Day 7--Attack of the Umlauts: Malmo, Sweden

Even though I didn't get back from the bar until 3 am last night, I woke up at 9:30 (mostly due to my roommates being loud), and I went with Ian and Ryan to Malmo, Sweden for the midmorning and part of the afternoon.  (Note that there are umlauts above the "o," but I don't know how to type them.  Also, there are no umlauts in the Danish language, but they are part of the Swedish language.)  We did not have a set plan for when we arrived in Sweden, but we were able to find a very lovely park with footbridges and a windmill. Ryan even decided to pretend to be a troll and have his picture taken under one of the bridges.  (There are stories about trolls under bridges, and these stories take place in Sweden.)  We then made our way to the downtown area, which consisted of many lovely walking streets.  There is a lot of foreign influence in Sweden, which was demonstrated by the Scottish pub that we passed that played American music, as well as the T.G.I. Friday's and some street performers that played American music.  We walked around for a bit and came across the St. Peter's Cathedral.  It was built in 1319, but when we walked inside, it was absolutely gorgeous.  Unfortunately, I could not take any pictures of it since my phone had been dead for some time.  (I only managed to take pictures of the park before my phone died.)  We then had lunch at the Espresso House, which had really delicious food that was relatively cheap.  After lunch, we walked around some more and went into a game store (board and card games, not video games), and a science fiction book store.  Later, we met up with more people from the apartment and we saw the church again before heading back to Copenhagen.  Ian, Ryan, Hannah, and I had dinner at the apartment, and we decided to not go out tonight since last night was very long.  I watched "She's the Man."

Anyways, looking forward to tomorrow, since it's St. Patrick's Day.  I'm looking forward to sleep in since I didn't sleep well last night and since the festivities won't start until 1 pm.  It'll be my first St. Patrick's Day in Europe as well, so things should get interesting.