Last days in Sweden

My days in Sweden are almost over.... I fly home early Wednesday morning (Dec.15th).  Today is my last full day in Linköping and my last night in my apartment.  Tomorrow afternoon we will be driving to Stockholm!  Since my flight is at 6:50am on Wednesday we decided to get a hotel in Stockholm for Tuesday night.  Our apartment is about a 2 hour drive to Stockholm so now we won't have to drive in the middle of the night!  I am really excited to go home... it has been almost 5 months (!!!)..... but I am also really sad to be leaving.  I am very conflicted, but I know it will be so nice to be home with my family and friends.  It will also be nice to sleep in my own bed, eat american food, and to hear english all the time!  I am also looking forward to working and actually having money!  Most of all though I am so excited to see my family and close friends.  My parents and friend Amanda are picking me up at the airport.  My sister should be coming over that night and my brother will be home from school on friday.  I'm also so excited that my friend Lori will be back from Florida on friday!!!  She moved there in August and I would not be as excited to come home if she wasn't going to be there for awhile!  On friday I get to see my cousin Jen, so she can do my hair..... which is MUCH needed!  I will also get to see all of my Aunts and Uncles on my mom's side for lunch! I am really excited!  On Saturday, my mom and I are heading to Western Illinois University for my life long friend Amanda's (it will be 23 years on wednesday!!) graduation, then that night I'm heading back home and my other long time friend Amanda is throwing a homecoming "Ugly Christmas Sweater Party" for me!  Then Sunday I will get to see the Havlicek's!  My cousin Annie is a fashion designer in New York and she is having a trunk show at her parents house in Geneva! (If you want to check out her designs click here Annie Havlicek's website... she is super talented!)  Then I will FINALLY get to see Grace (my cousin).... who I will force to hang out with me every second until she leaves for Christmas with Doug's (her boyfriends) family.  Then during the week I will hang out with Erin for some wedding planning!!  So I will be pretty busy when I get back.... but that will be nice! (I think I got a shout out to everyone I have plans with already ha ha)

Here are some pictures from my last weekend in Sweden:

snow covered bike

bike rack outside the bar

me on a giant bicycle downtown

snowy road

cemetery

cemetery

cemetery

Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Christmas tree in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Old bank in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Old street in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Window shopping in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Snowy Apple tree

Snowy Apple tree

Old printing shop now museum in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Christmas display outside a toy store in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Christmas display outside a toy store in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Christmas display outside a toy store in Gamla Linköping  (Old Linköping)

Entering the toystore

Foreigner and I