Meh + travel
Oct. 21st, 2005 01:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arabwelToired. Should clean since Mom visits tomorrow. I am also broke as fuck *sigh* need to see if I can badger anyone/anything for money. *headdesk*
I am so fucking tired.
but on a lighter note.. ... I have been forgetting to scribble up day 2 of my trip. so here goes:
DAY 2:
Woke up in the morning quite nmorningly; wasn't omg!tired, either, thanks to the nap I took before going to ph-ty. So, I woke, showered, got dressed et cetera. Had fun made of my hair - grrr. Apparently my pigtails-turned-into-buns look was leia-esque.... (thanks a lot, Mike, thanks a lot...) we didn't go for the uffet breakfast with the mundane folks, we took the "special" buffet breakfast with fancier stuff and free bubbly stuff. it was good, definitely.
So we got to Stockholm, deptarted the ship and took the bus to downtown. we wandered arounfd the big central station, sister & her hubby trying to figure out which train they should take to get to my aunt's place - no one could come pick 'em up. So, we found that one out, eventually. and uigh, there was a godawful elevator there that stank of piss. *shudder* the only reason we used it was sister's broken leg...
thta was whenwe headed off to find the shoe store. it was very easy to find, and once in there... well, I was in heaven. I loved the shoes to bits, tbh - aboslutely loved. I ended up falling for a pair of awesome bboiots.. that I couldn't afford. So Soster paid half for them, and I got boots! I also tried on several other pairs of shoes and made note of their codes and sizes.... oh God I want to go there again., They do ship to Finland, just need to pay extra for the shipping. Can do that :D (well, if I ever fdo get enough money for nice shoes.. and if I do, well, my favorite store in Oulu apparently stocks nice-y shoes in big sizes, too :D)
after that, we ade our way back to the central station. We had sushi for lunch - YUM! - and then we separated after Sister made sure I coud vget back tot he ship et cetera.
Once back, I ended up lazing about and taking a np; wore my nice new boots int he cabin, getting used to them :D after the nap, I hedaded to get something to eat; didn't feel like the buiffet - it's not fun alone - so I went to El Capitan ont he promenade and had avbsolutely delish steak with "country fries" - wwhich were equally delish. And the dessert? flan. Delishness. Unspeakable delishneess. And thetokaiji I had with the flan wasn't half bad, wither.. i would have gotten a bottle to take home, only... 21 euros is a weee bit too much for my budget *sigh*
after dnner, I did not go to the cabin but rather, ended up sitting in a bar... Joe's place. *cue in Highlander references* there was this trubadour guy hthere, and he was GOOD. Majort good. He played all the good stuff and ended up doing slide with a shotglass :D after hee ewnded his set, I went off to change clothes. (should note that I was actually offerd a drink by someone but I turned it doewn. the guy looked skeerily like a pipe-smoking, short version of Christopher Lee and spoke waaay too many languages. Apparently a former sailor. accoerding to this one loud jerk, the old guy (he was about thge same age as my dad, methinks, if not older) wanted to get in my pants.... rolleyes*)
So, I went to the disoc after changing clothes. (and ito pretty blue shoes instead of my lovely boots) No such luck as etting to dance with pretty gay boys. instead, I saw a pretty guy who was, well, pretty. Went to sit near him, he chatted me up - and turns out, he's from my rather horrid little hometown. we talk a little about stuff, he offers me a drink, i decline.. then he asks me to spend the night with him. I shake my head and decline - because a) I don't like the idea off one night stands and b) He. had. Not. even. Adked. My. Freaking. NAME.
so, I left him and went to dance. he later tocame to tell me his cabin number if I changed my name, buit I did not. so, dancing commenced, only I felt rather sucky dancing alone *sigh*
I hung around till the place closed, and then made my way to the cabin for some more sleep, gloruious sleep.
And actually, ssince Day 4 was not much more, can add it here:
Woke up, got showered and dressed, went to the Tax Free, wore my nice boots. Boucght chocolate, salmiac candy and booze. Strawberry tequila rawwks :D then, made sure I had everything with me by the time it was disembarking time, and made my way out.
Once ont he shore, I was lazy and took the... weerr, actually, am having a vocabulary failutre. guys, whjat is raitioovaunu in english? line car? - to the Railway station, there, I had something to eat - having skipped breakafast after all - and made my wau to the airport.
the flight was wasy enough; is didn't even notice we were in the air as I read a nice little Harlequin I'd gotten. (I know, I am an addict) we arrived to Oulu in one piece. On the airpoert, i shuffled my things somewhat and stuck my boots in y shoulder bag and wore my nice sesible sneakers - I knew I'd have to walk,after all. I got my luggage and made my way to the bus. It took me just where irt beeded,, and I switched busses from airppott one to the the Oulyu-Pudasjärvi one with about 5 mins to spare. Good timing, that :D
Funkily enough, the bus tip home took longer than the flight. went to the shop to get stuff, anfd then walked home.. and dear God I hatehatehatehate walking.
Teh End.
I am so fucking tired.
but on a lighter note.. ... I have been forgetting to scribble up day 2 of my trip. so here goes:
DAY 2:
Woke up in the morning quite nmorningly; wasn't omg!tired, either, thanks to the nap I took before going to ph-ty. So, I woke, showered, got dressed et cetera. Had fun made of my hair - grrr. Apparently my pigtails-turned-into-buns look was leia-esque.... (thanks a lot, Mike, thanks a lot...) we didn't go for the uffet breakfast with the mundane folks, we took the "special" buffet breakfast with fancier stuff and free bubbly stuff. it was good, definitely.
So we got to Stockholm, deptarted the ship and took the bus to downtown. we wandered arounfd the big central station, sister & her hubby trying to figure out which train they should take to get to my aunt's place - no one could come pick 'em up. So, we found that one out, eventually. and uigh, there was a godawful elevator there that stank of piss. *shudder* the only reason we used it was sister's broken leg...
thta was whenwe headed off to find the shoe store. it was very easy to find, and once in there... well, I was in heaven. I loved the shoes to bits, tbh - aboslutely loved. I ended up falling for a pair of awesome bboiots.. that I couldn't afford. So Soster paid half for them, and I got boots! I also tried on several other pairs of shoes and made note of their codes and sizes.... oh God I want to go there again., They do ship to Finland, just need to pay extra for the shipping. Can do that :D (well, if I ever fdo get enough money for nice shoes.. and if I do, well, my favorite store in Oulu apparently stocks nice-y shoes in big sizes, too :D)
after that, we ade our way back to the central station. We had sushi for lunch - YUM! - and then we separated after Sister made sure I coud vget back tot he ship et cetera.
Once back, I ended up lazing about and taking a np; wore my nice new boots int he cabin, getting used to them :D after the nap, I hedaded to get something to eat; didn't feel like the buiffet - it's not fun alone - so I went to El Capitan ont he promenade and had avbsolutely delish steak with "country fries" - wwhich were equally delish. And the dessert? flan. Delishness. Unspeakable delishneess. And thetokaiji I had with the flan wasn't half bad, wither.. i would have gotten a bottle to take home, only... 21 euros is a weee bit too much for my budget *sigh*
after dnner, I did not go to the cabin but rather, ended up sitting in a bar... Joe's place. *cue in Highlander references* there was this trubadour guy hthere, and he was GOOD. Majort good. He played all the good stuff and ended up doing slide with a shotglass :D after hee ewnded his set, I went off to change clothes. (should note that I was actually offerd a drink by someone but I turned it doewn. the guy looked skeerily like a pipe-smoking, short version of Christopher Lee and spoke waaay too many languages. Apparently a former sailor. accoerding to this one loud jerk, the old guy (he was about thge same age as my dad, methinks, if not older) wanted to get in my pants.... rolleyes*)
So, I went to the disoc after changing clothes. (and ito pretty blue shoes instead of my lovely boots) No such luck as etting to dance with pretty gay boys. instead, I saw a pretty guy who was, well, pretty. Went to sit near him, he chatted me up - and turns out, he's from my rather horrid little hometown. we talk a little about stuff, he offers me a drink, i decline.. then he asks me to spend the night with him. I shake my head and decline - because a) I don't like the idea off one night stands and b) He. had. Not. even. Adked. My. Freaking. NAME.
so, I left him and went to dance. he later tocame to tell me his cabin number if I changed my name, buit I did not. so, dancing commenced, only I felt rather sucky dancing alone *sigh*
I hung around till the place closed, and then made my way to the cabin for some more sleep, gloruious sleep.
And actually, ssince Day 4 was not much more, can add it here:
Woke up, got showered and dressed, went to the Tax Free, wore my nice boots. Boucght chocolate, salmiac candy and booze. Strawberry tequila rawwks :D then, made sure I had everything with me by the time it was disembarking time, and made my way out.
Once ont he shore, I was lazy and took the... weerr, actually, am having a vocabulary failutre. guys, whjat is raitioovaunu in english? line car? - to the Railway station, there, I had something to eat - having skipped breakafast after all - and made my wau to the airport.
the flight was wasy enough; is didn't even notice we were in the air as I read a nice little Harlequin I'd gotten. (I know, I am an addict) we arrived to Oulu in one piece. On the airpoert, i shuffled my things somewhat and stuck my boots in y shoulder bag and wore my nice sesible sneakers - I knew I'd have to walk,after all. I got my luggage and made my way to the bus. It took me just where irt beeded,, and I switched busses from airppott one to the the Oulyu-Pudasjärvi one with about 5 mins to spare. Good timing, that :D
Funkily enough, the bus tip home took longer than the flight. went to the shop to get stuff, anfd then walked home.. and dear God I hatehatehatehate walking.
Teh End.
