One of the first things that we did in Sweden was plan some trips to leave it. The first trip that we planned has yet to happen and the destination is Paris. Surprisingly, we have not gone to Paris yet, but we already managed to leave Sweden.
I fully expected Paris to be the first trip, but we went to Tallinn, Estonia first instead. I had no idea that anyone even went to Estonia without being kidnapped first, but it turns out it is a pretty popular (and good) weekend cruise destination. Props to the Finns for the tip-off on that one. Anyhow, it was loads of fun, and something that I would recommend to anyone who has the opportunity.
Below are some pictures of the week before the Estonian trip and, of course, pictures from the most unexpected cruise in history.
 As promised...Disco bowling! |
 Blacklights make anyone look cool. |
 Such a nice bowling alley. Look at that lounge! Typical Sweden...they really can't help but make everything very nice. |
 Notice the bowling seats in this one... |
 Out front of the bowling alley. |
 Bowling really takes it out of you! Let's get some coffee after... |
 First day of class: Sustainable Energy Systems. |
 We made pancakes. Let's eat them. |
 A bar/club decided to serve free tacos, probably assuming that they could recoup the cost with drink profits. The tacos were actually nachos...it turns out that nachos are called tacos in Sweden. |
 Originally, the plan was to go ice skating. Fortunately, the skate rental place was closed, so we found some plastic crates and went ice crating instead. |
 Ice crating really takes it out of you! Let's get some coffee after... |
 A failed attempt at a snow angel. |
 Who wants to go to Estonia? |
 I think that this illustration of a pregnant woman drinking is comical. |
 The first McDonald's consumed in Sweden. We received our stipend from the university and went to celebrate. An interesting aside: we developed a system of determining value of things in Swedish krowns based on the 10 krown burger from McDonalds. For instance: a movie costs 110 krowns, so we would consider, "is a movie really worth 11 burgers?" It was nice to actually experience the value. |
 Across the street from the bus station, the first leg of our journey to Tallinn, Estonia. This is actually a full roll-call...can you spot Tyler? It might help to click to enlarge. |
 Getting our bearings in Stockholm. It was a 5km walk through the city from the bus station to the boat. |
 Trouncing through Stockholm on your way to a boat really takes it out of you! Let's go get coffee...during? An interesting aside: We met an Australian at that coffee shop. When he learned that Tyler and I are from the United States, and Taija (left girl) and Johanna (right girl) are from Finland, he suggested a movie titled "From Tampere to Albuquerque." The Finns are not actually from Tampere, but we made no mention of Albuquerque or even New Mexico. A pretty epic guess. |
 We made it to the shipyard! |
 A better look at that boat. |
 Foolin' about at the on-board disco. |
 A mirrored-staircase roll-call. |
 Icy seas. |
 Watching as we leave land behind. |
 Party in our cabin! |
 A quaint little Estonian...Esprit?? |
 Me and an eastern-orthodox church. |
 Roll-call on a brick wall. The sprinkling of medieval flair gave Tallinn a unique feel, especially with the über-modern shopping malls and infrastructure only a kilometer or so away. |
 Lunch. |
 One of those modern shopping malls. |
 Booze is cheap in Estonia. |
 No one was pleased that we had to get off of the boat. Tallinn was a blast but alas, all good things must come to an end. |
We're off to Paris tomorrow morning. There should be plenty of good pictures once we return...
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