Pierre, Albert, Caitlin, Harald, and I met at the church where the ceremony later took place. We ate Ikea dogs together and walked around the city, we showed them some good spots and we ended up having a fika together. I am building bridges between myself and other countries. We left the French and went back to my house to get ready for the big ceremony with the king. We were on our way to the church, riding our bikes like we always do and what do you know, I crash on my bike. Literally the first time I have fallen on the bike and it's while I am all dressed up and on my way to a big ceremony, just great! Haha well I only skinned up my hands and nobody was freaking out about it so Andreas went to a small grocery store and got some bandaids, it was all good. The ceremony was a lot of culture and unfortunately for me it was all in Swedish, however fortunately for me I recieved a program that had all the speeches translated to English so I could follow along. After the ceremony at the church me and Hanna got to walk down the street like famous people, we were on the side of the barriers with the police, I thought that was a lot of fun! Afterit was all over Andreas and Ingela took everybody out for Thai food, deliciousness. After that I went home to change and then came back for the music and other entertainment. It was fun because I got to see a lot of people I knew and the music was great and I spent some more time building bridges with freinds. I saw fireworks, and listened to great music. All in all a great day, I saw the Prime Minister of Sweden last week in Stockholm and this week I saw the whole Royal Family in Örebro. I am so happy and appreciative for everything that the Rotary Club here is doing for me, they have truly been great to me and they recognize how these experiences help me make connections and better myself as a person. Thank you so much Örebro Rotary, you are being more kind then I would have expected!
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