From Thailand to Sweden...

...this past month has been a whirlwind to say the least!  To start, I took my much anticipated (and needed) vacation to Thailand with Alex!  It was his spring break and so we decided to meet in Bangkok and party it up for a week on the beautiful beach shores of Koh Samui.

Thailand proved to be remarkable.  Bangkok was crowded, overwhelming, but had soooo much to offer.  We forged the 35 degree humid weather and saw the Grand Palace and then wandered around enjoying all that the city had to offer, I even had some little fish eat the calouses off my feet (gross, but gotta try it once right?).  We then set off for the start of a reeeaaaalll vacation, some quality time on Koh Samui.  It was incredibly relaxing and amazingly quiet -- apparently it was too hot for people to even make it to the islands. We rode scooters, snorkled in crystal clear and warm water, got massages every day (ok that was just me) and got our chang on.

Overall it was a solid week of relaxation and quality time with my little bro. It obviously went by too fast and I can not wait to figure out when to go back next....

Riding in a tuk tuk

The view from our beach bungalow...

 Then this past weekend, I went to my second favorite place, Sweden, for Easter break.  I went to visit Johanna in her home town, Karlstad.  I got the total Swedish experience and was treated like part of the family by Johanna's amazing and welcoming family.  I am slowly increasing my Swedish vocabulary -- the word for this weekend -- jättebra!!