现在有自己的博客了！

大家好！我是一个从瑞典来的女孩，今年二十二岁了，对中国和中国文化很感兴趣。我是去年在北京开始学汉语的，今年五月二十四日再去中国留学。我的中文写得不太好，可是，口语比写作更差了。这次到中国我要去西安上学，在西安交通大学学十个星期汉语。我打算在博客上描述我在西安的生活，一边告诉别人我对西安有什么感觉，一边提高自己的写作技能。

我两天以前已经收到从学校寄过来的录取通知书了。我一看见那封外边写着西安交通大学的信，就十分兴奋了。现在只要向大使馆申请签证，就去得了中国了。能不是很开心吗？

After days of contemplation and considerable pressure from my parents, I have decided to create my own blog: this time, a travel blog. On here, I hope to share my experiences at and around Xi'an Jiaotong University, where I will be studying Chinese between June and August 2007. The blog is intended to be bilingual in nature, but no attempt will be made at matching the two versions - some things are better written about in Chinese and some things are better written about in English. I am very humble about my Chinese writing skills, and anything written in Chinese on here should be regarded as a post-beginner's blunt attempt at forming semi-coherent sentences in a foreign language.

Two days ago I received my admissions letter and student visa form from China. Now, I only need to make my way out to the Chinese embassy and get myself a visa before the great China dream can be realised.