EN ROUTE SWEDEN!
from left to right- Daniella, Rosanne, Antara, Leandra and Nikita... all excited at the goa airport just before boarding to go to doha then sweden!

Picture taken at the "Welcome Function" at TUMBA GYMNASIUM!
from left to right- Mathilde, Radha, Antara, Leandra, Ina, Magdalena, Maloue and Sofia.
Ate delicious food (traditionally Swedish cuisine), met amazing people, had allot of fun and enjoyed ourself's thoroughly!!

 Most of us at the table bust talking to the students parents and teachers present at the function!! laughing and joking enjoying each and everyone's company!!!  

 Food that we ate at the welcome function




This is a traditional Swedish entree called Skagenröra (creamy prawns with dill and caviar on toast)

This is a traditional Swedish main course which is called pink salmon with boiled potatoes and a lemon sauce.










This is a typical Swedish dessert its rubarb pie with a vanilla cream sauce!!

this is a picture of me my friend Antara and Maluoe... busy enjoying the food and drink!









                                                                  ---- GISELLE MARIE

India Day

We never thought we could drape a kunbi saree ourselves until the 11^th of May when we had our India day function. It was one thing we were really excited about even before we left Goa for Sweden. We spent a lot of time practicing to make the day successful.

The function was held at Sodra Latin Gymnasium in their fabulous auditorium which is supposed to be 300 years old. Not only the Swedish students but their families too took the time to attend the programme .

We began our programme by a devotional  Sanskrit song sung by Antara 

followed by an classical dance by Antara and Rosanne 

Classical dance by Antara and Rosanne 
We also gave the Sweden Students a presentation on our college  and Indian culture 

Kunbi dance
by Daniella,Leonie,Giselle,Rosanne,Joanna,Malvika,Vedika,Nikita

 

 fusion dance
By Vanessa ,Radha,Kimberely,Leandra

 Vande Mataram
By the entire group

Mando
by the entire group

Bollywood dance
By Giselle,Joanna,Malvika ,Vedika,Daniella and Leonie


Along with this we had a Kashmiri dance by Radha ,Kimberely,Vanessa and Leandra 


along with all these performances we has power point presentations  giving more information about  the culture and various types of dances in India . 
we also had individual performances by Giselle ,Kimberely and Rosanne 

At the end of the function we invited all the audience to the stage and danced with them on bollywood numbers ... every one participated and enjoyed it a lot ...all in all we had tremendous fun ,it was a very successful  and delightful India day .

By Daniella Colaco &

Leonie Fernandes 

Swedish cuisine class...^_^..!!

                                                                                During our stay at sweden, one of the days was dedicated towards learning a few authentic Swedish dishes namely "yellow pea soup" and some sort of bake beans. Before we were actually taught how to prepare theses two dishes we attend a short lecture on the history of swedish cuisine. Which were infact quite interesting.This lecture was conducted by one of their senior chef, who was fun and had a good sense of humor aswell. And his food was truly delicious! Even our Prof.Mericio and Mr.Dange enjoyed these two dishes. And after he taught us how to prepare these two dishes he served us pancakes with a blueberry jam and home made ice-cream which was simply mouth watering..:)

VISIT TO THE ICE BAR, STOCKHOLM

 At the ice bar  the entire interior including the glasses is made from pure, clear ice from the Torne river,the temperature is -5°C all year round. 


It was a very nice experience, one of a kind. 


The funniest part was, on the way to  the ice bar at about 9.30pm me- radha, sofia, giselle,leoni, mathilda and daniel( sofias freind) were freezing to death, it was windy which made it chilly ( the temperature must have been 6 degrees) and the point we entered the ice bar (-5 degrees) we felt so good and warm! seriously , i dont know why! ( maybe because of the thick fur jackets we were into) 

me and mathilda 

glasses made of ice 

ice chairs 

sofia 

cranberry juice for minors like me 

from left-leoni,giselle,mathilda,sofia and me 

from left-daneil,sofia,giselle,leoni and mathilda 

mathilda and me 

sofia and me 

again us and our  weird expressions 

My stay with Sofia and her family

BY- RADHA SHINKRE 

sofias house 

my room in her house 

sofia, outside her house.

A beautiful wooden and brick house, 60 years old on a picturesque and serene  hill in Tumba was the place i lived in for 13 days during my visit to Sweden. Sofia Carlsson Warring and her dad had come to pick me at the airport, seeing each other after 5 months, we were so ,happy, we screamed with excitement  and hugged each other tight  :)   she drove us to her house one and half hour from the airport, there her mum had baked fresh chocolate cookies to welcome me home, it tasted fantastic! my room there was cozy, they made me feel like home and during my entire stay i was homesick not even once.  

sofia and me

The amount of care Sofia took of me, no one else ever did! knowing that i feel hungry very soon, she would always carry some fruits with her in the bag whenever we would go out, her aim she told me was not to let me be hungry even for a  minute. ( how sweet can that be :) ) during her stay in goa we had become really good friends, and with my stay in Sweden, we became the best of friends. she is a very nice person, fun loving and caring. i had the best time of my life with her.

crunchy with milk

me with sofias mum

Her mum, cooked delicious food, which i loved totally. it wasn't blend at all, it was full of flavor. for breakfast she would keep before me so many options , making it very difficult to choose one. A strawberry flavored  cereal called crunchy,  was awesome, i would have it every morning.( i was addicted to it ) She once took me to a nearby lake, where she goes swimming every summer. it was beautiful and so cool. the water was freezing cold and she told me she goes swimming in the summer when the water is warm about 15 degrees !!! ( wooo that's still cold for me) 

the lake

 Indian restaurant in Sweden 

Her dad was so much interested in knowing about the Indian culture and expressed his desire to visit India so many times. he told me lots of things about Sweden and Swedish culture as well. 

                                                     

                                                                                       

her parents
her mum- a very sweet and a nice lady
her dad-tall , handsome and blue eyed.

Once they took me to an Indian restaurant very close to their house. we ate  chicken tikka masala, chicken madrasi , shrimps tikka masala and chicken malai kebab sizzle, butter garlic naan and even mango lassi! the food was good though not spicy. 

birthday table 

 They even postponed her mums birthday party to celebrate it with me. sofias sisters and their babies , sofias grandmother and uncle and some of her mums friends had come over. it was a nice day to meet her entire family and to witness a birthday party Swedish style.

I consider myself very lucky to be a part of this exchange program and to get a family to stay with like sofias. i had a great time there and will cherish it forever. i miss them so much :( specially Sofia. but we have promised to meet again, so i am eagerly waiting for that day...

Yummy swedish food :D

shrimps in mayonnaise on a toast with caviar

salmon with egg sauce and potatoes

rhubarb pie with vanilla cream sauce 

pasta with smoked salmon and bread 

meat with squash, aubergine and cheese with green salad
prepared by Sofia Warrings mum 

cake made by Sofia Warrings mum

biscuits 

chicken with crisp vegetables and mushrooms

veg salad 

chocolate cake with blueberry ice cream and strawberry
prepared by radha and sofia 

swedish meatballs withmashed potatoes

by- radha shinkre