Plane ride over and 1st day in Sweden

Hey! I'm a day late getting started on the blog because I couldn't get it working yesterday, but I will catch yall up now. 


My plane ride from Chicago to Stockholm, Sweden took FOREVER! close to 9 hours.. and I was so uncomfortable in my seat and stuck between two people. I didn't want to bother the man next to me and ask him to get up everytime I needed to so I just sat there and tried to sleep in an upright position. I was so glad when we finally landed, but I had to go through customs before claiming my baggage and the lady thought I was Swedish because I said "hey" which is perfect swedish for "hello/hi." 


Micke (the dad) and My (she's 16) picked me up from the airport and took me back to their house, then they had to leave for school/work. Karin (the mom) came home on her break soon after to show me around and made me coffee and a sandwich (which is different than our sandwiches).. you only have one piece of bread and you spread butter on it, then you slice the cheese yourself and put that on, and then you can put meat on top if you want. You do not add another piece of bread to the top. So after she went back to work I showered and took a 3 hour nap. Everyone got home around 3-4 pm so I talked with them some and listened to them speak in Swedish around me. We ate dinner at 5:30 which was sort of like spaghetti except the sauce was like ground beef, with ketchup added, and i think milk? It was good, though. 


Later that night Karin took me by their plumbing business to show me around, and then we stopped by Ingrid's house (the coach) to visit with her and Kelsey (the other american on the team with me).  I was able to skype with my parents and boyfriend last night which was nice. I've got my first practice tonight so I'll update on how that goes later.