Well, we got packed up this morning, ate some breakfast, packed up Deb's stakes, cleaned up the hostel, and headed over to pay the bill. One thing about being in Sweden is the krona, the unit of currency... right now it's about 1 krona = $0.12 US. So, our 6-day bill was 3000 krona, which just seems way too much (that's actually really cheap). As does the 25 krona Coke, or the 149 krona buffet. We drove the 50 km into Umea, found our hotel about 13:00, and then walked the half mile or so to the "centrum" or downtown area. Umea has a big university, with something like 22,000 students. The centrum had a pedestrian way through the middle, and it looked like most of those students, and their bikes, were there. We did a little shopping and got a bite to eat before heading back to the hotel. After a dry run out to the ferry to confirm we know where we need to go tomorrow at 6:30 a.m., we retired to the hotel, had some dinner (buffet), and are now watching the home team Swedes beat up the Serbians in the 21-and-under futball championships. We are in a family room; it has a queen bed and two bunk beds that fold out of the wall. Niklaas has secured the upper bunk, somewhat vulture-like. It has good WiFi, and here you see the blogger at work...Bird of the day: European Greenfinch.
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