my last entry was when i was still at my first host's flat in Stockholm. so, let's catch you up on what happened after that! so, i moved on to Peter, my other host. he was a cool guy, he brought me and this other couchsurfer to the slope in Stockholm!
this fact that i can go snowboarding just a few minutes out of the city made me love Sweden even more!!! i also got the Stockholm card which lets you enter 80+ museums and transpo for free...normally, i wouldnt really avail of such a card but after calculating the costs, it was really worth it...also, i have done the usual walk around the city and getting lost already a day before i got the card so no harm done to my habits!
although i must say that i did feel like a tourist after that first day of having that card because all that was in my head was to see all that i can see with the card and make it pay for itself and this meant that i should follow the usual tourist route...oh well, all for being a cheapo! i think i got what i wanted from the card since i got to more than 10 museums and rode the public transpo as much as i could so as not to lose time walking from one museum to the other.
i dont know how else i can express how much i love sweden! even my friends here in padova keep hearing me proclaim my love for sweden! such a beautiful city and design haven! although, when they say it is expensive even after reading so many articles that its not true, i must say it is still quite expensive comparing all the prices from here to there...but then again, you see in the city itself where the money goes...plus, i met this filipina-swede couple and they confirmed that prices are quite high but then they do get paid high as well...anyway, yeah i think ive established how much i love sweden now...and now please, make me your citizen!!!!!
moving on...
after i arrived, i went to the Venice carnival the next day to take some pictures...went before Stockholm as well to see the opening...it was just surreal to be in Venice during this time. immersed in a crowd of fully dressed people ranging from Venetian style dresses, Victorian dresses, Medieval costumes and to contemporary costumes such as Smurfs, Shrek, Mario Brothers, etc...
as expected, Venice was more crowded than usual. the train was even so packed, the gangways had people standing...and then went again for the closing of the carnival on the 16th! which was my 11th time in Venice...this time clothed in a cape made by me! hehe. got the cloth from Alexander, my first host in Stockholm...no intentional character but Zorro and Harry Potter was interpreted by most people in Venice..when i had the mask on, Zorro, when i had my glasses on, Harry.
and then, just a few days ago, i went snowboarding again...some place near here arranged by the ESN. it was pretty good! i can safely say i have improved a lot! this makes me sad that there is no snow in the Philippines! i had a bad fall though..on the last stretch of the slope when i was heading to our bus, i slammed to the icy part of the route and fell on my chest. couldnt breath for a while but since we were already late for the call time, i had to go and recover fast. couldnt breath for a couple of minutes and no one was there to help me! after though it got better...now, its just really really sore and it hurts to even sneeze.
bahhhhh...cant wait for Sicily this friday!!!! shorts weather please!!!
goes and wanders
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