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... at 04.00, that's pretty much the only thing open. I ended up killing a good hour there, chatting with a Swedish architect who'd also been to the bar. He was really into world cinema and told me about all these movies from around the world he loved. Mostly I listened because I'm rather uncultured, but we did, oddly enough, chat about Cube. You have to love how that's one of the major Canadian films seen around the globe. This brought me to 05.00, which, thankfully enough ...

... it was in albert nobel's will where he wished part of his estate to be awarded to individuals for their efforts in certain categories for intance Peace, Chemistry, Literature, etc. For each cat individuals are currently awáreded(10mn SEK, diploma and a gold medal). If anyone is wondering he built up his estate frm the creation of dynamite Sigtuna This is swedens oldest town which is about an hour out ...

... 15 min de marche...) malheureusement fermee pour cause de renovation. Ne voulant pas payer trop cher pour la nuit, je decide de retourner a la gare voir les train qui partent en direction de Turku. Au passage visite express de la ville... J arrive juste a temps pour attrape le train de 18h ! A nouveau 2h de trajet... Je devrais arrive a Turku a 20h12... Mon guide m indique qu il n y a que tres peu de possiblites d ...

... apparel and it seems like everyone has a beer in hand. Still, I graciously decline (score one for me!) and continue to be shocked/appalled as she takes one. Mind you that Malin is quite a small lady. She definitely drank me under the table though. On the train, everyone seems to know Malin, big surprise, and I'm not at all shocked when she says we are going to be interviewed for Swedish TV before the game. We drop our stuff off at a hotel that her ...

... of our room, two British guys stumbled in at 4 in the morning and made a bunch of noise going to bed. Then at 6:30 Karla an I (who went to bed at 11) had to get up to catch our morning train, so I'm sure we bothered everyone in the room. Except for the British night clubbers. Hostels have enough to do dealing with all the people checking in and out, but if they could make a few dorms the early risers and a couple for the night clubbers, that might help the guests ...

... as her head hit the pillow. Meanwhile upstairs things were 'progressing' further and Jeff picked up a stunner, but had nowhere to take her and hence spent a good hour or two searching in every nook and cranny on the boat for a secluded spot. It now being 4 in the morning, Benny and I called it quits and went back downstairs to our room. He went to bed early but I decided to grab what was left of our tequila and randomly met a Russian guy just outside our room. Thinking I'd ...

... never seen so much greenery and water in such a small radius! We arrived at their cozy home just outside the city (although it felt like we were an hour out with the amount of trees around) and felt very welcomed. The following day we headed into the city centre which has several islands surrounding it, joined together by many bridges. Saman and Amelia showed us around central Stockholm and through the streets of Gamla Stan ...

... them as we travel through the continent. Before heading by ship to Helsinki we did a few more tourist activities in Stockholm. Vassa museum held the most beautiful and elaborate war ship built by Sweden in the 1600's. Unfortunately it was a little too elaborately built and ended up tipping over and sinking before leaving the harbor. It was pulled up in the 1950's and restored. This museum was the most popular tourist sight we had been to so far. I can't imagine ...

... Luton), bought tickets (199SEK return each), loaded bags - and it took just 75 minutes straight into the city centre. Brilliant. So there we were in the City Terminal, Stockholm - Jon was getting a bit grumpy already because....well, who knows why - he's just like that, doesn't always need a reason - but it didn't matter, we were on holiday, and the adventure was just beginning. Anyway, we discover that we want to be in the Central Station - City Terminal is for buses, we want ...

... of Stockholm, however I was determined to stay up the rest of the day to begin to get used to the time difference. Then I sat on the bed and thought to myself it sure would be nice to stretch out my back, so I lay down then I thought to myself, it sure would be nice to take an hours nap so I can tour Stockholm rested and refreshed, then I fell asleep for 12 hours!!!! I woke up at 11PM and had a brief chat with ...