Enga mellom fjella

Last Tuesday

Sunshiny anxiety filled moi:

Well I ate and I visited a friend and I got some empathy from another! And the 's out.

This would be great if I didn't have a pile of things to do ...then again ...this is great regardless!

Found my brochure on Norway hostels. I was sure I'd find it eventually. Eventually was last night. Also, cleaned out the fridge a bit. Found and revived a plant. 9 geranium flower heads in bloom.

My Compaq computer decided to have a fit Sunday but last night it allowed me to watch another Inspector Walander movie. I feel good about visiting Ystad in Skåne in Southern Sweden. Feels familiar. I'll be there around May 9th, Ascension Day.

Holidays! and Mondays... April 30 (Queen's Day and Walpurgis), May 1 (May Day, Labor Day), Store Bededag in Denmark (I think its April 26th this year), May 17 (in Norway), May 19-20 (Pinse or Whitsun or Pentecost). Traveling and things to do are affected. Mondays: April 22, 29; May 6, 13, 20, 27; June 3, 10.

Examples: may (or may not) travel from Holland to Bremen in Germany May 1st. Labor Day is a holiday in Germany but not in the Netherlands. Mondays are "miserable" in Copenhagen as many places are closed. Therefore may use a Monday (May 6) to travel there from Lübeck, stay there the night of the 6th, 7th, and 8th and travel on Ascension Day (May 9th) to Ystad.

I have found that holidays do matter! I was stranded in Trondheim last Pinse.

Holiday can also be special times to visit. Queen's Day in the Netherlands is a prime example. But traveling and finding a place to stay? Not so wonderful.

Ah... feel a bit better now! The stress of arranging everything has been getting to me. If I could just travel anywhere at any moment and sleep anywhere cheap once I got there I'd be much happier. But that's not my world. Wish it were but wishing doesn't make it happen.

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