Copenhagen and another trip to the ER
^^^Kings Library, Copenhagen, Denmark. ^^^Thursday – September 28, 2006 Day – 34 – Relaxed for pretty much the whole day. I studied a bit for the trop crop and hung out with Nate for a bit. Went to the union for lunch. Got some things at the little boutique. Later that night we went to Stockholm’s nation. Patrik and Hampus were there. Later on Sean, Tara, Anne, Inga, Carsten, and Gon showed up. I didn’t stay late; I had the trop crop early the next morning. Got a new Romanian corridor mate named Gianina.
Friday – September 29, 2006 – Day 35 - Passed my trop crop exam with a 7/10. Tried to explain American grading system to Magnus. Went to Gottsunda and paid the rent and the internet. I had to max out my debit cards to do it. All in all it cost me over $1000 American for two months. I was going to go to SNerikes for a party, but ended up going to a party at the Union, much cheaper and less people. It was nice.
Saturday – September 30, 2006 – Day 36 Took Gianina into town to get a Sim card for her phone. Nate and I decided that we wanted to go to Copenhagen so we got some train tickets. I bought my wine glasses for wine tasting, it cost me 300 SEK. That night we went to a party at little sunnersta. Nate left a trail of destruction on our walk back. Went to bed before midnight so we could catch the first bus the next morning.
Sunday – October 1, 2006 – Day 37 – Was up at 5:15, caught the first bus from SVA to town at 6:00 am. Took a train from Uppsala to Stockholm. Got breakfast in the train station in Stockholm. Got on the x-2000 and took it to Malmö. We were behind schedule most of the way there. There was a couple that sat across the aisle from me and in front of Nate that were very VERY annoying. They were either from the West coast or Canada (or both). He was some kind of choral conductor I believe, and she was just annoying. At one point she crawled up on the arm rests and over the top of him to get out into the aisle. I would say that either the two of them, or their parents (who happened to be in the same car only further up) stood in the aisle for at least 1/3 of the trip. We got to Malmö, and RAN to catch our train across the bridge to Denmark. We got on the train and went across the big bridge. We got dropped off at central station and then went looking for our hotel. It just so happens that our hotel was on the edge of the red-light district. I wasn’t too impressed. We also got lost looking for our hotel, at one point I looked down on the street and saw about 50 needles on the ground. There were houses of ill repute all up and down the street, but luckily we found our hotel, and the area it was in wasn’t too bad at all. We did decide however that we wouldn’t stay out too late just in case. When we went to check in they couldn’t find my reservation, but I guess they found it anyway. They upgraded us to a deluxe suite for no additional cost. The room was nice. We went sightseeing for the rest of the afternoon. Saw Christianborg palace and took a quick tour of the ruins underneath. We tried to go inside and take a tour, but the last English tour had already left. So we took some pic’s outside. We then headed to the Kings Library and Garden and took some pictures, it was Very beautiful. After that we decided to get something to eat. We got into the shopping and walking area and there was lots of commotion and we could see police vans all over. Apparently there was a soccer match that night between Copenhagen and their rivals so people were getting drunk and causing quite a stir. We got the hell out of there, we didn’t want to get in the middle of anything, so we headed down the street and got some Italian at Puglias. It was SO good. Towards the end of dinner we heard more noise and looked out and it was the hooligans again so we went out and watched them marching to the stadium (their team lost unfortunately) we left there and went to a garden and walked around a bit. Mom had called so I called her back and found out that Patrick and his FFA team had won State Forestry and were going to Nationals. I was very proud. We left the garden and headed on a quest to find the Little Mermaid statue. We stumbled upon the square where the Queens palace is and saw the changing of the guard. Pretty cool. We then ended up along the harbor and headed north until we came to the garden where we knew the statue was. We kept looking and finally found it. It was much smaller than I originally thought. At this point it was starting to get pretty dark so we headed back. We came across a metro stop and decided to take that. We ended up getting on the wrong train and going the wrong way. So we switched and got back on the right way. We rode for one stop and then the train stopped for about 15 minutes. Apparently a train in front of us was having problems with its doors so we couldn’t go until the track was clear. We rode it for two more stations and then switched to the subway. Got off at our stop at Central station and it was raining. We made it back to our hotel without being totally soaked. Started flipping through the channels. We thought it was kind of weird that on one channel they were playing Nanny McPhee (a children’s movie) and on the next channel was hardcore pornography. Luckily for us there was an American football game on so we watched the Panthers v. the Saints. Didn’t stay up too late.
Monday October 2, 2006 – Day 38 – Woke up and it was raining. Paid for the hotel, but our credit cards wouldn’t work anywhere else in the city all morning. We wanted to catch the boat tour, but it didn’t leave for a while and would have cut it way too close for comfort to catch our train back to Stockholm. We walked around a little more and went up in the Observatory, it was pretty neat. Mailed some post cards and then headed back to the train station (had to return an umbrella we borrowed, but it didn’t rain the rest of the morning). The train back to Stockholm was much nicer. We rode backwards from Copenhagen to Malmö, but then we must have turned around the rest of the way, it was nice to take the trip riding forward. Getting into Stockholm the train was 22 minutes late. We caught the box train from Stockholm to Uppsala and then we met Tara @ SNerikes for lunch. They redid it, it looks nice, but it is way too crowded.
Tuesday October 3, 2006 – Day 39 -- Slept in, had lunch at the Union Cafeteria. I sat with Rickard. I saw Marco and Frederick from the Nordic Games. Came home and napped for the afternoon. I made meatballs and mashed potatoes for dinner. Went to my wine tasting class. It was confusing and not as fun as I had hoped. I went to the ER again that night because I was getting another blister. I sat in the waiting room for 5 hours. I was not happy. The doctor came in prepared to slice this one open again too, but it was very new, so she really couldn’t. Instead they gave me a much stronger antibiotic to see if it would work this time. I left there at 5:00 and caught the first bus back to Ultuna at 5:30. That’s the earliest bus that runs, so I got lucky that the times were close.
Wednesday October 4, 2006 – Day 40 – Slept in till 11:00, got up and got ready for my Wine lecture. Went to class and then to Gottsunda to get my medicine and for Nate to pay some bills. Apparently it was Kanelbullens dag. So my roommates had made some Cinnamon rolls. Nate and I made a pizza and it was amazing. We traded some pic's and then went to the union for a little party. I was tired so I took some Tylenol PM and hit the hay.
Thursday October 5, 2006 – Day 41 – Got up at around 9:00am. Went into town around noon. Refilled my phone. Got some Mc Donald’s because it sounded delicious. I want to go to H&M to get some nice shirts and Ties to wear when I go out. Most of the nations I go to are pretty posh. Went to Anne’s place and shared pictures from the Nordic Games. Line and Little Kalle came, and Carsten, Inga, Anne, Rodrigo, Gon, Nate, and I were all there. It was a nice mini reunion. They all headed Stockholm’s Nation afterward, but I just headed home.
Friday October 6, 2006 – Day 42 – I’ve done a whole lot of nothing all day. I went to the Union cafeteria for lunch but didn’t see anyone. Came home, opened my Oreos, they were still delicious! Matilda got her computer back, but was having some problems with internet. I guess she got it fixed. Did a little bit more cleaning and then just kind of hung around.
Friday – September 29, 2006 – Day 35 - Passed my trop crop exam with a 7/10. Tried to explain American grading system to Magnus. Went to Gottsunda and paid the rent and the internet. I had to max out my debit cards to do it. All in all it cost me over $1000 American for two months. I was going to go to SNerikes for a party, but ended up going to a party at the Union, much cheaper and less people. It was nice.
Saturday – September 30, 2006 – Day 36 Took Gianina into town to get a Sim card for her phone. Nate and I decided that we wanted to go to Copenhagen so we got some train tickets. I bought my wine glasses for wine tasting, it cost me 300 SEK. That night we went to a party at little sunnersta. Nate left a trail of destruction on our walk back. Went to bed before midnight so we could catch the first bus the next morning.
Sunday – October 1, 2006 – Day 37 – Was up at 5:15, caught the first bus from SVA to town at 6:00 am. Took a train from Uppsala to Stockholm. Got breakfast in the train station in Stockholm. Got on the x-2000 and took it to Malmö. We were behind schedule most of the way there. There was a couple that sat across the aisle from me and in front of Nate that were very VERY annoying. They were either from the West coast or Canada (or both). He was some kind of choral conductor I believe, and she was just annoying. At one point she crawled up on the arm rests and over the top of him to get out into the aisle. I would say that either the two of them, or their parents (who happened to be in the same car only further up) stood in the aisle for at least 1/3 of the trip. We got to Malmö, and RAN to catch our train across the bridge to Denmark. We got on the train and went across the big bridge. We got dropped off at central station and then went looking for our hotel. It just so happens that our hotel was on the edge of the red-light district. I wasn’t too impressed. We also got lost looking for our hotel, at one point I looked down on the street and saw about 50 needles on the ground. There were houses of ill repute all up and down the street, but luckily we found our hotel, and the area it was in wasn’t too bad at all. We did decide however that we wouldn’t stay out too late just in case. When we went to check in they couldn’t find my reservation, but I guess they found it anyway. They upgraded us to a deluxe suite for no additional cost. The room was nice. We went sightseeing for the rest of the afternoon. Saw Christianborg palace and took a quick tour of the ruins underneath. We tried to go inside and take a tour, but the last English tour had already left. So we took some pic’s outside. We then headed to the Kings Library and Garden and took some pictures, it was Very beautiful. After that we decided to get something to eat. We got into the shopping and walking area and there was lots of commotion and we could see police vans all over. Apparently there was a soccer match that night between Copenhagen and their rivals so people were getting drunk and causing quite a stir. We got the hell out of there, we didn’t want to get in the middle of anything, so we headed down the street and got some Italian at Puglias. It was SO good. Towards the end of dinner we heard more noise and looked out and it was the hooligans again so we went out and watched them marching to the stadium (their team lost unfortunately) we left there and went to a garden and walked around a bit. Mom had called so I called her back and found out that Patrick and his FFA team had won State Forestry and were going to Nationals. I was very proud. We left the garden and headed on a quest to find the Little Mermaid statue. We stumbled upon the square where the Queens palace is and saw the changing of the guard. Pretty cool. We then ended up along the harbor and headed north until we came to the garden where we knew the statue was. We kept looking and finally found it. It was much smaller than I originally thought. At this point it was starting to get pretty dark so we headed back. We came across a metro stop and decided to take that. We ended up getting on the wrong train and going the wrong way. So we switched and got back on the right way. We rode for one stop and then the train stopped for about 15 minutes. Apparently a train in front of us was having problems with its doors so we couldn’t go until the track was clear. We rode it for two more stations and then switched to the subway. Got off at our stop at Central station and it was raining. We made it back to our hotel without being totally soaked. Started flipping through the channels. We thought it was kind of weird that on one channel they were playing Nanny McPhee (a children’s movie) and on the next channel was hardcore pornography. Luckily for us there was an American football game on so we watched the Panthers v. the Saints. Didn’t stay up too late.
Monday October 2, 2006 – Day 38 – Woke up and it was raining. Paid for the hotel, but our credit cards wouldn’t work anywhere else in the city all morning. We wanted to catch the boat tour, but it didn’t leave for a while and would have cut it way too close for comfort to catch our train back to Stockholm. We walked around a little more and went up in the Observatory, it was pretty neat. Mailed some post cards and then headed back to the train station (had to return an umbrella we borrowed, but it didn’t rain the rest of the morning). The train back to Stockholm was much nicer. We rode backwards from Copenhagen to Malmö, but then we must have turned around the rest of the way, it was nice to take the trip riding forward. Getting into Stockholm the train was 22 minutes late. We caught the box train from Stockholm to Uppsala and then we met Tara @ SNerikes for lunch. They redid it, it looks nice, but it is way too crowded.
Tuesday October 3, 2006 – Day 39 -- Slept in, had lunch at the Union Cafeteria. I sat with Rickard. I saw Marco and Frederick from the Nordic Games. Came home and napped for the afternoon. I made meatballs and mashed potatoes for dinner. Went to my wine tasting class. It was confusing and not as fun as I had hoped. I went to the ER again that night because I was getting another blister. I sat in the waiting room for 5 hours. I was not happy. The doctor came in prepared to slice this one open again too, but it was very new, so she really couldn’t. Instead they gave me a much stronger antibiotic to see if it would work this time. I left there at 5:00 and caught the first bus back to Ultuna at 5:30. That’s the earliest bus that runs, so I got lucky that the times were close.
Wednesday October 4, 2006 – Day 40 – Slept in till 11:00, got up and got ready for my Wine lecture. Went to class and then to Gottsunda to get my medicine and for Nate to pay some bills. Apparently it was Kanelbullens dag. So my roommates had made some Cinnamon rolls. Nate and I made a pizza and it was amazing. We traded some pic's and then went to the union for a little party. I was tired so I took some Tylenol PM and hit the hay.
Thursday October 5, 2006 – Day 41 – Got up at around 9:00am. Went into town around noon. Refilled my phone. Got some Mc Donald’s because it sounded delicious. I want to go to H&M to get some nice shirts and Ties to wear when I go out. Most of the nations I go to are pretty posh. Went to Anne’s place and shared pictures from the Nordic Games. Line and Little Kalle came, and Carsten, Inga, Anne, Rodrigo, Gon, Nate, and I were all there. It was a nice mini reunion. They all headed Stockholm’s Nation afterward, but I just headed home.
Friday October 6, 2006 – Day 42 – I’ve done a whole lot of nothing all day. I went to the Union cafeteria for lunch but didn’t see anyone. Came home, opened my Oreos, they were still delicious! Matilda got her computer back, but was having some problems with internet. I guess she got it fixed. Did a little bit more cleaning and then just kind of hung around.
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