Uppsala | we're never getting off this planet

ugh I wanted to go out and do things today but I’ve got a fever and my head hurts and I really think it’d just be better if I just stayed home and watched Hallmark Christmas romances.

typing with mittens on has never been harder.

I complain a lot

This feeling of being unreasonably cold comes and goes, so I’m p sure that means my immune system is doing something about it. It’s probably also got something to do with how messed up my sleep schedule is. Last night I emailed my dad at four in the morning asking how the wind works and if we could use solar wind to time travel. Go to bed Kate. How does the wind even work though? He only sent me a sarcastic picture of a souped up Delorean and that really doesn’t tell me how air pressure works. That’s a great movie btw. Kate Recommends you watch Back to the Future Series.

Ok, on to the important stuff because I’m sure none of you care about the stuff above.

Yesterday I went to Uppsala with Aakanksha and her host mom and host brother. We went to this really big church where Gustav Vasa is buried (You’d better click that link. he was boss) and then we met up with Aakanksha’s host cousin and her host cousin’s boyfriend at a cafe. The cafe was absolutely gorg and super fancy and I wish Espresso House was that cool.

Afterwards we went to the castle to look at a peace museum (it was about Dag Hammarskjöld) and then we went to the Uppsala universitetsbibliotek where there were a bunch of historical books and documents and maps and the Silver Bible made me drool. The boyfriend was studying art history and so he explained the history of the materials to us and I just wanted to die because we were so lucky to have guide.

If you haven’t noticed I’m really into asking questions and knowing the hows and whys of stuff. Knowing things makes me feel good.

We went to a few more museums that talked about the abuse of Orangutans and the deforestation in Borneo and how we should never ever buy anything made with palm oil to boycott those kinds of practices. It was a really nice day and I love Aakanksha’s host mom.

MY MITTENS ARE BACK FROM THE WASH AND WOW IT’S SO NICE TO HAVE WARM HANDS AGAIN

my beautiful friends back home sent me this super cute care package and it was full of poptarts and mac n cheese and hot chocolate. Also many bottles of bubbles. Those will come in handy.