On the third day, we were all ready to get out of Stockholm and visit other Swedish cities. Uppsala, it's your time to shine! This time, when I say "we" I include Tommy as well. The triplets' adventures continue! *Woohoo!*

Uppsala. Winter. By Ana

We got up earlier than the last days and got ready to take the train and explore Uppsala. But, on the way to the station, we thought: "why now going thrift shopping first?"I mean, almost everything would be closed by the time we got back from Uppsala so, better be safe and check out a couple of shops before. Besides, there are more chances to find better things! Although I didn't find everything I was looking for, clothes related, I made sure that I was covered for the next year when it comes to books for learning Swedish. I bought a book about..., well, to be honest, I didn't understand what it was about. It just said something about butterflies and brains. But I bought one of the Muminmamma series! I was really looking forward to having books from this series, mainly because it's the cutest cartoon I've ever seen, haha. Here you can see them with some not second-hand dammsugare.

When we finally got into the train to Uppsala, my sister and I took advantage of Tommy being stuck with us in a train for about 30 minutes so that he would correct our Swedish while we read out loud. It was a nice day so we could enjoy the landscape and I alsolearned about SJ and SL and all those. This was something very important for me, as you guys can see, haha.

We followed a list of must-see that Martin had given me the previous day because sometimes he just knows what I'm looking for at certain times without me telling him (Creepy, haha). The first stop was a music shop (this was not on the list) and I don't know why but as soon as the man of the shop screamed Tja, tja! when he saw us, I had to turn my back so he wouldn't see me laughing cause it sounded so funny, haha. I know it was a greeting before I went there, but, seriously guys, it sounds so funny. After that, we climbed up to the castle and saw the views and the cafeteria, too, haha. We tried to go inside the castle but apparently, we took the wrong entrance and ended up in a museum about the history of women and feminism, I think. It was quite interesting! We also watched a very interesting interview for I don't know how long. But. I think we were about to fall asleep when it restarted. At least, my sister and me. Tommy threw a couple of disappointed looks at us from time to time, haha. As we didn't find anything yummy in the cafeteria and it was such a nice day, we decided to buy some icecreams. And guess what? As soon as we bought them, it was windy and it started drizzling. Lots of fun, huh?

Uppsalas slott, Uppsala. Winter. By Ana

We didn't do much after that. We visited a couple of churches and cathedrals. We watched a ceremony and a loppis of my favorite thing in the world: books! I tried to find something interesting but I didn't find anything so we decided to look for a place to eat instead. We went to a taco restaurant, and god, those tacos were too spicy! I don't even remember if I could finish them but they looked super good!

We wanted to go to Gamla Uppsala to finish the trip but I think you can only get there by bus and we just had missed ours so we just walked around, bought our tickets back to Stockholm, but not without having a fika first! I confessed Tommy my inner wish of not to leave Sweden without tasting a dammsugare so he took out his inspector gadget side and found a place that sold dammsugare. Cause you guys know what Expresso House lacks? You're right, dammsugare.  Tommy went first so he would leave me on my own to order. But he copycatted me and ordered a dammsurage, haha. I ordered for my sister and me in Swedish, and the girl understood everything. It was perfect and there were no disappointments this time! God, how good it feels when you actually have a whole conversation in another language without screwing it up.  It was worth the dammsugare, haha. Look at this precious. 

Once we finished, we head back home and relaxed because we had another adventure on the next day!

Uppsala. Winter. By Ana

I hope you guys enjoyed the post. Let me know what you think and about your experiences in Sweden! Until the next post! Also, if you happen to have missed the previous entries, what are you waiting for? Just scroll down a bit and you'll find them in "Older posts"!

~ Love, Ana ~

Hello, guys! I bring you the second part of my last trip to Sweden or the second day. The truth is that I was really looking forward to writing about this day because something really exciting for me happened. So, this is why I took my headphones with the Mild Man's music as background and a piece of paper with a pen to write this post. It feels so good. I usually have this sort of ritual with the posts that I am more excited to write about. 

Stockholm, Riksdagshuset. Winter. By Martin Hviid

I started my morning routine to practice Swedish this day. Sometimes I would just randomly talk in Swedish with Frans, which happened to happen that day, but not every day. I would take Frans' newspaper and read some pieces of news out loud because Tommy would listen to me and correct me. At least, he pretended to do so sometimes, haha. I liked it a lot when one of those days Frans hadn't read the newspaper yet and we shared it, like in the movies haha. 

Stockholm, Södermalm. Winter. By Ana R.

After having breakfast and cooking our lunch (Tommy actually cooked it), which was super delicious, by the way! I still dream about it sometimes haha. We took the tunnelbanan to Östermalm, where Tommy showed us his university, Kungliga Musik Högskolan, KMH for friends, and we met a couple of friends of his. It was a very nice university and they had old pianos even! - Sorry if that's not the right word, but I don't know much about music. After that, we went to visit the Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, because we were meeting my friend Martin there for the first time and the KTH campus was in my architecture bucket list - because who doesn't have an architecture bucket list? Duh, everyone does haha ;). I really don't know what those reddish bricks have that makes the buildings so beautiful. It's like the city hall building. 

Stockholm, Kungligla Tekniskahögskola. Winter. By Ana R.

Anyway, we walked around to checked out the campus and then we sat on a bench and read for a bit. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the KTH. Dumb, isn't it? haha. We thought of staying there until Martin finished school, but it suddenly became very windy so we took the subway to Riddarholmen again to have lunch, because nice lunches deserve nice views, right? At 15:00 we were back at the KTH and we were stopped by a girl who worked for Amnestesia when we were running a bit late. I honestly thought Martin was gonna give me that look of "of course, Spaniards are always late", but he wasn't even there! We were less late than a Swede hahah. You guys must admit it, it's a bit funny, since swedes are known for their punctuality, among other things. Besides, I had a really interesting talk with the girl from Amnestesia for about five minutes. When I met Martin, I had my first cultural shock, or maybe linguistic shock because he asked me for directions (I was the GPS of the group, or rather my phone haha) and that is my weakness in every language hahah. When we found the way, we head to Stadsbiblioteket! This is something that I had planned because I wanted to visit it with someone who liked books as much as me. You guys can't see it here, but it's so beautiful and it has so many books, I wanna die! haha. We were there quite a while my sister looked for books about Irish English or Portuguese and Martin and I took a look at a book about Stockholm. 

Stockholm, Stadsbiblioteket. Winter. By Ana R.

I don't remember what happened next or how Martin decided to show us Sergels Torg and Hötorget, but it was a good decision. I'd never been there before and I've been meaning to because Veronica Maggio's song Sergels Torg is good and I like it, haha. Actually, on our way there, I had another funny linguistic shock in the underground, but that one happened because I'm a little bit special and it takes me double time to process things properly. Let's just say that, hahah. A little after that we went to fika, guess where? Yes, Expresso House, hahah. This was the second time I tried to order a hot chocolate in Swedish. The first time, which was the day before, was quite messy and the barista and I had a good laugh, especially when I tried to get in the card through the wrong slot. This time I thought I was ready, but the word marshmallows in Swedish took me by surprise. I liked when I failed, though, because it means that I had to practice more, which I love doing. I don't remember much about the fika only that I got to hear Martin speaking in Spanish. Boy, that guy is good! He has such a determination that he makes me feel jealous 99.9% of the time, hahah. After that, we just walked around in Gamla Stan, the city hall and the parliament, which I was looking forward to seeing! I usually watch my other friend Martin's videos, the Swedishlad, and he often goes to the parliament, but I never knew the location, to be honest,  until I saw it that day. It was so beautiful at night!

Stockholm, Riksdagshuset. Winter. By Ana R.

I forgot to tell you that when we walked through Gamla Stan in search of a good and cozy photo of it, I had another awkward moment. I kind of screw it up a bit in this hang out. I blame Martin for taking my clumsy side out, haha. I had never seen a trash bin with a cover before, at least not in the part of Spain where I am from. As I was walking towards the bin, I was kind of doubting that it was a real bin and I looked at Martin, as he was watching me, for confirmation, cause he must have been thinking that I was such a dummy, hahaha. That never happened, and well, it was a real .in, hahah.

After the complete Stockholm tour with Martin, we just head to the station and hugged us goodbye. I really liked this day. It was calm and I got to meet Martin. I loved the places he showed us and I had a great time with him. I actually felt quite comfortable to be the first time that I met him. I felt so comfortable that I got a bit sad when he left, haha. I felt like a tiny little part of me just left me. He's really nice and I admire a lot of things about him. I liked a lot when we took pictures of the same things together, it's like we were sharing a hobby. I love when I have relationships this enriching. He teaches me so many things and I really appreciate that. 

I hope you guys enjoyed reading about this day as much as I enjoyed writing about it! Stay tuned for the next post and take care!

~ Love, Ana ~