Äventyr i Sverige: del ett

These are two blog posts I wrote on MS Word because the Internet here isn't as accessible as it is at home. I'm at Lund Stadsbiblioteket (Public Library) and they registered me for internet use for the day (for free!!)

I am supposed to blog about my adventures in Sweden, but the internet connection is not always as reliable as I would like it to be. I landed in Stockholm at 7:30 am with little to no sleep (24+ hours). My hostel was pretty easy to find but I got lost trying to get back to Stockholm Central Station because I am moving to Lund a day early. It is very expensive to do anything here so I figure I’ll go to the smaller city and hope that prices are cheaper. The city itself is beautiful. I am across the river/bay from the Royal Palace and the Riksdag so my view is pretty sweet. I’ll try to post pictures.  I can barely understand anyone, but the Swedes’ English is generally perfect though. My train leaves in 11:00 hours and I am very tired. I think I will go to bed soon.

Anyone who has ridden on a bullet train (I think mine was kind of slow to be a called a bullet train) will likely have had a similar experience. I didn't realize it had started moving when I left Stockholm. My ticket only cost me 409 SEK ($50) which is good because I was expecting to pay over $100.

I have arrived in Lund. It is a very nice, old European town. It is not overwhelmingly busy unlike Stockholm. The hostel I am staying at is a decommissioned train. I have 2 days until I my program starts and I hope it comes soon. I am hoping the hostel has wi-fi so I can update this and figure out where I need to be Sunday night. Overall the weather has been great except it has rained everyday. The temperature is perfect though. I came across a collection of Runestones in my aimless wanderings today because I had 4 hours from when I got off the train to when I could check in to my hostel. I was allowed to drop my backpack off, but my computer and various other items are still quite heavy after the first hour.

In the future I will try to use a more interesting, readable, and chronologically correct writing style, but I wrote most of this either jet-lagged or when I was fighting my battery dying. Varsågod

Pictures will come due time

Mike