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just me in kalmar! it is actually our last night here. so ju and i were supposed to be going to be going to norway next and then back to stockholm where we are meeting up with two of our friends (casey and lauren mix!!) however we met our first of many glitches into the plan!: ) our friend in norway was unable to meet with us that weekend so ju and i had 6 days open to do something. here is what we came up with....we are now flying to spain for two days ish (just booked the hostel!! its called gothic point..we were going to stay at mambo tango but we decided gothic point was going to be better) and then we are going to train our way back to sweden! ....k so not one of our best ideas but we had a couple days to figure it out. and we could not fly back to stockholm becasue it was too expensive hahaha. so ill let you know how this little excursion goes!
we leave tomorrow morning out of stockholm. so we are going to train at 5 50 in the morning to the stockholm airport and then we hop on our plane at 2 40 ish off to barcelona! we arrive at about 6 ish and then we will make our way to gothic point! haha this is going to be our first hostel experience in europe! so lets hope it works out alright. they do have free internet there though so we can keep in touch. we picked a hostel that was is right in the middle of barcelona as well!
our last two nights in kalmar have been fun. julie and i had two little yellow bikes that we used while here. i did however wipe out on mine today! i hadnt even hopped on it yet and i was about to take off on the little bike where i lost my footing and we both fell! thank goodness it was in the back of the apt building where we are staying so no one saw haha.
the day we arrived here ju and i got to go on the kalmar knights team bus to the hockey game in vimmerby. which is actually where pippi long stalking was created! they love here there! so we walked all around that town and then back to the rink where the game was.
on friday we went to a swedish concert at a bar. the name translates to fightclub and it is pretty much a couple of guys (my swedish friends told me they were all nerds) with computers putting a bunch of sounds together. no words. it was awesome though. some songs reminded me of super mario brothers haha. the swedes realy got into it.
and on sat we went to öland. which is a popular destination in the summer time for all the swedes and we saw castle ruins there. which was really cool. it was also next to the king summer home so we walked there. then had a meal together at carlsons house to watch the 'football' game. sweden was playing (we had a little group out here....linus (place where we stayed) lukas (he looks idential to my cousin liam....hair mannorisms etc) joel, carlsson and maria. it was steak with a swedish sauce you put on top...dont worry i saved the recipe. and then after we just went to a local bar which also had a band playing! awesome place. met the creepiest person i think ever in the history of creepy bar people so ju and i dodged him.
today we figured out our train schedule and saw kalmar castle! very cool ..... its called a slött. haha. and now i am currently watching boondock saints.
we will let yo know how barcelona fairs!
love you all! rach and ju
ps a list of things i have noticed....
cobblestone is everywhere and i hate it .... it destroys shoes and is uncomfortable to walk on! at the last bar i went to i swear the swedes were doing a 'stomp dance'....they just like to stomp to all music. anything fashion wise goes here - i love that haha! and no one wears stretch pants so we always look out of place.
we are doing good though .... we have tried so much new stuff and julie ahs been eating it all! we had a smorgas cake - which is like a sandwich cake with everything on it and 'body cakes' (no joke they are called that haha) - that just have meat in the middle.
k gotta go to bed! i have to wake up early tomorrow hahahaha. booooo ...night!
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