Dear Readers,
I would like to wish all of you a pleasant party and evening tonight. Have fun at your new year's eve parties.
Where are some of you guys spending new year's?
Right now I'm in Prague partying with friends. During the next week I will blog again more frequently.
As an international student (especially coming from far away places, e.g. the United States or Asia) I totally recommend you to travel throughout Europe while you are studying here. It's relatively affordable to travel between countries by bus or flight here. Also, I strongly recommend visiting the Eastern European countries. After coming from Sweden and seeing the expensive Swedish prices and high costs of living, coming to the the less expensive Eastern Europe is almost therapeutic! :-)
Either way, Sweden or any other place, have a nice time, good luck to all of you during your next year and you'll hear from me soon!
Julian
Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Great Weekend and New Week
Dear readers,
I hope that all of you had a relaxing and good weekend. I certainly did. Once again I partied at the Student Nations.
Here in Uppsala there are thirteen student nations that offer a variety of events, parties, games and other social activities. These nations (including their bars, clubs and nations houses) are distributed throughout the town of Uppsala. Every weekend and also during the week the nations organise student parties. Most of the time they begin at the nations' bars, then continue at another location where there is dancing and/or other social activities. I visit the student nations relatively frequently, I'd say around once every two to three weeks. I'm sure they're other students that visit the nations more regularly. Most nations have restaurants where they offer student friendly prices for relatively hearty meals, which is a good thing if you eat as much as I do! :-)
In order to be able to participate in the nations' activities, being a member of the nations is a requirement. Also, if you're planning on bringing friends to the nations, please don't forget that you must buy a guest card for your friends. (Personally I don't really agree with the difficulty of getting a guest card. In order to buy a guest card, I have to visit one of the nations' offices (which have extremely limited opening hours) and also have my visiting friends' ID's with me. Honestly, why would I have a copy of my friend's ID card with me?! Instead of the current beaurocracy, it would be so much more convenient (and a much better business tactic) for the nations to sell guest cards at the entrance and during extended hours. That way, getting a guest card would be much easier and less of a hassle).
Overall though the nations are a great place to have a beer or drink, relax, meet people and party. My final thought on the nations: affordable! Here is the link to the student nations. Click on the British flag for an English version.
http://nationsguiden.se/
Have a nice day people! :-)
Julian
I hope that all of you had a relaxing and good weekend. I certainly did. Once again I partied at the Student Nations.
Here in Uppsala there are thirteen student nations that offer a variety of events, parties, games and other social activities. These nations (including their bars, clubs and nations houses) are distributed throughout the town of Uppsala. Every weekend and also during the week the nations organise student parties. Most of the time they begin at the nations' bars, then continue at another location where there is dancing and/or other social activities. I visit the student nations relatively frequently, I'd say around once every two to three weeks. I'm sure they're other students that visit the nations more regularly. Most nations have restaurants where they offer student friendly prices for relatively hearty meals, which is a good thing if you eat as much as I do! :-)
In order to be able to participate in the nations' activities, being a member of the nations is a requirement. Also, if you're planning on bringing friends to the nations, please don't forget that you must buy a guest card for your friends. (Personally I don't really agree with the difficulty of getting a guest card. In order to buy a guest card, I have to visit one of the nations' offices (which have extremely limited opening hours) and also have my visiting friends' ID's with me. Honestly, why would I have a copy of my friend's ID card with me?! Instead of the current beaurocracy, it would be so much more convenient (and a much better business tactic) for the nations to sell guest cards at the entrance and during extended hours. That way, getting a guest card would be much easier and less of a hassle).
Overall though the nations are a great place to have a beer or drink, relax, meet people and party. My final thought on the nations: affordable! Here is the link to the student nations. Click on the British flag for an English version.
http://nationsguiden.se/
Have a nice day people! :-)
Julian
Friday, December 17, 2010
Some Strangest Things Ever About Sweden!!!!
Dear readers,
I had to write a blog about some things that are really strange to me about Sweden. Things that would not be possible in Germany due to our Nazi history.
First of all, Sweden seems to be obsessed with "Riks...". Basically that means "reichs..." in German, which in English would be something similar to "national" or "kingdom (empire)". Examples include:
While the Swedish obviously have no problem with using the suffix "reichs" to name a number of organisations in Sweden, we would never be able to do that in Germany. The suffix "reichs..." (="empire") is directly connected with our Nazi history in Germany, and it is (rightfully so) illegal to use this suffix. I can't believe that in Sweden this suffix is still openly used.
Here comes the second thing that astounded me (and slightly disappointed me) about Sweden. Two weekends ago I was in Stockholm with my buddies from Germany. We were walking along the main touristy street called "Drottninggatan" (yes, also where the Stockholm suicide attack happened), and I couldn't believe my eyes.
There were two CLEARLY AND I SAY CLEARLY identifiable Neo-Nazis talking to two police men. Simply discussing life (I guess) and laughing while they were at it. These two Neo-Nazis were wearing typical Neo-Nazi gear, including black boots with the white shoe laces, large, bulky jackets with Swedish flags and "Sweden" written on them, shaven heads and the typical Neo Nazi military pants. I couldn't believe my eyes. Sure, these guys weren't doing anything, but if there were two Neo-Nazis walking in a populated and touristy area in Berlin, my home city, and police would see them, the police would likely ask them to leave or in some cases arrest the Neo-Nazis.
Why were these two Neo-Nazis allowed to freely wear their outfits on a busy street in public in Stockholm?!?! Sure, I agree with freedom of speech, but I don't agree with openly allowing racists to exhibit themselves in a populated city centre. I think it looks bad for the country and gives right-wing extremists and Neo-Nazis more power that they don't need (if they can simply walk on a main street in Stockholm without getting arrested, and talking to cops while at it)!!!!
What do you, my readers, think about this topic? Please comment! This is one thing that shocked me about Sweden, and that I really didn't like. Maybe I'm overly sensitive since I come from Germany, a country with a Nazi history, and have a multicultural background, but I still don't believe in allowing racists to openly exhibit their beliefs!!!!
Finally, I would like to make everyone aware of that this was one incident. Otherwise, I have not seen any type of open racism in Sweden and I don't want you, my readers, to think that Sweden is a racist or Neo-Nazi rich country. I'm mentioning an experience that I had which shocked me.
//Julian
I had to write a blog about some things that are really strange to me about Sweden. Things that would not be possible in Germany due to our Nazi history.
First of all, Sweden seems to be obsessed with "Riks...". Basically that means "reichs..." in German, which in English would be something similar to "national" or "kingdom (empire)". Examples include:
- Riksbank (the Swedish national bank)
- Riks FM (a national radio station)
- Riksförbundet (Rechsverband in German) and in English national committee or club
While the Swedish obviously have no problem with using the suffix "reichs" to name a number of organisations in Sweden, we would never be able to do that in Germany. The suffix "reichs..." (="empire") is directly connected with our Nazi history in Germany, and it is (rightfully so) illegal to use this suffix. I can't believe that in Sweden this suffix is still openly used.
Here comes the second thing that astounded me (and slightly disappointed me) about Sweden. Two weekends ago I was in Stockholm with my buddies from Germany. We were walking along the main touristy street called "Drottninggatan" (yes, also where the Stockholm suicide attack happened), and I couldn't believe my eyes.
There were two CLEARLY AND I SAY CLEARLY identifiable Neo-Nazis talking to two police men. Simply discussing life (I guess) and laughing while they were at it. These two Neo-Nazis were wearing typical Neo-Nazi gear, including black boots with the white shoe laces, large, bulky jackets with Swedish flags and "Sweden" written on them, shaven heads and the typical Neo Nazi military pants. I couldn't believe my eyes. Sure, these guys weren't doing anything, but if there were two Neo-Nazis walking in a populated and touristy area in Berlin, my home city, and police would see them, the police would likely ask them to leave or in some cases arrest the Neo-Nazis.
Why were these two Neo-Nazis allowed to freely wear their outfits on a busy street in public in Stockholm?!?! Sure, I agree with freedom of speech, but I don't agree with openly allowing racists to exhibit themselves in a populated city centre. I think it looks bad for the country and gives right-wing extremists and Neo-Nazis more power that they don't need (if they can simply walk on a main street in Stockholm without getting arrested, and talking to cops while at it)!!!!
What do you, my readers, think about this topic? Please comment! This is one thing that shocked me about Sweden, and that I really didn't like. Maybe I'm overly sensitive since I come from Germany, a country with a Nazi history, and have a multicultural background, but I still don't believe in allowing racists to openly exhibit their beliefs!!!!
Finally, I would like to make everyone aware of that this was one incident. Otherwise, I have not seen any type of open racism in Sweden and I don't want you, my readers, to think that Sweden is a racist or Neo-Nazi rich country. I'm mentioning an experience that I had which shocked me.
//Julian
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Continued.... My Extracurricular Activity
Dear readers,
This is a continuation of my last post about extracurricular activities at SLU.
One thing I forgot to mention about the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club, it is the only academic rowing club (i.e. directly affiliated with a university) in Sweden. If you've rowed before you might ask yourself how good the club's members are. I would say there is a variety of training levels in the club. Two of our members, and also guys that I row and train with, Anders and Carl, both won the 2010 Swedish Rowing Championships. I've rowed at the "Göta Älv" race in Gothenburg this fall and plan on rowing competitively during the spring season. Some people (like myself) train almost daily, some train several times a week and some people train only once in a while. It's simply important to find a right niche in the club. This is not very difficult though and everyone seems to be nice at the club (Up until now I've never had or heard of anything bad happening).
Back to the Student Unions. Their website is only in Swedish, unfortunately, but with Google Translate you can get the basic gist of the website's content: http://www.ultunastudentkar.se/ . Also, SLU's website mentions the Student Unions: http://www.slu.se/en/education/student-life/students-unions/
If you're interested in or have questions about the Student Unions or the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club, please ask me questions about them and I will try to find answers for you.
My take-home-message: SLU has a lot of activities to offer. With the Student Nations, Student Unions and countless clubs, sports and social activities and unions are an integral part of student life here at SLU. I think they are all a great way to get to know people and I think are also a convenient way to network and find good (possibly even professional) contacts.
Take care and have a great end of the week!!
//Julian
This is a continuation of my last post about extracurricular activities at SLU.
One thing I forgot to mention about the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club, it is the only academic rowing club (i.e. directly affiliated with a university) in Sweden. If you've rowed before you might ask yourself how good the club's members are. I would say there is a variety of training levels in the club. Two of our members, and also guys that I row and train with, Anders and Carl, both won the 2010 Swedish Rowing Championships. I've rowed at the "Göta Älv" race in Gothenburg this fall and plan on rowing competitively during the spring season. Some people (like myself) train almost daily, some train several times a week and some people train only once in a while. It's simply important to find a right niche in the club. This is not very difficult though and everyone seems to be nice at the club (Up until now I've never had or heard of anything bad happening).
Back to the Student Unions. Their website is only in Swedish, unfortunately, but with Google Translate you can get the basic gist of the website's content: http://www.ultunastudentkar.se/ . Also, SLU's website mentions the Student Unions: http://www.slu.se/en/education/student-life/students-unions/
If you're interested in or have questions about the Student Unions or the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club, please ask me questions about them and I will try to find answers for you.
My take-home-message: SLU has a lot of activities to offer. With the Student Nations, Student Unions and countless clubs, sports and social activities and unions are an integral part of student life here at SLU. I think they are all a great way to get to know people and I think are also a convenient way to network and find good (possibly even professional) contacts.
Take care and have a great end of the week!!
//Julian
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
My Extracurricular Activity
Dear readers,
I hope that all of you are having a good and productive week. I really look forward to spring, i.e. warmer days and more sunlight. The winter is really long here and inevitably will get to you if you study here and aren't from a location with a similar climate or at a similar latitude. Despite this, friends, sports and a good sauna and possibly even some beers (in the sauna) will help make the winter doldrums more bearable.
So, what do I do during my time after classes? My one answer is: ROWING!!!! Since end of August, I've been a member at the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club or in Swedish "Uppsala Akademiska Roddarsällskap". At the very end of this blog I've inserted the symbol of our rowing club. Now, you may ask how we train during the 4-5 months of subzero (degrees Celsius) temperatures. We train indoors on rowing machines, weight lifting at the various (and also very affordable) gyms and on Thursday night we offer free circuit training with a sauna afterwards to whoever wants to participate. I think it's great fun, and the presence of the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club (UARS) influenced my decision to come to SLU. Normally rowing and paying the membership fee at a traditonal private club is very expensive (anywhere between €50 - €80 per month). At the UARS, I pay a very small fee of €50 per semester (one semester equals six months!). So you get my point. It's very cheap. We have our own boats (including Empachers) and a club house with rowing ergometers and exercise bikes. I train an average of 5 to 6 times a week and plan on rowing competitively in spring again.
While I was at Ithaca College in New York completing my Bachelor's Degree, I rowed for the Ithaca College Varsity Rowing team, so I am an experienced rower. I enjoy training at the UARS and urge you to take a look at what the club has to offer. Here is our website: http://www.uars.se/english . The website is still under construction and is still lacking in information.
If you're not interested in rowing and are more interested in general student activites, e.g. clubs, other sports, etc., SLU offers a place for this too. After becoming a member with the "Uppsala Student Unions" or in Swedish the "Ultuna Studentkår", you can participate in dinners, concerts, activities and a wide range of sports. The student unions are a large part of student life at SLU and many students participate in some sort of club activity. I think it's great fun.
This is enough for one post. Have a nice day and a great start to your week. To be continued.....
//Julian
I hope that all of you are having a good and productive week. I really look forward to spring, i.e. warmer days and more sunlight. The winter is really long here and inevitably will get to you if you study here and aren't from a location with a similar climate or at a similar latitude. Despite this, friends, sports and a good sauna and possibly even some beers (in the sauna) will help make the winter doldrums more bearable.
So, what do I do during my time after classes? My one answer is: ROWING!!!! Since end of August, I've been a member at the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club or in Swedish "Uppsala Akademiska Roddarsällskap". At the very end of this blog I've inserted the symbol of our rowing club. Now, you may ask how we train during the 4-5 months of subzero (degrees Celsius) temperatures. We train indoors on rowing machines, weight lifting at the various (and also very affordable) gyms and on Thursday night we offer free circuit training with a sauna afterwards to whoever wants to participate. I think it's great fun, and the presence of the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club (UARS) influenced my decision to come to SLU. Normally rowing and paying the membership fee at a traditonal private club is very expensive (anywhere between €50 - €80 per month). At the UARS, I pay a very small fee of €50 per semester (one semester equals six months!). So you get my point. It's very cheap. We have our own boats (including Empachers) and a club house with rowing ergometers and exercise bikes. I train an average of 5 to 6 times a week and plan on rowing competitively in spring again.
While I was at Ithaca College in New York completing my Bachelor's Degree, I rowed for the Ithaca College Varsity Rowing team, so I am an experienced rower. I enjoy training at the UARS and urge you to take a look at what the club has to offer. Here is our website: http://www.uars.se/english . The website is still under construction and is still lacking in information.
If you're not interested in rowing and are more interested in general student activites, e.g. clubs, other sports, etc., SLU offers a place for this too. After becoming a member with the "Uppsala Student Unions" or in Swedish the "Ultuna Studentkår", you can participate in dinners, concerts, activities and a wide range of sports. The student unions are a large part of student life at SLU and many students participate in some sort of club activity. I think it's great fun.
This is enough for one post. Have a nice day and a great start to your week. To be continued.....
//Julian
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| This is our Logo of the Uppsala Academic Rowing Club |
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Forest Research Centre Visit and Weekend Plans
I hope that all of you are as happy the weekend is here as I am. It was a good week, however I procrastinated with school work a little. I will have to make up for that during this coming week.
Well yesterday, Friday, my "Forest Environment and Conservation" class visited "Skogforsk", the Swedish Forest Research Institute. I thought it was really fun and highly informative. The theme of our Skogforsk visit was "natural forest fires and prescribed burning of forests in Sweden". I thought this was really interesting because, as you all know from my biography I fought fires and initiated prescribed burns throughout the Western United States while I worked for the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. It was very fascinating to discuss the similarities and differences between Swedish and U.S. forest fire management measures. In short, the main differences between Swedish and U.S. fire management include much less burning of forests, worse fire weather here in Sweden and of course more uniform ecosystem and forest types in Sweden versus the United States. Additionally, Swedish forest companies have negative views on fires, as opposed to U.S. companies, which use fire as a tool for pre-commercial thinning and elimiating forest litter.
This is a little insight of what we discussed at Skogforsk. Later today I plan to visit the Stockholm Ice Bar.
Have a nice weekend everybody and my next post will be about sports and other activities offered here at SLU.
//Julian
Well yesterday, Friday, my "Forest Environment and Conservation" class visited "Skogforsk", the Swedish Forest Research Institute. I thought it was really fun and highly informative. The theme of our Skogforsk visit was "natural forest fires and prescribed burning of forests in Sweden". I thought this was really interesting because, as you all know from my biography I fought fires and initiated prescribed burns throughout the Western United States while I worked for the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. It was very fascinating to discuss the similarities and differences between Swedish and U.S. forest fire management measures. In short, the main differences between Swedish and U.S. fire management include much less burning of forests, worse fire weather here in Sweden and of course more uniform ecosystem and forest types in Sweden versus the United States. Additionally, Swedish forest companies have negative views on fires, as opposed to U.S. companies, which use fire as a tool for pre-commercial thinning and elimiating forest litter.
This is a little insight of what we discussed at Skogforsk. Later today I plan to visit the Stockholm Ice Bar.
Have a nice weekend everybody and my next post will be about sports and other activities offered here at SLU.
//Julian
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Midweek Update!!!
Hey everyone!!!
Hope that your week has been amazing, just as any other week!!! Positive thinking is always good. :-)
So far this week has been rather non-eventful. I had classes Monday through today, with nothing exceptional happening. We did have some interesting lectures in my "Forest Environment and Conservation" class. We discussed worldwide biodiversity conservation efforts, including the European Red List of Endangered Species, the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and efforts in other countries. Today we covered invasive alien species and their negative effects on the integrity of global ecosystems and how difficult or impossible these introduced and invasive species can be to eradicate.
Finally, I would like to talk about the cold Swedish weather and short winter days again. In short, the combination of cold weather and short, dark days keeps me inside! I do go out during the day for classes, occasionally I go jogging or biking to the supermarket, but in general I tend to stay indoors alot. I think this is not just me. From what I can see, many people stay indoors during the cold Swedish winter months. I already look forward to springtime when it will (hopefully) be warm and the days much longer than now.
This weekend I plan to visit the Ice Bar in Stockholm. I will keep you guys up to date on what happens there. My next post will be on sports and other extra-curricular activities offered at SLU.
Until next time my friends! Keep up the positive (or negative, if necessary) comments. If you want me to write about something specific or have me answer any questions about SLU or Sweden, please feel free to ask!
Take care people!
/Julian
Hope that your week has been amazing, just as any other week!!! Positive thinking is always good. :-)
So far this week has been rather non-eventful. I had classes Monday through today, with nothing exceptional happening. We did have some interesting lectures in my "Forest Environment and Conservation" class. We discussed worldwide biodiversity conservation efforts, including the European Red List of Endangered Species, the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and efforts in other countries. Today we covered invasive alien species and their negative effects on the integrity of global ecosystems and how difficult or impossible these introduced and invasive species can be to eradicate.
Finally, I would like to talk about the cold Swedish weather and short winter days again. In short, the combination of cold weather and short, dark days keeps me inside! I do go out during the day for classes, occasionally I go jogging or biking to the supermarket, but in general I tend to stay indoors alot. I think this is not just me. From what I can see, many people stay indoors during the cold Swedish winter months. I already look forward to springtime when it will (hopefully) be warm and the days much longer than now.
This weekend I plan to visit the Ice Bar in Stockholm. I will keep you guys up to date on what happens there. My next post will be on sports and other extra-curricular activities offered at SLU.
Until next time my friends! Keep up the positive (or negative, if necessary) comments. If you want me to write about something specific or have me answer any questions about SLU or Sweden, please feel free to ask!
Take care people!
/Julian
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
GREAT WEEKEND!!!!
Dear all,
I hope that you all had a really nice and relaxing weekend (and also some partying)! :-)
I certainly had a very fun weekend. Definitely not very productive from an educational standpoint. Once in a while, after all the homework, interaction with professors and classes I feel that I need to relax and engage in some hardcore partying. Do you, my readers, agree?
No, I did not party alone. Four of my good friends came from Berlin, Germany, my home town, to Uppsala to visit me for the weekend. It was great. Of course I asked them to bring some affordable and cheap alcohol from Germany. (Small tip: if you study abroad in Sweden and occasionally consume alcohol, I advise you to bring it from Germany or your home countries. If you're not from Norway or Iceland where alcohol is more expensive, BRING CHEAP ALCOHOL TO SWEDEN!!!! This will save you $$$$$$, and lots of it)! So over the weekend we went sightseeing around Uppsala, ate good food and relaxed in the evening with some drinks. My friends were ecstatic about the powdery snow that currently blankets much of Sweden, and we took full advantage of it in the form of multiple snowball fights.
Sweden, at least around Uppsala, has some really great snow. As opposed to Berlin, the snow here is actually white and remains as snow for a while. In Berlin it tends to snow, the snow then melts, it freezes over and then is either brown, dirty ice or slush. This is not very pleasant.
On Saturday we all took the train to Stockholm. Unfortunately I forgot my camera at home, didn't take any pictures and thus I can't upload any yet. I need to get them from my buddies. We only were in Stockholm for a few hours, but what I saw was very beautiful and historic. We walked around the touristy city center with all the souvenir shops, to the royal palace and finally through the city center to the Christmas market. The market was relatively small, but really fun!
Overall, I had a great time, and it was also good to peace out from school work and the serious life. Now it is Tuesday again and I have plenty of assignments to complete again. As an international student I really think it's important to keep your connections strong with people at home or friends from abroad. Skype is a perfect solution to that, and an occasional visit is always alot of fun! Have your friends visit you sometime or go visit them! You'll enjoy a piece of home and some good company from friends!
Enjoy the day, people!
I hope that you all had a really nice and relaxing weekend (and also some partying)! :-)
I certainly had a very fun weekend. Definitely not very productive from an educational standpoint. Once in a while, after all the homework, interaction with professors and classes I feel that I need to relax and engage in some hardcore partying. Do you, my readers, agree?
No, I did not party alone. Four of my good friends came from Berlin, Germany, my home town, to Uppsala to visit me for the weekend. It was great. Of course I asked them to bring some affordable and cheap alcohol from Germany. (Small tip: if you study abroad in Sweden and occasionally consume alcohol, I advise you to bring it from Germany or your home countries. If you're not from Norway or Iceland where alcohol is more expensive, BRING CHEAP ALCOHOL TO SWEDEN!!!! This will save you $$$$$$, and lots of it)! So over the weekend we went sightseeing around Uppsala, ate good food and relaxed in the evening with some drinks. My friends were ecstatic about the powdery snow that currently blankets much of Sweden, and we took full advantage of it in the form of multiple snowball fights.
Sweden, at least around Uppsala, has some really great snow. As opposed to Berlin, the snow here is actually white and remains as snow for a while. In Berlin it tends to snow, the snow then melts, it freezes over and then is either brown, dirty ice or slush. This is not very pleasant.
On Saturday we all took the train to Stockholm. Unfortunately I forgot my camera at home, didn't take any pictures and thus I can't upload any yet. I need to get them from my buddies. We only were in Stockholm for a few hours, but what I saw was very beautiful and historic. We walked around the touristy city center with all the souvenir shops, to the royal palace and finally through the city center to the Christmas market. The market was relatively small, but really fun!
Overall, I had a great time, and it was also good to peace out from school work and the serious life. Now it is Tuesday again and I have plenty of assignments to complete again. As an international student I really think it's important to keep your connections strong with people at home or friends from abroad. Skype is a perfect solution to that, and an occasional visit is always alot of fun! Have your friends visit you sometime or go visit them! You'll enjoy a piece of home and some good company from friends!
Enjoy the day, people!
Friday, December 03, 2010
More Excursion and Winter Wonderland Fun!!!
Hey people!!!!
I hope that everyone is having a phenominal week. I've certainly had a very interesting and cold one. As you probably know from my previous post, I've had several class excursions this week into the forest. Meanwhile we are expreiencing one of the coldest and early winter peroids in many years in Sweden. I can honestly say that I feel this!!! Damn cold!!! Really nice forest and very picturesque sceneries, but fridgidly cold.
In this post I will add some more pictures and publish some pictures of my classmates (I hope they don't mind). With these pictures, I would like to show you, my readers, some close-ups of every day student life at SLU as a Natural Resource student. The following pictures give an impression of the beauty of winters here in the surrounding SLU areas.
The reason for our excursion was to visit key woodland habitats. Basically key woodland habitats are limited protected areas that harbour rare or threatened plant and/or animal communities. We visited ones that were primarily covered with oak (Quercus spp.). In the hemi-boreal zone of Uppsala (around SLU) deciduous trees play a key role in sustaining rare flora and fauna. Quercus spp. are expecially valuable in ecosystems at this latitude (ca. 60° North).
These are the pictures that I wanted to show you. I think class excursions are not only of educational value where we learn various information, but also a great way to build cohesion between class members. I really had fun on our class trips.
Unfortunately, the camera and pictures only pick up a small part of the feeling and mood of this past morning. Once you are here studying at SLU, you can see the winter wonderland for yourself! Again, I really enjoyed this trip, but it was cold!!!
BRING WARM CLOTHES WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO STUDY HERE!!!!
/Julian
I hope that everyone is having a phenominal week. I've certainly had a very interesting and cold one. As you probably know from my previous post, I've had several class excursions this week into the forest. Meanwhile we are expreiencing one of the coldest and early winter peroids in many years in Sweden. I can honestly say that I feel this!!! Damn cold!!! Really nice forest and very picturesque sceneries, but fridgidly cold.
In this post I will add some more pictures and publish some pictures of my classmates (I hope they don't mind). With these pictures, I would like to show you, my readers, some close-ups of every day student life at SLU as a Natural Resource student. The following pictures give an impression of the beauty of winters here in the surrounding SLU areas.
The reason for our excursion was to visit key woodland habitats. Basically key woodland habitats are limited protected areas that harbour rare or threatened plant and/or animal communities. We visited ones that were primarily covered with oak (Quercus spp.). In the hemi-boreal zone of Uppsala (around SLU) deciduous trees play a key role in sustaining rare flora and fauna. Quercus spp. are expecially valuable in ecosystems at this latitude (ca. 60° North).
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| Pic. 1: Light shimmering in the frost-covered branches and twigs of an old oak tree. |
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| Pic. 2: A photo of my class. It was cold, but yes, we were all in very good spirits! |
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| Pic. 3: Ice-covered trees and snowy road. |
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| Pic. 4: Snow and ice-covered trees. Absolutely beautiful! |
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| Pic. 5: Here I was attempting to catch the feel and mood of this cold morning weather. |
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| Pic. 6: Snow and ice-covered trees directly adjacent to Lake Mälaren. |
These are the pictures that I wanted to show you. I think class excursions are not only of educational value where we learn various information, but also a great way to build cohesion between class members. I really had fun on our class trips.
Unfortunately, the camera and pictures only pick up a small part of the feeling and mood of this past morning. Once you are here studying at SLU, you can see the winter wonderland for yourself! Again, I really enjoyed this trip, but it was cold!!!
BRING WARM CLOTHES WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO STUDY HERE!!!!
/Julian
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