Friday, July 20, 2007
Stocking up in Stockholm
Ok so technically Im in Oslo, but since Im behind on these lets talk about Stockholm. Got into stockholm and after a night of partying on the boat didnt realize we had arrived, we had been there for like an hour in port before I eventually sidled off the boat. Didnt know where to go to get to town, had a map and it looked like I was pretty far away. The finns are smart they know to put the passenger terminal right near the middle of everything, the estonians too, but not the swedes. So I huff it from the port to town since I dont have any swedish kroners, all the scandinavians except for the finns use their own money and not the euro, what a hassle. So eventually get into town and see a hare krishna parade. They are giving out candy and cookies so I tag along and have some fun with them for a bit. They invite me for free food but I decline and head off to find a hostel. Get to one, starving as all get out, and the sign says (all booked sorry). Dejected I go sit in the park and decide which hostel to try next. Something, however, tells me to at least ask inside, couldnt hurt. So i do, and they have a bed! Plus free pasta. So I cook up some pasta, use up whatever free food (left by travelers) that i can find and eat a big ole meal of pasta and cheese. Go on the internet and get worried because Av writes me that her car cut out on I-95 and becky writes me if Ive heard from her. I get worried, go to the sun sentinel online, really had a scare, but she was ok, scary though, she had to push the car off to the side on her own. After all that excitement I went and relaxed and fell asleep in my nook, my bed was like in a cave with no sunlight no nothing, so it was definitely good sleeping. Spent 3 nites in stockholm total, saw the city, got pissed when they wouldnt accept my student ID at this one museum and boycotted it. It was actually pretty hot in stockholm. The guidebook was wrong though, there were not very many free museums! However I dished it out for the modern art and architecture museums, very very cool, saw warhols marilyn monroe and some other stuff by him, not to mention all kinds of other cool stuff...If i forget to mention it later, I also in Oslo yesterday saw the scream by munch and some other stuff by him, I really like his work, madonna by him is really good, and some of the other ones are really sad. Anyhoo, yeh I think thats it for stockholm, reminds me of boca, all rich people trying to be beautiful, whether they are or not...I dont know how they afford their lifestyles but I never see anyone working, weird. Caught a train out to middle of nowhere northern sweden on my way to Trondheim Norway, woke up every once in a while and thought I was in alaska with the forests and waterfalls, very beautiful, had a whole cabin to myself too which was nice. Ok thats all, gotta go to Bergen, ill tell you about Trondheim, Hell, Oslo, and Bergen, next time.
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hehe I'm "He-Woman" pushing my jeep off the highway. Miss you, cant wait for Disney
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The Sibelius Monument is dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). The monument is located at the Sibelius Park (Sibeliuspuisto) in the district of Töölö in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.
The monument was designed by Eila Hiltunen and unveiled on September 7, 1967. Originally it sparked a lively debate about the merits and flaws of abstract art, for which reason an effigy of Sibelius was included in the work. It consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern. The purpose of the artist was to capture the essence of the music of Sibelius. The monument weighs 24 tons and measures 8.5 X 10.5 X 8.5 meters.
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