Hi class,

My Name is Madelene, and I am a transfer student from Santa Barbara City College (and an international student from Sweden).  I am a communication major, and am lucky to have an awesome internship experience at ChicExecs PR department, a company run by ONLY women - Gilrpower!!!

During my free time I love to practice Yoga, go to the beach, hike, and go to Happy Hour for Margaritas, and explore new places :D  

Future goals: To become better at surfing and pay more attention to riding the wave than fighting for my life every time I get hit my by (what I consider) a big wave. 

Things I dislike: waking up early in the morning, morning classes, spiders and angry people. 

One of my absolutely favorite things to do is travel! I was super duper over Scholl when I graduated Gymnasium in Sweden (kind of, sort of like a mix High School & College), and took about three years off from school to just explore cool places and countries. I believe that people grow and get a better perspective of life when visiting other cultures and countries.  Therefore my blog will be a travel blog about Sweden.  I assume that most of you have not been to Sweden, so this will be your guide for both summer and winter seasons.  I will also include some fun facts about swedes that is actually pretty spot on!

Hopefully this will make you want to explore my home country, if not, you at least know where you don't want to go.

 

 

Hi Class! Many of you probably think about Sweden and picture a coold place with tons of snow.  Well, although it's definitely not cold all the time, we can absolutley get very cold winters, and you would not be suprised to see powder snow covering the land.  

 

This blog post is about a place I will recommend you to visit if you ever get a chance to go to Sweden during the winter months.  This wonderful, creative and Alice in Wonderland hotel is located all the way up north of Sweden in a town called Jukkasjärvi.  I have never myself been up there, but my family have been there and talked about the mysterious ice hotel.  It is about 14 hours driving up north from the capital, Stockholm, and you might even find it easier to hop on a plan and save time rather than spending all day on the snowy road. 

 

Have you heard of the "northern lights" The green magical light that appears in the sky?  Yes, this is a place where this exists! Although I'm not sure if I have ever seen it myself, or maybe when I was a child, I would love to visit this place and experience the magical sky.  Each year, about 40 selected artists visit the Ice Hotel in Sweden, and are encourage to bring their most creative self out, and contribute to the astonishing ice sculptures and other art present at the Ice Hotel.

 

I would recommend you to put this hotel on your bucket list, and let's go!