Clarion Sign Stockholm

... getting warm!


So, we found a substitute.


A drunk man was singing in the middle of the plaza. The plaza was on a street. The singing man was technically a musician, right? His current state of mind made no difference to Enrique or I.


We got a pretty good video fromm that adventure!


The rest of the afternoon was full of rehearsal.


Tuesday was our first show day in Stockholm. We rehearsed most of the morning, had lunch, and then ...

... second time that I had gone up in there, but last time the weather was not nearly as nice.

After spending the afternoon shopping and buying souvenirs we met up with Ingrid and found a wonderful little Indian place for supper. There was some sort of festival taking place in the park right beside Ingrids apartment building, but I was already all out of energy for the day. I decided just to make it an early night, tomorrow was going to be a very long day.

Kenna and Lenna very kindly drove us all around the place , went up to the top of the communications tower for the view, had ice creams and the special Swedish hot dogs we remember fondly from last time we were here. Lots and lots of water here, a boaties paradise!

... a few days and it was in Swedish, they loved it. After meeting Parri's mother, I can see where she got her loving and generous heart. Parri's brother, Azad, speaks English fluently so we had fun talking about where I come from and how far away it is. The Family wanted to prepare me for what a Kurdish wedding is all about so they put on some videos of their celebrations. They have two traditional dances they do to celebrate a ...

... maps of the city , where to eat and where to party. He actually even showed me right to my room and introduced me to the other guests. Most hosels all they do is point you in the right direction and then you have to hope for the best. When he opened the door was I was pretty surpsied. He had put me in the room with 4 lesbians. What I didn't know when I planned my trip to Stockholm was that Euro Pride was going on for about a week, so the city was buzzing. The ironic part was ...

... to Saint Patricks day (About which the barmaid seemed exceptionally, some might say excessively, excited). I sipped my pint slowly, and enjoyed watching a Pole in the corner of the bar trying to hit on the exceptionally attractive and blonde barmaid. He failed...terribly, although his method was not unlike that of my mate Pove (for details of mine and his adventures together, check the Poland and Czechia trip section of my "trips with friends" blog). I had two ...

... in their boat around the lake and went intertubing. Seasan is Bergetta and Sune's neighbor and Seasan and Pete have known eachother since they were 1. we met Seasan's husband Mike and their 2 kids Humpus and Eda. the first night there Bergetta made this delcious meatloaf with fresh potatoes and salad from her garden and the best homemade salad dressing that reminded me a lot of the kind my grandmother used to make ...

... at Rhian and I, but it worked out for the best for me because he never really wanted to hang out with me after the ice bar incident! Most of the group got on the bus to go to the Fenix Bar supper, but Stacey headed off to find the Hard Rock Cafe and get herself a shot glass. Supper was a Swedish smorgasbord, and it was okay, but nothing spectacular, although I'm not a fish fan, and there was a lot of fish on the menu. Even though the food wasn't excellent, the ...

I've been pretty lazy about writing (and taking pictures) lately, so I thought I'd do a little catching up. 2 weekends ago, we got our 1st snow in Stockholm - probably 4-5 inches. The Stockholmers were right - it really does make the city even more beautiful and it is significantly brighter - day & night. It snowed a little more & stayed cold for another 4-6 days (I even wore my parka), but now it is back to 0-3C, so the snow is all melting and the sidewalks are either icy or ...

... den Oberst so provoziert, dass er erst mit siebenundzwanzig gezogen wurde ("Ich will zur NVA-U-Boot-Flotte") und dann als Stubenältester mit dem Vorsatz, die Uniform sauber zu halten (also frei von Abzeichen) angetreten. Und dann wurden die Vorgesetzten drangsaliert (dessen Waffe beim Säubern unbrauchbar gemacht), lächerlich gemacht (beim Aufräumen die Paradeuniform und auch sonst alles entsorgt und verbrannt), und der Höhepunkt war die Aktion, als er beim Entladen ein ...