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So! Today was my last day here. I leave tomorrow.

Not sure what to feel, honestly. I kind of wish I didn't have to go back, haha. BUT. ONE MUST. Wouldn't want to overstay my welcome, anyhow. Sea is wonderful but I'm sure even she has a limit to her patience for guests. ;p

Today was nice. Weather was lovely. Wandered around old town for a bit, got pestered by Jehovas Witnesses, was baffled by the presence of a shitload of Dutch dressed head-to-toe in orange. Then went to the Mediterranean museum for a little while, which was nice. Not as large as the Med section of the art museum in Halifax, but still pretty nice, and with different stuff, so.

Kiiind of nervous about flying back tomorrow. Turns out that Air Canada is going on strike the day after I get back, which is amazing luck. Hopefully nothing will go wrong!

SO. Tomorrow evening, Sea and I will be on the boat to Finland again. 8) And then our travelling adventure begins! Since I need to be careful with packing I won't be bringing my netbook with me; only my itouch. So I probably won't be able to check in much. Just a heads up.

Anyway. Today I spent much of the day at the National Museum art gallery. IT'S PRETTY BADASS and I took about a zillion photos, though who knows how they turned out, really. I was pretty wow'd by the medieval/early renaissance stuff. And the Peredvizhniki exhibit was absolutely amazing *_* I've now fallen in love with painters that I previously hadn't even heard of.

But man, there was just so much to take in. Pretty amazing. I've never really been to an art gallery like that. Well, I mean, I've been to the one in Halifax, but only to see the Greek/Roman stuff during the Classics Society trips. Not the rest of it. And they wouldn't have had much like this, I expect. Well, anyway, it was good. ^q^

Ahhhh starting to get a little nervous about travelling. I'm not sure why. It'll all go fine, I'm sure. BUT STILL.

Now, on an indexing-related note. Because Delicious is being a dick, I got a Pinboard account. It's like Delicious used to be, but a bit simpler. Here. This is kind of a test-drive. If I like it for personal use, I'll consider moving the indexes there. This is more of a just-in-case thing. Maybe Delicious will fix everything properly, but maybe not. I know Diigo won't do the job I want it to do. So, Pinboard seemed the best choice. It's a very fandom-friendly site, anyway, and the site-owner is planning to make adjustments to improve its functionality. Hopefully they'll give an option to display numbers alongside the tags. I like numbers. Well, we'll see what happens.

"Answer honestly - does the amount of 'not-talking' I do seem weird to you?"
"No. Why? You talk about as much as I do."

Ah, comfortable silence.
I won't lie - I did feel a bit unsure for a while there. At home, I get lectured and put down a lot for being too quiet. It's a really nice change to be around someone who doesn't seem to think that silence is evil, and who feels it's perfectly normal to only talk when someone actually has something to say. <3

Anyway.
Sea dropped me off in downtown this morning, and I spent most of the day there. Did a lot of walking and taking pictures. But first I got lost a couple of times. It turns out I'm not quite as good at reading maps as I thought, and ended up going in exactly the opposite direction of where I wanted to go. But I did figure things out in the end.

So, lots of wandering around downtown, and lots of wandering around in Old Town. I thought about going farther than I actually did, but decided not to, because after a while I got a bit sore from all that walking (not my feet, but my back. Strange. I don't understand! But, well, it's fine.) Took quite a few photos, though most of them didn't turn out all that well, I think. A photographer, I am certainly not. Though we'll see when I get back home just how they turned out. Since I'm on my netbook it's hard to tell anything (and editing is impossible. I only have Gimp on here and... how does one Gimp. I don't know.)

Several times people came up to me and asked if I knew where such-and-such was. I don't know why... I guess I just walk very purposefully and look like I know where I'm going, maybe (even though I usually don't have any particular destination in mind, hah). Still, it was strange.

Though of course there was still a bit of nervousness with going places and things - but I get these nervous feelings when I'm at home, too, so it's nothing new. I managed to successfully get lunch, and I consider this an accomplishment (considering that can be quite an episode even at home). I won't have any trouble going back to that cafe again, and this makes me quite happy. ^q^

OH. AND. I ran into another Canadian! This was when I was at that cafe. When I heard his accent I thought "hmmm he sounds Canadian" though one can never be sure - it's hard to tell sometimes - so I just figured he'd be American simply because it would be more likely. But we spoke together briefly and it turns out my first impression was correct. :V It felt kind of odd but made me happy all the same <3

... I don't know what else to say. So here, have one of the random photos I tried to clean up with Gimp (argh, GIMP.)

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I'm in Sweden.
I'm still in one piece.
In other words, I ain't dead.
Stockholm is lovely so far and reminds me of Halifax.
Turns out my friend makes some damn good coffee. Mmm.
... And also I am exhausted. Man. That flight was looong.

More interesting entry to follow later, I suppose.