More of Stockholm

I said I'd write about the other day, so here we go.

Ash had to get up early to go to uni, but I managed a small sleep-in. There's a good start to a day, right there. So, I sat around in my pj's talking to Q on Skype, then buggered off to get ready and catch the bus into town. I managed to scam the bus driver into thinking I was under 20, and therefore got a half-price ticket. I was horribly proud of knowing enough Swedish to do so.

So, I met Ash at Stockholm Centrum. We wandered off to Queen Street to get some lunch. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining... which served to highlight the already dazzling neon green chairs the Asian restaurant provided. After nearly blinding ourselves eating lunch, we wandered down to Old town to look around. I spotted the horrible tourist stores and grabbed a bunch of things to send home (Shage, Lisa etc, I mean you) and tried not to look too stupid. Then we wandered around looking at the heartbreakingly beautiful old buildings, before locating the Science Fiction bookstore. I resisted so many things, but my resolve crumbled and I picked up 'American Gods.' (And it's bloody good. No regrets.) Ash and I also got our hands on some nerdy t-shirts with the store logo on them. Yes, lame, but they're nerdy cool. Mine is a ttch too tight, but being black, I think I can get away with it.

After watching a guy playing with the light sabres on display (they made whooshing noises when you swung them, and zzzz noises when you hit things, so cool, I wanted to play) we hauled ourselves out. I was looking around for the Spider-man comic Jes told me about (the new one?) as well as an amazing book of GRRM illustrations that we found last time, but managed not to find them. Just as well, I'm sure they're both expensive.

We walked back and forth until we found the dungeon cafe that Ash had been to before. No, nothing kinky, the place is an actual 14th century monastery that was converted into a dungeon in the 16th century. All of the signs had English translations, and there was a faded cardboard sign saying 'Euros and dollars accepted!' I cringed a little at at. So, while we were drinking our hot chocolate and coffee, we listened to the pan pipe version of 'My Heart Will Go On,' and a heavily ironic Monk/chant version of 'Losing My Religion.' Considering where we were at the time... Hee.

It didn't really get exciting after that, we shopped Old town and Ash got another t-shirt. We did a little food shopping and caught the train home, and then watched Lost all snuggled up on the couch.