Hotel Vaestberga Västerås

... in the meeting, and I got to see again some other people who had been there. Then I went to Basel and again some people I had met in Bern were there. The Swiss community seems to be quite integrated, I guess the small size of the country helps with that. So as I moved from Bern to Cuarny to Neuchatel to Basel, the clouds started to be dispelled and I began touching the ground again, which also means I have started enjoying myself much more ...

... saving. Good news is that I continue to know nothing about wine so the "red" wine I had purchased didn't stain because it turned out to be "white"! We walk back to her flat through the town park where at least half of the city must be hanging out. Malin is very nice and after a brief pit stop at her flat, we hit the bars (which are within 5 minutes walking distance), and which I later realized would be a frequent event ...

This Stockholm trip was very random, and extremely last minute. The tickets were booked Tuesday and we took off Thursday. Initially it was going to be Guido, Andre and I, but Guido didn't buy tickets before the price increased, so it was just Andre and I. The moment Andre and I booked the tickets, we started our search for a place to stay. Hostels, Campgrounds, Couch Surfers.. we tried it all. EVERYTHING was booked. So if any of you out there ever ...

... about the country from this place - shame as I'm sure Seden has a rich history. Beer was more costly than Finland, but plenty of bars - we didnt really utilise them though and just went to some Czech bar, which was good. Foodcourts provided our dining experience and were fine, free tap water was a good thing. All in all, Stockholm was OK but the best bit was getting there!

... called the "Schengen" (which includes most major Eestern European countries minus the UK and Switzerland) and they have this sort of "Agreement" (The Schengen Agreement) which allows free travel between Schengen countries without the hassles of boarder checks and the like. This is great if you are a European!.....Buuuuut not so great if you are a drifting foreigner, such as myself since the maximum stay permitted within the entire Schengen Region is 90 days. In case you haven ...

... me and said "you're not Swedish?" And he told me I looked very much like a Swedish person and I kept getting this over and over. Perhaps this is why they were so nice to me, but I like to think they are just nice people. I visited lots of the beautiful churches, only a handful of the over 70 museums in Stockholm, but among them I made it to the Nobel museum and the National Museum, both worth while and very interesting. During the time I was there the tall ships which race through ...

... into a much longer day than we had expected. (By this time we had been traveling for 20 hours non stop). While heading towards Pontus' family's friends, Harriet and Börje, we both sucumbed to the temptation of rest. Now, when you travel TO europe, you are supposed to avoid naps at all cost, in order to minimize jet lag. So, falling asleep is quite dangerous, if not even lethal. As far as we know, not much happened ...

... wasn't until the next day that we attempted to do some museums and tours since we were meeting up with 2 other girls, Jenna and Sara, later on that first night there. The best part of this particular excursion was our hostel...hands down. So, we all decided that it would be a great idea to book a room on a hostel that is a boat. I mean, how cool does that sound? Too bad we picked the wrong boat haha. The four of us (thank God we all were together and it was just us ...

... tired after our lunch, we decided to go on a cruise around the city. The cruise went for 2 hours. I was very tired and nodded off quite a few times and so did the other two. Was a bit of an expensive cruise to spend sleeping. When I wasn't sleeping I saw a lot of the city and lots of expensive boats. It was time to walk to our meeting spot to meet the crew and the rest of the group. As we began to walk, it started to pour rain again. This time we took shelter before getting ...

... until the sighting of a closer, more camera friendly moose in future. I'll keep Fuji at the ready. By popular demand: we should really let you, the audience, decide whether this is adequate evidence of moose in Sweden. Post a quick 'yes' or 'no' by clicking the 'Add Comment' link below. There is a variety of historic stuff around Munso ...