Weehoooo, the on-arrival training (Stockholm, från 11 till 14 september)  was sooooo nice! I made a lot of friends there with the other foreign volunteers (for pictures: click 'MyMedia' and then 'Friends'), I had a lot of fun and I've learned some things as well. For instance: High Rope climbing is nice! For our teambuilding or something, we had to get up in the trees for about 7 meters high, and get from one tree to another by walking on ropes, wooden logs and stuff. And at the end you had to jump to the ground, which was quite scary, because... well, 7 meters high! but luckely, we weren't smashed into little pieces on the ground, but we flew through the air with a 'rodel'-line. Muy fun.

Next to doing adventurous things like rope-climbing, we had a lot of group activities like going into the city (the training was in Stockholm), attending quite boring classes about being a volunteer and finding your inner goals and playing Halli Galli, the game that will someday conquer the world, I'm sure. Ooh, it was so nice. And now, greta and I have a lot of friends to visit everywhere. Hurray for that! To give you an idea of the new friends I've made, I will give a list of the people who I will meet most regularly, and who are already my friends:

Greta Egle (From Vienna, Austria). My roommate in Mörbylånga. She's really great and kind, and you never get bored with her. She even has the same musical taste! No fights with her yet.

Emmi Lindqvist (From Esbo, Finland). If you want to have a laugh, go to Emmi. She is SO funny. And evil, in a funny way. Lives in Kalmar with Ronja and Israël.

Ronja Zahradnikova (from Göttingen, Germany). Little funny girl. Is really in touch with her inner child, and giggles a lot. Likes Terry Pratchett and horses. Lives in Kalmar with Emmi and Israël.

Israël (Taco Taco Burrito des Nachos) Gallardo Martinez d' Albeinz (from Basque Country, Spain). Oldest one (25!). He has a good taste in music (although his main music style is metal), and plays the Spanish guitar. His English is not the best, but he'll manage.

But I won't forget all my friends back home! It's not nice to not be able to see you. I'm, starting to miss you all!

And the music tip is, once again, not Swedish. It's especially for Heit and Jeroen (who probably knows them already, but anyway): the Mars Volta, from Puerto Rico. Heard it from Israël, and it's music for the both of you, because it's a bit Zappa-esque. Have fun listening to it!