Updates of our first few days of settling down in Linkoping

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the late updates as we were all trying to settle down and meeting up with great people in Sweden ;) 

The weather here is super cold around 4 degrees and its raining non-stop after we have touched down. Apparently, umbrella doesn't help much here due to the strong wind so it is advisable to put on raincoat. 

On the first day of arriving in Linkoping after a 15 hours flight, we were so lucky to be able to meet up with Therese from the LIKES LiU club :https://www.facebook.com/LinkopingInternationalKnightsofEducationalScience and she drove us back to our accommodation in Ryd.  Thank god for Ding Yi’s help for carrying our luggage up to our hostel as both of us girls are staying on the 2^nd floor, as you know normally hostel doesn’t come with lift.

How our hostel look like in Linkoping 

 White Cherry Blossom just outside our accommodation. 

After putting our luggage in our room, we went to LiU to meet up with Lena, who is the coordinator for our stay in Linkoping. She is really helpful by handing us blankets, pillows and bed sheets from other exchange students who has already left Linköping after their exchange.

Then we are off to meet up Professor Anders of pedagogy from LiU at 4pm with other exchange students from Chester University in Manchester, UK. During the meeting, we get to share the differences between Swedish, British and Singapore’s education system. Professor Anders shared with us that Swedish education does not requires students to wear uniform but it has an uniform education system throughout Sweden. It is really an eye-opener for us on the very first day of touching down in Linköping. 

Do you know that the average height of Swedish male is 184cm and for female is 174cm?

Our picture taken with Professor Anders and Lena, our kind and helpful coordinator in Linkoping. We can't wait to meet up with Professor Anders again on 21st May, 4pm to find out more about the Swedish Education.