Day 1

So lets start with the 12 hour train ride to Östersund. Blake and I met Björn (who I met at UW when he was an exchange student and who invited us on the trip in the first place) and Ulrika at the train station on Friday afternoon. With our Burger King in hand (the first fast food I've eaten since several weeks before I left Seattle), we boarded our cart, which seemed nice at first. Then we realized we were going to be in the sun until we reached Stockholm in 5 or 6 hours. We could put the window down, but then we couldnt hear each other, and everytime the train braked, it would smell like burning rubber. We met up with 6 of the others in Stockholm and kept on chugging. To keep ourselves occupied, we put gummy teeth on in our mouthes and tried to look as ridiculous as possible. I think we succeeded:


Ulrika didnt want Daniel and Nina to feel left out, so she bought some more so they could join in on all of the *fun*.