Late Tuesday Afternoon

We all spent the day at the VTC Auto School with our respective areas. Lennart picked me up from his home around 11:30am so I could join Tommy, Dave, and other teachers for lunch. So I hurried in getting my equipment ready. After lunch, I tried getting on the internet at the school, but there were some restrictions, so most of my work will be done when I have the opportunity at Lennart's house in the evenings. I did post a long blog post earlier, but it had some small mistakes, so this update should fix most of those errors. I finally got the nerve to explore the school's areas, which are wide open. At first, students were wondering about my cameras upon them; but soon, the conversations took hold. From fellow teachers to students, I found everyone to be engaging and thoroughly interesting on every level of discussion: politics, tv, technology, muscle cars (it helped that i have owned quite a few muscle cars through the years), electricity, and more. By the time Lennart found me to go home, it was 4:30pm -- which means I got lost while sharing many thoughts among everyone I visited. It sure left a smile on my face and I feel much more comfortable with further exploring and visited with VTC students and staff alike.


I did observe our RIM students fitting right in perfectly with their respective teams and classes. Dave, himself, fits in everywhere. Even today, after 3 years, they still talk to him about his "short pants" and that he might have something wrong with legs, since they are too hot for long pants. LOL. I wonder what they will say about me when I start wearing my Hawai'ian shirts again. (Update: still no update about our lost luggage.)



Well, I am off to have dinner with Lennart and his family. He will be taking me out to different areas of Östersund for night photos. I do wish I had my tripod with to do this (lost with luggage). I also do not have a charger for my Sony video camera either. It is about 9:20am at RIM now -- ahh... Nutrition. I could use some Café now.