I just had some wine called glögg with Malin; you put almonds and raisins in it. The day was quite successful overall, but I’ll share just one story. This morning, Ben was supposed to catch a bus downtown at 9:00. I woke at 9:00 because of drilling in the room next to me, wandered into the living room, and saw Ben asleep on the sofa, shoes on and otherwise ready to go. His plan had been to stay up all night, although I said goodnight at 5:30, so “all night” wasn’t going to be that long. Somehow, he ended up on the couch and crashed. He had to be at the airport by noon, and reaching it required a 45-minute train ride downtown followed by an 85-minute bus ride. The timing was impossible; …

Howdy, all. Kelvin checking in. I'm writing this shortly after Casey on Ben's computer, hence the legible keys. I'll give a rundown of the day; while it will be similar to Casey's, it will also be different. I woke up quite early, around noon. No, wait. Casey woke up quite early and then shook me awake because I was out cold. I had leftover peanuts for breakfast while sitting in the kitchen, drinking espresso and talking with Ahyan about life in Stockholm. Jeez, that stuff is strong. I left and jumped on the subway back to Central Station. I wandered around for a while and made my way to a square with a church. Descriptive, I know: a square and a church. Okay, I'll write the names down next time. Afterward, I …

My future posts most likely won’t be so long. I’ll try to tell only the best stories, but today was one long good story, so it might be the exception!

This entry may be brief because I am writing on a PowerBook with an unfamiliar keyboard at Ayhen’s apartment. Our flight was enjoyable, and there is plenty to record, but I also want to rejoin Ben and Ayhen’s conversation. We left Portland at 7:30 in the morning and flew to Cincinnati at 10:30. A woman named Carson was sitting behind Casey, and we exchanged smiles. After arriving in Cincinnati, we found some food and saw her again. We slept through part of the long onward flight and watched Elf. At one point Casey noticed that Carson was on the same plane. When we reached baggage claim several hours later, I finally introduced myself. She was also studying at SOU and planned to be around Frankfurt …

Good morning! It has been five days since I last wrote, and they have been among the most relaxing five days of the entire trip. I somehow made all my connections, and because Falun is not very large, Maria, Kerstin, and Maria’s father were waiting for me at the station. We jumped into the Audi, laughed about the fact that I was actually in their town, and drove to Kerstin’s house. A few of their friends were there when we arrived, including CC and another person whose name I no longer remember. I was a little sick, so I had only one beer before we all went to a bar called Marians, or something similar, where I had another drink. We laughed and talked, and I met several more people that night. We …