I finally got a Swedish social security number which I was waiting on to be able to sign up for Swedish classes. I had to show up in person to sign up so after I took the boys to school Monday morning, I rode my bike across town (about 15 minutes) and found the adult learning center.
CVL stands for Centrum för vuxnas lärande or Center for adult learning...now you've learned Swedish too!
When I rounded the corner, I found a sign with an arrow pointing down this stairwell...
The stairwell into the bakery.
It was so delicious!!!
I met with the administrator and he filled out the necessary paperwork then told me I would have to wait until October to start since the beginning class is about a month long of 15 hours/week 4 days a week and the September letters already went out for people to begin then. I asked if I could please begin earlier since I would be riding my bike there mostly and it would start getting so cold in October and he obliged and said I seemed so nice. (I told him I wouldn't be a trouble maker in class).
Then he informed me of this incentive program the government has to try to get more people to learn Swedish fluently when they come here. I guess depending on how much education you have prior will depend on what program you do after this initial class to learn basics. And I'm not sure about the details yet, but it sounds more independent after this initial month with two more steps. If you complete all three of these steps within a year, the Swedish government will give you 12,000 Swedish Kroner (almost $2000) tax free! I asked what is the quickest time you can get it done and he says he has seen it done in 6 months, but typical is 8. (I have a pretty open schedule in the days to do so I am going for the record...but I'll keep you posted on that:))
On the way home I found a delightful surprise. Over the weekend, our neighbors hosted us at their cabin and Catherina had this crusty sour dough bread that was so delicious that I asked her where she bought it. She said it was a very popular bakery that was essentially "hidden" down in a basement of a building but that originally when it opened it wasn't doing so well, until it developed this particular bread and now people line up at 5:00 AM to buy it daily. It sounded complicated so I put it in the back of my mind as a place she could show me sometime. Well while I was riding back from the school, I smelt the most delicious bakery smell. I didn't see anything but a building in sight.
It had to be the one!
That is the view from the corner (the tin walls are hiding the stairwell down)
I asked for the bread they were known for and she gave me a loaf...
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