Alaskan Abroad / RYE / Sweden

Kiruna

A week ago, I was boarding the train in Malmö to spend the next 20 hours traveling to the northernmost city in Sweden. Kiruna. The whole...

“Homesick” by definition of the dictionary means “experiencing a longing for one's home during a period of absence from it.” This can...

Students naturally look forward to every break in the school year, no matter how short or long. At Sitka High, we have a two week long...

I woke up this morning and was greeted by frosty fields and a cloudless sky. The sun was a bright as any other day during the summer and...

I am horrible at saying goodbye. I either ugly cry or just try to get it over with as fast as possible. I’m only halfway through my year...

On January 23, 2017, I had been in Sweden for exactly half of my exchange year. I decided that now is the perfect time to share exactly...

If you were to tell me that I would be rocketing down a mountainside in Norway on skis last year, I would have said you were crazy. First...

Christmas to me is many things. It’s belting out Christmas songs the day after Thanksgiving, coming home to the smell of apple cider...

After 17 years on earth, I can now say I’ve celebrated Christmas in two countries. I’m quite experienced with December 25th in the US,...

My first day of school in Sweden was four months ago and all I can say is that the time between me nervously starting my first day to...

Hej! My name is Olivia Wilcox and I am spending the year of 17-18 in Svedala, Sweden. Keep up with my adventures here with (mostly) weekly updates.