Feliz dia a todos mis amigos

So, since last time, I have written all my exams. I have sad goodbye to Buenos Aires, explored Rio and landed in Sweden, short version. Little longer version;

When I meet people I like, well, actually, I like the most of them I meet. As Lide Najs says; "love everybody, but trust a few", and thats how I roll. Anyway, I have meet some really special persons in Buenos Aires, that impressed me and taught me things about life. Leaving Buenos Aires was hard, knowing that I would not see the most of them in a long time.

Any way, I enjoyed my last week. I got to see the effect football could have on uniting people. There was lots of joy, big parties, and more persons at the Obelisk than I think lives in Stockholm. That was an experience!

After my last exam, I wished for an asado and grillmaster Gabriel came by and the rest of us brought red wine. Perfect Argentinian night. I went to the museem ESMA, about the time of dictatorship in Argentina, and the Malvia Islands museeum.. 

After packing and fixing, my last night, me, Nicco and Paul had a big fiesta in our flat. Celebrating with friends the good and bad times we had, (mostly good, lots of laughter and our lovely view, but when Im out singing on the balcony my flatmates might think it´s not that great to live with me.. or the small animals that lived in our kithcen). Lots of love and see you soon!

I had a few days of before I was going back to Sweden, so I thought it would be nice to visit Rio. Though, without Sara, but anyway a place I always liked to explore. So, I booked a hotel in Vidigal. A really nice place with a lovely view as well, my German friend, Stefan, came to join me and we watched the final of the world cup at the beach of Copacabana. And as one of the only representative for Argentina I did my best to sing and cheer. (I got my 2 minutes of fame in Brazil as well, a brazilian newspaper took a lots of fotos of me as an Argentinian fan.. I might just change career, sounds much fancier than working as an engineer.. ) Argentina got a second place, but there was not more than a handful of Germans that wanted to celebrate. I mingled around with Stefan and he greeted his land's men. I had my argentinian tshirt and got my first experiance of football hate. A short brazilian lady, with a hight just over my waste and old enough to experienced the first worldcup live in Uruguay. The lady was walking with slow steps and came up to me, told me more swear words than I ever heard in the same sentence (and I been living in Argentina; so that's quite a lot). Why all this hate over a game. Im mixed about the political issues, hiding the favelas, excluding insted of including etc. But a game or nationality should not bring hate. But, of course there was a lot of love and joy as well in the city.

Foto from random site.

Well, the day after I hang out in a beach with the Stefan close to Sheraton where the German team stayed. I took a swim and Stefan took a chance to congratulate the part of the team that was there. 

So, some days of football and some days of exploring beach, Pão de Açúcar, the peak in Vidigal. Thought I must say, I was really tired on my trip, had a lot of feelings, emotions and thought´s from leaving Buenos Aires I guess. And the typical "after-exam-tiredness". I therefore did not really explore the nightlife that I heard such nice things about. I was going out once in Vidigal, that I barely can count as a night out in Rio, though I had really nice company, some Argentinian huligans, and yes, we spoke in castellano. I can do that now, it is cool! But, one night Stefan took me out and we tried the nightlife in Lapa. Last day I meet our friend Patrick for a swim and some Brazilian food before taking my long flight back to Sweden. With a conection in Ethiopia, but could not find any Injera, as I tried, for old times sake. 

Pão de Açúcar with Stefan

Pão de Açúcar with Jesus

Top of the mountain in Vidigal

 Vidigal

The veiw from the hostel

Vidigal

Back in Sweden, my parents greeted me at the airport and we spend a day together in Stockholm before they had to head home to Kassjö (it is one of the metropolis in Sweden, you should know it!). Meet Alfred for the first time over a brunch, enjoying the summer, 25 degrees and sun. Loong nights, picnics, friends and family. Now I´m out. Tomorrow is my first day at work. Traveling and exploring was not beneficial for my economy, but for my soul.  

Stockholm

Amor, besos y abrazos a ustedes!