Amsterdam tourist style

The train ride from Copenhagen to Amsterdam was really nice. I had good company and slept all night. Unfortunately the bed was hard as a rock so I ended up sleeping a couple of hours after checking in at my hotel too.
I stayed on a boat quite close to the Centraal Station. It was really nice and if I'd been able to find a homepage I would have posted it here. I've taken a few pictures of the docks, and I'll update this post with them later on.

After sleeping a while yesterday I went out to see what the town has to offer a tourist. I found the street with the leather clubs and one with a lot of rainbowflags, but I dont think it was the street with all the gay clubs on. I also found myself on a street with girls standing in windows. They mainly looked bored in their neon colored bikinis and I wasn't able to find my self having any emotional reaction to it at all. I'm not sure why, but I had expected something.

Having decided that I was going to be the typical tourist I also had to go into a coffeshop. I sat there drinking my juice, and yes I did have a regular coffe too, and realised I never listen to hardcore rave anymore. I did that for a while during my teens.
Today my clothes smell like skunk and I really have to find a laundromat later on.

I'll probably be here for two more nights. I'm meeting my CouchSurfing host in about an hour and it sounds like I'm welcome to stay for a while if I whish to.

Copenhagen

Yesterday I went to my first CouchSurfing party. It was a really nice event where everyone brought something they would eat at easter in their country. There isn't much difference between the Swedish and the Danish traditions so I went with salmon and "Kalles Kaviar" which seemed appreciated. I had a lot of fun and it was just what I've been looking for to kick-start my trip.

I've stayed at the hostel I'm staying at now once before. It was about four yers ago but I found my way here without even looking at a map. The location isn't very central and my body hasn't had the chance to get used to the weight of the rucksack yet so my thigh muscles were a bit sore after the walk from the central station. (The red marks I had on my shoulders before leaving Sweden went away without leaving any bruises though).

I've sleapt really good but I'll try to avoid mixed dorms in the future. The one I'm in now has 14 beds and it smells quite bad...

Tonight I'm taking the night train to Amsterdam where I'll stay for a couple of days.

Going... going... gone!

(picture: my best friends for the next five weeks/mina bästa vänner de kommande fem veckorna)

I'm finally on my way. The interrail I have been planning for maybe one and a half years begins tomorrow.
I've promised to write something here at least once a week, but I'm hoping to have the time to write a bit more often than that. I know many of you are hoping for pictures, and when I can find a computer that can read my memory card I'll post a few.
My first stop will be Copenhagen, Denmark where I'll stay for one night. From there I'll take the night train to Amsterdam, Netherlands where I'm meeting a CouchSurfer.

(picture: spring/vår)

Jag är äntligen på väg. Tågluffen som jag har planerat i säkert ett och ett halvt år börjar imorgon.
Jag har lovat att skriva någonting här minst en gång i veckan, och när jag hittar en dator som kan läsa mitt minneskort så lägger jag upp ett gäng.
Första anhalt blir Köpenhamn, Danmark där jag stannar över natten. Därifrån tar jag nattåget till Amsterdam, Nederländerna där jag ska träffa en CouchSurfare.

Hallo Berlin!

At 07.50 this morning i set foot on the land where my grandfather was born. But this is not a story of my grandfather. This is a story about me going to Germany to meet my sister who has gone interrailing.

I took my time getting from the airport to Hauptbahnhof where I was supposed to meet my sister, and I still spent over two hours waiting for her. When she finally arrived we ate and went to our couchsurfinghosts apartiment. Here everything is great even though the heatingsystem isn't working properly. Eiko is really nice and we seem to have a lot to talk about.

I know I have promised a lot of pictures. Unfortunately the computer here can't read the memorycard from my camera so you will have to make do with the one I took with my mobilecamera.

This was my breakfast today. A butter croassant with cheese. Not the weirdest breakfast I've ever had, but still.

Right now we are all quite tired and someone will wake us all up at 07.00 tomorow to fix the heat so I don't think we'll be going out on town anything tonight.