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August 28, 2004
Bedtime
I'm back in my room, ready to call it a night. I rendezvoused with some of the other Sustainability students and had drinks and dinner at O'Learys—the local sports bar. We watched bits and pieces of multiple football games (soccer to the "yanks"), as well as the USA/Lithuania basketball game (USA won the bronze, despite heavy cheering for Lithuania at the bar). I had the "BJ Magic Chicken Sandwich", and I can tell you that the "magic" did not add to the overall quality of the food. By 9 p.m. there were over a dozen of us in attendance, and talk ranged from whether professionals should be allowed to play in the Olympics, to American politics, to foods we might prepare that represent our countries of origin. We talked to some of the locals, a few of whom we keep running into at various places.
By 10 p.m. I was ready to go. Roya and Tomomi rode their bikes back home, while Paulo and Renard rode the bus partway back with me. I met a guy named Adam on the last leg of the bus ride. Adam is from Iraq and has been in Sweden for 3 years. He used to be a lawyer, but now works 3 jobs (his main job is in a retail shop). He said he speaks 7 languages, and from his prolific Swedish and English, I believe him. We exchanged phone numbers and will maybe get together for kaffe sometime. I love that you can meet people from all over the world right here in tiny Karlskrona.
Well, tomorrow's plans now include potential kayaking in the morning, but definitely a picnic on one of the islands for lunch. I've roughly figured out where I'm going, but I'll need to get an early start in order to make it to campus early enough to get specific directions, then catch the right bus to the island, and then walk another kilometer or so to the campgrounds. It will definitely be an adventure!
