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How i lost my mind in Stockholm

Published by flag-ua Olya Paliichuk — 7 years ago

0 Tags: flag-se Erasmus experiences Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden


Hi everyone, my name is Olha and i am going to tell you how i think i go crazy in Stockholm, Sweden. It started when i received phone call from my best friend- Yulia. She did not say even hi, she just asked "Great oportunity, cheap tickets, just 80 zloty there and back  to Stockholm, are you going? Thats type of people is my favourite) I rang to my parents and they sad Ohh, great, just do it. I thought: OMG new journey, i love this life so much. Yeah, i am going, i replyed to Yulia. And she sad Ohh, sorry darling, i confused. 80 zloty just in one way. If you want to come back you should pay one more 80 zloty. For someone it is not a big problem. But. My parent*s are not rich. And they are already giving me my education in one of the best university in Poland. It is really costly. All my savings i have already spend on musik festivals. So, i didn*t know what to do. We need 280 zloty on two days in Stockholm, 160 for tickets, 40 for food and 80 for hostel. Parents sent me just 190. Wow, great, if journey is calling- doesn*t metter how much money you have, or how old are you- you have to go. So i decided spend the night in Mcdonalds. Great. Something like plan i have, so, it*s time to go. We packed our backpacks and the journey started. 

2 houers in airplane and we were in one of the Stockholm airports called "Skavska". It*s just called "Stockholm airport" . In reality the distance between this airport and Stockholm is 113 km!!! So, we have to buy tickets on bus. It cost 139 Kr, =$6,4. And after 1,5 houers we FIINALLYYY!!!!! were in Stockholm) I can*t describe you how beautifull it is. It*s like a harmony between nature and modernity. I think it is because of cliffs. Sweden is part of Scandinavia. And rocks and cliffs are almost everywhere. The same as water of course. And now about the most terrible thing, that ever happened with me.

Because of lots of immigrants there is sometimes dangerous. There are good and bad people on this Earth. The question is which type will you meet. I have already mentioned that we planed to sleep in Mcdonalds. Something interesting about Mcdonalds in Stockholm- you must pay for the WC. I don*t know why, really. And one more. You can*t sleep there. Plan was damaged. But we just decided to try,  Everything was ok, until two nerds came to me and Yulia and asked if we have money or are we just two here. You now, when some strangers ask you such type of question and you are just 18 years old girl in another country. It was scary. And, by the way, we slept just 1 houer. So we come to railway station. It was night and it was really cold. Not just cold. But veryveryveeeeeery cold. I can*t feel my fingers. And when we finally were in railway station, some another nerds came to us and asked where we are from and smth like that. I*m really friendly and it looks like safe place with guards, so i thought it was just one more traveler. And what can be more interesting than stories about adventures? Stories about yourself adventures) But no. It wasn*t traveler. After 10 minutes of our talk he sad that he had money and i should know how to get it. OMG, please, stop this planet, i want to get out! We found EXIT and with all speed that our legs can let us do dissapeared in night. In fact Yulia and i just came to KFC and there was one really strange situation, after which i understood, that sleep is an important thing. Yulia was talking to me and i didn*t understand some words and asked her to repeat. And you know what? She answered that didn*t say anything. Anything! i thought i lost my mind. But no. Lack of sleep and whole day with adventures show what they could do with people. It was one of the lots stories from Stockholm, Sweden. Thank you a lot for reading. And wait for my next post about financial guru in KFC and terrorism in Stockholm.


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