#annab

Borås is Borås. 

Borås is not Sweden and Sweden is not Borås.

It usually takes a bus or two to discover the different faces of Sweden. After a while this faces get boring but luckily Borås is also not that far from the other two Scandinavian countires. I fell in LOVE with Denmark long ago, they feel more continetal and way less scared of human interaction (yes, strangers will talk to you there). 

So ... while the days are wet, cold and gray in Borås, the Sun shines in other places not so far away and rainbows conquer the skies.

A. 

(Double rainbow in Malmö)

Hejsan!!

Jag heter Anna, och jag är 28 år gammal and jag kommer från Barcelona (Spanska).

Time flies really fast, a month and a half has passed since the new volunteers arrived to Sweden and started our European Solidarity Corps project.  Over this first month a lot has happened, each of us experienced in different ways our arrival and settle. In my case I felt that the bubble I was living in exploded and that all of the sudden I have lost lots of privileges I had back in my home country and this is going to be a challenging experience.

Regarding the project, I felt like going back to be a first year art student where you are placed in front of a blank canvas. The blank canvas throws you into a void: everything is possible but you have to make it happen otherwise it will remain blank. It took me a while, but now I know what I want to place on the canvas.

Best of the month: having semla during fika time in Rosendals Trädgår during the on arrival training in Stockholm.

Anna B. :)

“Annabelle?”

“Yes, Trixie?”

“Is he asleep?”

“I think so.”

“Because he’s got, like, all of his weight on my shoulders.”

“I know where you’re coming from. My boat is leaking in the same way. Lemme check.”

PERCUSSIONIST-NUDGING NOISE

“Nah, he’s out.”

“Breathing, right?”

…

“Yeah.”

“Oh, good. We could–and this is just a suggestion–flip him backwards over the railing and let him be someone else’s…