Author: Benjamin Trotter

Today I will go to the city to do some last minute shopping. On Monday I will visit the Royal Castle with Johanna, and I will board my plane on Tuesday morning for the long journey home. I won’t have access to internet anymore, so this will be my last entry for my trip. I appreciate anyone who has taken the time to enjoy this trip with me, and I hope that you have enjoyed to watching my trip unfold. Thanks to all my friends throughout Europe for your help in making this the best trip it could be! I have really enjoyed seeing all of you, and I hope some will visit me during this next year! See you soon!

Oh my gosh. I had the best time last night in Norrköping. We got there about 6:30 and Kent started at 10:50. I bought a KENT T-shirt to wear during the concert. It started with their new songs on their Väpen och Ammunition CD which I think is so awesome!! Then, like the cover of their new album, a tiger was lit up on the stage in the background with its eyes in the spot lights. I LOVED IT SOOOOOO MUCH. I really couldn’t believe during this awesome concert, to finally be seeing them live, and participating in something so cool like this in Swedish, and in Sweden!! I really felt like a swede when I was able to sing along with the crowd during songs like *Om du var här* and Musik Non-stop. I HAD THE BEST TIME! And it was so cool to have this be the end of my time here in Sweden. We got back late and slept most of the morning this morning. I then had to say good bye to Rickard, because he is going to a golfing tournament that he goes to every year. Sofia and I are staying and then I will see Johanna!

KENT Concert! Tonight is the night where I see my favorite band play. For those of you who know me, you know I love two artists very much—Utada Hikaru and KENT! I will write more about the concert when I get back!

Today I met Johanna for lunch in the city. We ate at Sandy’s, a really good deli type place that now I have eaten at 3 times. We walked around the city just talking and enjoying the awesome weather until she had to run errands for her party tonight. Rickard and I went home to get his parents and Sofia for our family dinner out in the center of Gamla Stan, the Old City of Stockholm. Dinner was so much fun. Kördel Mom, Dad, Sister, Rickard, and I all went to a really cool restaurant for some great food as my thank you for letting me stay. It was really an awesome evening with each other. Rickard and I then went to meet THE COACH, another Swedish guy that studied at UT with us during the 2000 year. It was so fun to catch up with the Coach and see what he is up to. We all then went to meet Johanna and her friends at Stockholm’s finest ranked club called Kharma. It was pretty much like clubs in the states in big cities I guess, but it was really nice to meet everyone. Rickard’s two friends came, and meeting Johanna and her friends was a blast. All in all the night was a perfect night to always be remembered.

So, today I got off my cruise ship and made my way back Rickard’s house in Haninge. I was quite proud of myself, because I made it the whole way back with no trouble. I then called Johanna, who I haven’t seen in 3 1-2 years, and we decided on a place for us to meet. We met and it was exactly like I had just seen her last month! It was really so awesome, and we went on a boat to an island in Stockholm for an ice cream and to walk around. We then came back and had dinner at TGIFriday’s (for it’s location, not food) and had a nice dinner. After that we walked around the city and planned for tomorrow’s activities..