Malmo IKEA!

Trip Start Jul 28, 2008
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Where I stayed
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(Malmö hotels)

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Today I ventured forth to Malmo.  It's about 20 minutes away by train, and it's Sweden's third largest city.  I learned many new things during this trip, like: how to figure out which platform your train train will arrive at; how to purchase a train ticket at a machine; and how the bus driver can tell if you've already paid for your fare on another bus (because they don't give out tickets).

I missed the first train to Malmo because I was standing at the wrong platform.  That's ok though because it gave me time to figure out exactly how you know what platform to stand at.  When I arrived at the station in Malmo, I thought I was in luck because the first bus I needed to catch was right in front of me.  However, although I had gotten the number of the bus correct, I got the direction the bus was headed in, wrong.  That's ok though because it just gave me a chance to see more of Malmo while I took the long way round to the place where I needed to transfer busses just in front of Malmo train station
just in front of Malmo train station
 .  After that, things went pretty smoothly.  

Everyone closes up shop early on Sudays here, at around four in the afternoon, so there was one place - a vegetarian grocery store, that I didn't get to make it to today.  But I am going back tomorrow because I am super excited about this store!  In english, it's called Astrid and the Monkey...cute, huh?  I found out about it through recommendation for a vegan food blog by a person based in Lund (thanks Destiny!) and now absolutely cannot wait to check it out.  They will have organic produce! They might have tempeh!  They might even have Bragg's! Or Yuckon Gold potatoes and Pink Lady apples!  The possibilities are endless...I am so excited!  Will report back on my findings there. love, sage     
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~destiny~
~destiny~ on Aug 31, 2008 at 08:24PM

Cool!
That is so awesome that you are learning the ropes and all that! I'm glad that Emmie told you about the veg store; she's really rad & just got engaged! I was worried you would have to eat a bunch of fish out of desperation, so I'm relieved that you will have access to good food.

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