Top 10 Experiences

Honorable Mention

Latvia -  Really cool city with super cheap food.  My kind of city

Iceland- Unique place with unbelievable scenery

International Gasque-  I had fun getting all dressed up for the formal dinner.  Met quite a few people that night and had a blast!

Top 10 

10. Amsterdam- One of the weirder but most interesting cities I’ve been too.  Before I went to Europe for the semester one of my goals was to make it to Amsterdam so I am very satisfied I made it to one of the most famous and scenic cities in the world.  

9. Copenhagen, Denmark-  Extremely scenic and very walkable.  I was pretty sad after leaving Sweden for good but Copenhagen was a nice cure for that sadness.

8.  Swimming in the Aegean Sea, Greece-  The clearness of the water was unbelievable with schools of fish swimming all around us.  Rivals the virgin islands for best snorkeling experience I’ve had.

7. Plitvice, National Park-  After driving for a couple hours through a former battle zone we made it to this beautiful national park.  The vegetation wasn’t green yet but the scenery was still breathtaking.

6. Valborg Weekend- All the Swedes wouldn’t stop talking about Valborg all winter but when it finally happened it was so much fun.  One of the most fun weekends I have ever had.

5. Tossa De Mar, Spain-  Met up with my hometown buddy Seth in Spain and kayaked around the picturesque coastline.  The waves were pretty frightening but we made it out alive fortunately.  We also ate a legendary pizza that makes a trip back to Tossa De Mar very necessary. 

4. Uppsala FC-  We started playing 3 v 3 games in the beginning of March with ice still on the field.  As the weather warmed our games got up to 10 v 10.  We played 3-4 times a week.  I met most of my friends on the pitch so hopefully the club continues that we started!

3. A night out in Berlin-  After a long day of touring a concentration camp the 5 of us in Berlin went out in the legendary city and the city didn’t disappoint.  The club we went to had some characters in it, which added to the experience.  One of the best nights I have had…ever.  I will certainly never forget that night with the wonderful friends I was with.

2. Northern Lights, Arctic Circle-  I went to Sweden with the goal of seeing the northern lights.  Fortunately we got extremely lucky in Lapland and saw an unbelievable showing of them after dog sledding.  It was a stunning display of the Aurora Borealis and it made the 15 hour train ride worth it!

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1. Friends- The friends I met in Sweden made my experiences so great.  Without them, Uppsala would be just a freezing cold town with overpriced food and drinks.  I met so many great people and I plan on seeing them in the future even if they are on the other side of the world.  It has been hard leaving all of the friends I made over the past 6 months but at least I was able to meet these lifelong friends in the first place.

Future plans:

In the fall I am helping the Swedish students studying in Boulder for the year with getting adjusted which will be fun.  I have one more year left at CU- Boulder and then I have no idea what I am doing after I graduate at the moment.  Possibly graduate school or work for a few years and figure it out as I go.  I just hope I can have another amazing experience like I just did in Sweden sometime soon.

All the countries I traveled to in the past 6 months

This concludes my blog.  It started a long time ago in the dark cold winter where I wondered why in the world I went to Sweden and why I was doing a blog.  Now I am truly thankful I went to Sweden and will remember the memories and friends I had there forever.  I would like to thank everyone who read the blog.  If I didn’t see the view count climb to over 1,000 in 10 different countries I don’t think I would of kept updating it at the rate that I did.  I have a feeling this wont be the last adventure I go on so stay tuned for The Adventures of Nicholas (next country name here) Edition.  I have been to 20 countries in my life so far, which means there are 176 to go!

Until next time,

Nicholas Lagios

p.s. Anyone reading this who has or will have the opportunity to study abroad should do it.  If you don't believe me just read my blog :)