Half an year in Sweden!

It has been 6 months since I came to Sweden! Yes, that much!! When I got here I couldn't think how would I survive here for this much time, but I did.

I have had many thoughts about it and I've felt great here and as bad as I could be. Changing school, sport, life and friends is not something easy to do in life, but that's how you search for a better life.

I'm loving my new school, having lessons in english gives me opportunities everywhere around the world. My classmates are great and the fact that we are from 15 different countries has only made it even better.

The training has been hard and adapt to this new conditions was difficult in the beginning. My brother's fellowship has been great and together we are training very hard every day.

I've had some competitions that went pretty well and I'm looking forward for some more.

Life here has been very varied, visiting new places, meeting very different people and tasting swedish food (not nice to eat).
Here are some pictures that describe my time line in sweden:

 My new place to live...

Getting here in the summer for some first "discovery" bike rides

 WTS Stockholm a unique experience with the best in the world competing

The cold autumn got here and the colors look gorgeous!

 

The First snow arrived in October

Enjoying the Höst lov in Helsinki with my dad

In November I had my first triathlon competition and victory in Sweden

The training kept hard, while the sun was shining but the temperature was low.

Enjoying the last cycling tours before the snow threw us down to the spinning

Getting use to long swimming sessions was hard...

 And the first trainings in the real snow, -10°!!

Coming back home on Christmas time to kill all these: "Saudades"

A special day: 17th of January when I finally got age to go to high school in Sweden :)

Spending it in London just made it perfect!

 Going in the coldest study visit to Stockholm with my classmates.

And the day that snowed so much that cycling home was impossible! It was a very cold and funny experience. 

16 in London!

Last friday, the 17th of January it was 16th birthday. Doubtless a really different one, spent in Sweden and England.

I used to spend my birthdays with my friends and family, people that knew me and people that made me happy everyday. This year, though, was completely different. I was very happy that my friends in Portugal remembered, but I missed them even much that day. Anyway I spent it in my new home (Sweden) with my new friends and I can say it was better than I though it could have ever been. It was funny and an amazing experience.

My day was kind of busy:I woke up at 5 am to swim and then I went to school, at 4pm I was in Västerås Airport, ready to go to London. At 9pm I was finally in one of the greatest cities in the world.

Now the funny stuff: I spent the weekend in London and it was a big shame that it was so few time. I did half of the things I had planned to do and I didn't do any shopping!!! While in there I visited:

- Sherlock Holmes Museum (which I'm a great fan of so I just loved it!)

- The Science Museum (it took me 4 hours to see 1/4 of the museum, I hope I'll go back to the most interesting museum ever)

- I walked a lot in London to see the Big Ben, The Parliament House, The Tower bridge and the London Eye.

The funniest thing was of course running in the Hyde Park.

Here are the best pictures:

I'm now back home and ready for a lot of study and to keep fighting for my dreams.

Back from Portugal and to my blog...

I've been absent for some time, I went to Portugal and I didn't have Wi-Fi, so it was hard to write in here.
So a summary of what I have been doing: I was here, in sweden, till the 19th of January, the day I left to Lisbon when I got there the first thing I did was meeting my family and friends. I really missed them and I didn't remember how good it was to be back. I was glad I could be there again, to work out in a warm place and eat good food!!! (I've just eaten lunch in school and it was really bad swedish food)

So christmas came and I had the usual party at home with family and food. I got some presents and a great surprise. I tried to not eat too much once christmas is the international day of calories.

 Good christmas food by my grandmother :)

 My cousins with the christmas tree

Some friends I met

I had two running competitions where I did well both new year's running competitions in Portuguese called São Silvestre. I will write about them in my Triathlon page.

Between Christmas and new year I hang out with my friends, I ran and cycled outside (in sweden that's not possible). 

For New year I traveled to Algarve (South of Portugal) and I celebrated it there with my cousins and parents. the weather was great and in the 1st of january I did my first 2014 dive in the beach of "Manta Rota" in Tavira. 

Now I'm back to Västerås and once it's much colder here I got a bad cold. Anyway I'm back to my normal trainings and I've started school today. It's hard to get back to the daily routine but I'm working on it.

I hope you like it :)

First Snow!!

*I wrote this post 1 month ago but I didn't have time ti the pictures (most interesting). Now here they are*

Finally the snow is here!! Last weekend it was the coldest days of my life and it snowed a lot. The temperatures went down to -9°C and quickly everything went white outside.

Of course I enjoyed these first snowy, when on Friday I got home I lay down in the snow and I really liked it. It feels very weird to look around and see so much snow but I'm trying to see it like a normal think in Sweden.
This weekend was great, even with this cold I enjoyed a good running outside and the fist days biking in the snow.

Anyway I keep going to school by bike, people call me crazy, but I find it very funny and better than taking half an hour to pick up the bus to school.

It's now only 10 days!!! to go to Portugal in Christmas vacation and I'm feeling very happy about it, I'm looking forward to get some warm weather :D.

Yesterday I started using Snapchat and I find it very funny so if you have one just message me.

I hope you enjoy my experience and if you have some tips don't hesitate in telling me.