Today's game was a bummer... 3-1 loss courtesy of a really terrible first half. The second half was something to be proud of, but the first was dismal.
Unfortunate though it was, finishing Spring season at fourth in the league is not shabby. Finishing second would have been better, but we'll survive.
After the game, we headed back to the house and down to the restaurant in Kneippbyn for a quick lunch. Then it was time to shower and start thinking about packing for the Rome, Florence, Stockholm adventure that starts tomorrow(!!!). I can't believe it's already time!
I have to confess I'm a little nervous about traveling to Rome and being on my own for a little while before Blake and Laura arrive. Fritsl did her part to assuage my worries earlier this week, and today Jonathan taught me how to download portions of GoogleMaps to your phone so that when you are offline you can still look things up and get directions from a point A to a point B (thank goodness for technology and boyfriends). I'm excited for the adventure and seeing some pieces of history in Rome. I have no idea what to expect from Florence, really, but I am lucky that Laura and Blake have taken care of the planning portion for the most part. It's been a nice change of role for me, and I'm very grateful for them.
Tonight we piled into one of the 9 passenger Kneippbyn vans and headed into the city for a nice family dinner before I hit the road for 10 days. We went to a new-to-Viby restuarant called Pinchos. It is a tapas (pinchos=tapas in Basque - the language spoken in the north of Spain, especially Pamplona. I was excited about that.) style restaurant with the distinction of being the world's first app restaurant. They provide WiFi and you download the restaurant's app with the menus, and then you order through that and you get a notification when your food/drink is ready and you go and pick it up. It's a good business model if you are looking to cut down on service staff, but it was a little odd. I think I didn't like that it encouraged everyone to have their phones out the whole time at dinner. The food was very good though, and we all had a good time. I really enjoy how the Swedes find a way to incorporate rhubarb, strawberries, and licorice in all possible places.
Tomorrow Anja will drop me off at the airport for my flight, and then I'll ride the ferry back with Jonathan on the 8th of July after we wander around in Stockholm for a few days.
I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM. 8 days. But who's counting?
Good night.
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