yesterday

I woke up sort of early to get to the big sports store just a few tram stops away.  I was able to get an allen key set, and a rear bike light--but didnt buy any pedals because they were all plastic and made for mountain bikes.  Fabio and I met Ruedee at the Naschmartk at 11:30 and we walked around for a while and bought a couple of things each.  It was my second time there but the first for both of them so it was exciting to show them around.  Ruedee bought a fruit I have never seen before--called a Sharon (persimmon)--they are a really beautiful color orange/yellow and I decided I needed to have some too--and they are super good.  Fabio left around 1:30 to meet with some fellow erasmus students and tour the city but Ruedee and I decided to stay in the area and wait for Mo--who was meeting us at 4.  We walked around/shopped/talked/had coffee for 3.5 hours and it was really great getting to know her.  For example--she studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven for a year (one of my favorite places from my last europe trip and one of the most avant guard schools in the world).   She told me all sorts of stories about UMEA and I am really seriously starting to think that I may try and get a masters there in the future...if I can get in.  It is really exciting being around such talented people and it is impressive how humble they are.  We waited for Mo from 4-4:30 but gave up and decided we had been out in the cold (really cold) for long enough. 

Fabio and I went out to a bar around 10 last night and had a great conversation.  We got back around 1:30 and I went right to sleep.  We are going to go to the laundry mate tonight, and then I think I will start updating my portfolio with my thesis work and the table saw to start sending out in the next few weeks.  The picture is from one of the less crowded spots of the naschmarkt (it is about .5k)--where I could stop and take a picture and not create a major jam