Things I've lost so far this trip:
1) Tank top reading "It's [not] all good [damnit]! -- Left drying on a window sill in Bergen hostel while moving from a room with a smelly homeless guy in it to a room without said smelly homeless guy.
2) Bukowski book of poems, one of my favorites, of course. Left either on a train or in an internet cafe. I'm leaning towards the internet cafe.
3) One pair underwear. No idea where they've gone off to. Hopefully not left in the room with the smelly bum, but I'm really not sure. No, there isn't any possibility of an interesting story regarding their disappearance.
4) There's something else, but I can't think of it right now.
Non-consumables purchased:
1) Sleeping bag and foam mat. Used twice. Very comforting to have when faced with a new city and limited hostel space. Surprisingly light to carry.
2) Adorably compact spork from Danish Design museum. Used repeatedly. One tine broken after attempting to cut cheese with it.
3) Nylon shopping bag that folds in to a 2"x 1" pouch. Very handy for groceries, as many stores charge for bags.
4) One knee brace and one pair of insoles. I think the insoles may have disappeared enroute, but they could just be buried somewhere in my bag.
Weighed my back pack today. It's a little over 35 pounds, all told. Not terrible, really. The scale also seems to think that I've gained 10 pounds, but I'm pretty sure I would have noticed my trousers no buttonin if that were the case, so I'm going to assume it was off by a bit...
I'm stuck in Stockholm through the weekend. As I discovered on Saturday, you can't make a (compulsory) reservation for an international train during the weekend, so Mick (my friend Becky's friend) has been kind enough to put me up for a couple of nights. I'll leave tomorrow on the night train. In the mean time, I've learned a great deal about Swedish politics and regulations, and seen the neat contraptions in the laundry room of his apartment building. (One piece of machinery he *thinks* may be for folding sheets, but after two years he still isn't sure.)
Tomorrow night I'm headed to Hamburg and then on down through Berlin, Prague, Vienna, etc until I hit Italy. Right now I'm sleepy, and headed off to the couch for a nights sleep. Cheers!
1) Tank top reading "It's [not] all good [damnit]! -- Left drying on a window sill in Bergen hostel while moving from a room with a smelly homeless guy in it to a room without said smelly homeless guy.
2) Bukowski book of poems, one of my favorites, of course. Left either on a train or in an internet cafe. I'm leaning towards the internet cafe.
3) One pair underwear. No idea where they've gone off to. Hopefully not left in the room with the smelly bum, but I'm really not sure. No, there isn't any possibility of an interesting story regarding their disappearance.
4) There's something else, but I can't think of it right now.
Non-consumables purchased:
1) Sleeping bag and foam mat. Used twice. Very comforting to have when faced with a new city and limited hostel space. Surprisingly light to carry.
2) Adorably compact spork from Danish Design museum. Used repeatedly. One tine broken after attempting to cut cheese with it.
3) Nylon shopping bag that folds in to a 2"x 1" pouch. Very handy for groceries, as many stores charge for bags.
4) One knee brace and one pair of insoles. I think the insoles may have disappeared enroute, but they could just be buried somewhere in my bag.
Weighed my back pack today. It's a little over 35 pounds, all told. Not terrible, really. The scale also seems to think that I've gained 10 pounds, but I'm pretty sure I would have noticed my trousers no buttonin if that were the case, so I'm going to assume it was off by a bit...
I'm stuck in Stockholm through the weekend. As I discovered on Saturday, you can't make a (compulsory) reservation for an international train during the weekend, so Mick (my friend Becky's friend) has been kind enough to put me up for a couple of nights. I'll leave tomorrow on the night train. In the mean time, I've learned a great deal about Swedish politics and regulations, and seen the neat contraptions in the laundry room of his apartment building. (One piece of machinery he *thinks* may be for folding sheets, but after two years he still isn't sure.)
Tomorrow night I'm headed to Hamburg and then on down through Berlin, Prague, Vienna, etc until I hit Italy. Right now I'm sleepy, and headed off to the couch for a nights sleep. Cheers!
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