Malmen Stockholm Scandic

... it's a great place to meet with friends and chat. Of course, we only get the same hum-drum types at home but here, some are really intimate with couches and candlelight... it's so nice to not have to fight to get a comfy chair. Toby had a slice of raspberry pie and it came all warmed up with a side of another sweet dessert type... it was really good. Did I mention that the food here's really good?? There was a lot of meat in the bolognese sauce and it came with a side salad ...

... them. At the airport, we exited the bus and collected our entire luggage as we would need to check the luggage with the airlines. The time of truth was now here, would we be able to be under the weight limit or not. We were under the weight limit and that was a big relief for us. We headed to our departure gate and waited for about an hour and our plane to Frankfurt, Germany. That would be a 2 hour and 5 minute flight to our next destination of Frankfurt ...

... keep the salty water out. We saw a lot of the same buildings from the water that we already saw from the bus, but a different perspective. I think every Swede must own a boat of some kind because there were marinas everywhere and lots of sailboats, seadoos, etc. Our guide said that with the long winters, Swedes spend as much time as they can outside in the summer. We saw where they <br>award the Nobel Prize ...

... I remember from my youth. We caught the underground to Kungstradgarden, where we had lunch. After lunch we walked to Sergel Torg and caught the underground home. We just got home before it started to pour down. Gerda and jan-Erik came home soon after. We had bought some fresh Chanterelle the previous day which we were planning to have for dinner with a pork fillet. We had a lovely dinner, and were quite sad that we have to leave already then next day.

Facing the potential threat of being bored for the weekend I took off to Sweden. My plan was to only go for 4 days but that turned into 9 days! I stayed in Stockholm for two days before take off to Åre (the next entry). While in Stockholm I visited I friend I had met in New Zealand, explored the town, the city hall, and Skansen Museum. I stayed on a boat that had been turned into a ...

... IKEA was so huge! There are five floors, several cafes, and a huge marketplace. It took me a long time to look at everything and I was growing tired, so I stopped for a bite to eat at one of the restaurants. The food was pretty much the same as at home, but it did not taste quite so good. Weird? Since I couldn't buy anything much. I settled on a duffle bag (for all of the extra **** I've acquired so far) and lotion, oddly ehough. I was apparently a ...

Our flight flew pass the Greenwich Meridian to reach Arlanda Stockholm, Sweden. The plane stopped for 1½ hour to refuel and to pickup some fresh catering supplies before continuing it's 12 hours flight back to Malaysia.

... a chicken ceasar salad which I do not like. So I ordered some beef thing that looked good and the waitress proceeded to tell me it was raw beef. I quickly switched to chicken ceasar salad. Needless to say I mainly only ate the chicken. Had a beer there too, then we caught our train to the airport. When we got off at the station it was in the middle of nowhere. NOWHERE. We had to catch a ...

... own pillow. I had clothes that I hadn't been wearing for the last 3 days. One of the most amazing things about travel is coming home. Last night was Nation to Nation, and I went, and I drank, and I danced, and it was wonderful. I hung out with Taylor and Meghan and Victor most of the night. We laughed, we drank, we had fun, we went home. I love the club it was at this week, Exit. That is the goth bar that is across the street from our dorms. It makes stumbling home at 2 am really easy.

... close the deal. His whole argument was that he could have closed the deal and that Gary was selfish for calling dibs on this one girl. I felt a lot better about not going out when I realized they went to the same bar we have gone to a few times before, and when I saw the pictures of who they were talking to, I was less than impressed. Either way I laughed at them a bit, incited some more arguments, then packed my **** up so I could leave for Prague the next day. J