Welcome To Spring (semester)

Tomorrow will mark the official kick off to Spring semester 2009 in Sweden. The days are getting longer and brief glimpses of sunshine have started to show through the haze and gray that is the Swedish winter. Before long we will be rolling on the white sand beaches of Lomma and sunbathing until midnight!! Well that, or we'll be able to go outside without a stocking cap, scarf and gloves....I'd take either at this point. So, with the dawn of the new semester and on the heels of the new year I thought it would be fair to kick off a week long series for those new arrivals from across the globe who just arrived in time for school bells on Monday.....simply titled 'Welcome To Lund - We Know It's Cold'....in this series I will try to dish up a daily piece of wisdom that transcends the typical 'orientation' bullshit that will be shoved down the throats of all those budding academics who just stepped off the train. Little lessons that took me months to deduce will be available in short order to the 'newbies'. The best part of the whole deal....no paddling or any other sort of hazing activity (I learned my lesson the first time on that one)....just free advice to make the transition easier. Welcome to Lund!!