Kanoting

I got back yesterday from a weekend of canoeing with other exchange students. We started in Stockamöllan, which is right in the middle of Skåne province and went about 42 kilometers down the Rönne river. I woke up early and took the train to Höör, which is a couple of hours away. As we went, we were joined by more and more exchange students, until we were all assembled at Höör station and collected by Rotarians who took us to the starting point of our journey.

We paddled for a long time and had to ford twice on the first day, but it was still a lot of fun. The river passes by a lot of farmland so we saw plenty of cows. We all stopped at a campsite and stayed there for the evening. That night we stayed in a large tent together. It would be a gross understatement to say it was chilly. I was later told it got down to about 2 degrees Celsius. I got up earlier than usual because the alternative was to not move around and be cold.

We had an excellent breakfast of bacon and eggs and yogurt. I watched as people amused themselves by continuing an axe-throwing competition that they started the night before, then we were off again with new partners (two to a boat). We paddled for what seemed like ages upon ages upon more ages with a side of ages with ages on top. We actually missed our original stopping point so we had to go an extra 7 kilometers which didn't help. The truly sad part was that when I hauled my exhausted body into the car for the way back it only took like a half hour to get back to the train station.

Ugh...

... at least I enjoyed those hours. What a great weekend.