Catching Up on Sleep in Stockholm

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Hello! It has been quite a while. Let me update you briefly. I stayed in Bremen for almost a week and stayed with some friends I made in the artist community there. The three students I stayed with were either finishing or just finished their degrees in graphic design. We cooked together, listened to music together, and talked until early morning many of the nights. They had a whole spare room for me, and funnily enough, it was full of musical instruments (cool).

Then, my goal was to get up to Stockholm to spend a week there. I then decided to stop in Copenhagen for a night because I could take the high-speed train from there straight to Stockholm. There was also a Flixbus that went straight from Bremen to Copenhagen. In Copenhagen, I went to the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world: Tivoli Gardens. I rode one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in the world called "The Roller Coaster" (but in Swedish), and it was really fun. A man physically rides with the passengers to brake the train so it doesn't go too fast. The style reminded me a lot of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in Disneyland (I'm sure there was some influence there). That was my one evening in Stockholm and then I found an amazing street food place near the old harbor area. I had some Brazilian food (three different meats, salad, corn, potatoes, yum) and a creme brulee donut (never saw one before, I may never again).

I tipped my very last Danish money to the Brazilian place and then headed straight to the train station. The ride was very relaxing, and I talked with a guy from Korea on the way there.

So in the last week:

A) I have been to three cities and traveled many kilometers north and east.

B) Gotten to have extended conversations with a lot of locals (and some tourists)

C) Booked all my transportation and housing until I meet Elizabeth in Budapest at the beginning of September. Woo-hoo!

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Curtis Hanner said…
Sounds like things are going amazingly well. Glad you have everything booked for the next 6 weeks. Stockholm looks so amazing! I read that there are hundreds of islands in the Stockholm area. One fun way to explore is to ride the local ferries. Have fun.
August 15, 2017 at 11:24 AM
Unknown said…
Hi Bryan,

What fun adventures you are having and meeting lots of people too. When we were getting ready to leave for England in 1978, a friend of ours who was a teacher in Europe said "get to know the people". Good advice. Love, Grandpa Dick and Grandma Dar
August 15, 2017 at 1:26 PM
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