Sunday, September 5, 2010

8 mile

Saturday was a gorgeous day...cool, crisp, and sunny.  I spent all day wandering around Stockholm, got to the Moderna Museet, saw an Ed Ruscha show, and walked around Gamla Stan (old town) which is so old-European, then through Södermalm and before I knew it I could barely stand. I had only a container of rice pudding and a banana for energy. It was actually pretty good! Maybe I overdid it, but I just couldn't stop moving. The weather was too nice!


Saturday night I had a glass of wine and crawfish, which are a seasonal Swedish specialty.  The seems to be poached in a salty dill broth.  Cold and dilly.  Hmm.  Maybe something I only need to have once-- especially in this cold weather!  The bars here give you blankets to wrap around you so you can sit outside even on cold nights!
This morning I wandering through a forest near my apartment-- yes-- a forest!  There were barely any people there, which was a little scary at first, but then I succumbed to the beauty of my surroundings and just enjoyed the fresh air.  I continued through the forest, but eventually I feared that the path I was on wouldn't loop around, so I turned back as I was sooo hungry and starting to get nervous about getting lost.  I had no map on me afterall!