yesterday, a bunch of family met me in Bergshamra, and we took a walk through the woods and up a hill to a cliff overlooking Brunsviken. we started a little barbecue and had hotdogs. later philip taught us some jewish gypsy dances - we danced in a circle around the music coming out of his cell phone. crazy swedes... it was wonderful. more pictures here.

in the evening we went to church and met up with more family. my cousin Gustaf spoke. he repeated the main points in english for me =) afterwards we had some fika and i got everyone's phone numbers. - i'm going to have plenty to do and plenty to see and plenty to visit.

today i met my cousin Maria at the university. she showed me around the school, and we sat for coffee. later we went all over downtown collecting information about the art schools here and where i can take swedish language classes. we had a great time.. later we had lunch and we figured out which train i need to take to get back up to Vallentuna. eventually, i hopped on it and came home to my apartment.