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Being back in Reality!

6/26/2018

Hello!
I have worked for over two weeks now. Now the feeling of getting out is coming back! But I have a trip coming up in a month, and hopefully that will be amazing!
I had a great time at Download Festival and I have thought about going there again. Someday I will do a trip around the world.

I´m halfway through University, and hopefully I will be done with it next year! So I could work properly and save up money!
I have looked into how much it would cost to travel around the world, I might need over 500K SEK, just I could afford the flights, accommodations and have money to do fun things!
I´m nowhere close to that, so I will need a couple of years to be able to!

But if I know Myself, I will probably book trips in the future and it will probably take longer for me to save up the money to do a trip aroudn the world! But I enjoy going out into the world! I have a trip to Dublin and London coming up, which is going to be amazing!

I´m home!

6/12/2018

Hello! I´m home from the trip now!
The day started with me waking up early, and chilled by the computer for a bit. At 7am I packed my stuff and checked out from the hotel. I took the tube to the airport, and checked in. I went through security and bought some presents.

The flight to Stockholm went fine, and I went to grab some food, since I did almost had anything to eat, and the flight to Umeå was a little late. But then it was fine!
My parents picked me up and took me home!

Last day!

6/11/2018

How many times have I written that? How many will I write that?
Hello! This is the last day of this trip.
The day started with waking up early in Kegworth, or at least close to Kegworth, tired as hell. But I packed my things and checked out of the hotel. Grabbed a taxi to Kegworth, took a bus from Kegworth to Loughborough, and ahd to wain an hour there, and grabbed a train to London!

I got to London around 12.30, and Got to the hotel, and my room wasn´t ready. So I left the bags there, and headed out, I was still tired. I first went to Notting Hill and saw a little bit of Portobello market, which hasn´t a lot of things during the week, you should go there during saturdays. I bought something for myself.
From there I went to Leicester square and checked out the are, like Covent Garden, China Town and Piccadilly circus.

After that I went up to Camden Town and had a look around. I went to the hotel and got my room, which was the room I had last week.
After resting for a bit (and writing last post), I went and grabbed some dinner and went down to Embankment and checked out London Eye and Big Ben.
I then went to Tower hill and saw the Shard and The Tower of London, and crossed Tower Bridge! I then went back to the hotel and took a shower.

What do I think of the Whole trip?
I must say that it has been very intense! A lot of different impressions and having a lot of things to do these past days. It has been a lot of fun, meeting a lot of people and seeing a lot of different bands, seeing both Guns n Roses and Ozzy Osbourne for the first time, as well a lot other bands!
Will I do it again?
I would, but not right away!

Last Day of The Download!

6/11/2018

Hello! I´m writing this very late, as I´m now in London!
But I will write about the last day of the Download festival, all this happened yesterday!
I woke up later than before, because I haven´t been sleeping well lately. I took a shuttle to the festival around 10.30, and arrived arround 11.
I had some breakfast and had a look around, I went to the Main Stage and saw Crade of Filth and Hatebreed.

The Weather was a lot better than earlier days, it was almost no clouds at all, during the day I got burned!
After Hatebreed I went to the Zippo Stage and saw Body Count feat Ice - T, just to see what the fuzz was about. After that i went back to the main stage, had a bathroom break and watched Shinedown. Having another Bathroom break I watched Marilyn Manson. Both of them were ok!

After Marilyn Manson I managed to see a little bit of The Hives (a swedish Band) and from I saw, they have earned their reputation for being an anwesome live band!
After a bit I went back and saw a bit of Ozzy Osbourne. He was alive and kicking, wasn´t that bad! Here I was feeling tired again, and sadly I didn´t see the whole concert here either!
When I got back to the hotel I immediately went to bed!

Since I´m in London now, I will write How I got here, and what I have been doing in another blogpost later on, so have a look on that!

Day 2 of the Download Festival!

6/10/2018

Hello! I´m posting this again the day after, Since I got home late yet again!
I felt a bit tired from the day before, and hadn´t a lot of energy. But I managed to get there when it opened. Metting new people along the way! Which is amazing! But Since I didn´t get a wristband yesterday, I got one now, since I had a weekend pass.
I first went to the Main stage, to see the Pink Slips, which I immediately relaised it wasn´t for me, so I went to Zippo Encore Stage and saw PowerFlo, which was ok.

There wasn´t a lot of bands I wanted to see until the afternoon. So I walked around, looking at different bands, who were ok. I managed to take a few naps along the way as well, since I was tired.
I hanged around the Zippo Encore Stage, since there was a few bands performing there in the afternoon which I wanted to see.

When the afternoon came, I did see Asking Alexandria, which was ok. I haven´t heard them before. And afterwards came Babymetal, a band that I have been listening to, and They were great, it´s a shame that the show were short, and one of their members were missing.
Immediately after the show I went to the main stage and see a little bit Black Stone Cherry! There was a hgue crowd already, as BSC were a popular band and people might be crowding for Guns N Roses!

When Guns N Roses came on, it was amazing! They had a lot of energy and The crowd were going at it as well! Sadly I was still tired, and I managed to stay almost 2 hours of the concert, and left. It was because of the band, it was just that I was tired.

It was a slow start, but the day ended with a bang!

Day 1 of the Download Festival!

6/9/2018

Hello!
I´m writing this the day after, since I got home late last night.
The day started early, since apparently my body is used to it. I chilled by the bed for a while and packed all the things I needed. which wasn´t enough since I always forgot something. I walked back and forth quite a bit.

When I finally had my stuff, I wanted to take a taxi to the Download Festival, but it cost 20GBP, which is expensive. SO I waited for a shuttle bus instead, which only cost 10GBP. I had to wait a while for it to come though. But when It finally arrived it went relatively quikly to get there. The weather at this wasn´t that great, it drizzled for a bit.

I arrived at Donington Park, and it was quite a long walk before getting to the entrance. When I arrived they hadn´t opened yet, and it wasn´t a long line for it.
When It opened I got in after a quite a long walk as well. When I got in, I realised the place is HUGE! Which might be expected, considering the fact how many bands that are playing.
I had a look around the place and went to the Main Stage. Which Boston Manor started off opening up the concerts.

After tht one I went to Zippo Encore Stage. Let me explain, the festival has 4 different stages that bands are playing. So I went to Zippo and watched Miss May I perform. Both Boston Manor and Miss May I was ok bands.
I went back to the Main Stage and watched Dragonforce, who was good. I went back to Zippo and watched CKY. I went back again to the Main Stage and saw a little of Marmozets. Afterwards I grabbed something to eat in wait for Volbeat. VOlbeat was great!

After Volbeat, I went to the bathroom. After that I went back to the main Stage, to see Bullet for my Valentine, who were great as well.
After that concert I went to the bathroom again, and Went back to the Main Stage, to see Avenged Sevenfold, the main act for the day. But this time, I was getting tired.
But Avenged Sevenfold was amazing. They are underrated. Sadly I didn´t watch the whole show, Since as said, I was tired.

I walked the long walk back to the shuttles, and took a bus back close to the hotel and walked with some people to the hotel.
Today is Day 2, and I will see a few bands.

June 07th, 2018

6/7/2018

Hello!
the day started about 5.30am, since I needed to go to the bathroom. I chilled on the computer, trying to find tickets to Kegworth. I find relatively cheap tickets, but the train went from the station about 10.05. So I took a little nap. until I checked out from the hotel about 09 and went to the trainstation (St. Pancras). I bought the tickets, which was cheaper than I expected.

The train ride went fine, and when arriving in Loughborough (which was the train stop) I walked to the city centre to take the bus to Kegworth. I then walked from Kegworth to the hotel, which was outside og town, by a Highway. it was sunny, so it became hot!
I chilled for a bith, recharging some of my tech. and then took a taxi to Castle Donington. I walked around the city, and seeing a lot of people going to the download festival by bus, as it has already started.

A drunk guy started talking to me, and we had a nice chat. I then went and grabbed something to eat by the store and starting to wonder how I´m going to get back to the hotel. I tried to get a taxi, but everyone was full. So I trekked from Castle Donington to the hotel near Kegworth. Which was about 5km.
When I got back I took a bath, which was awesome!

The Journey has begun!

6/6/2018

Hello!
I woke up at 6am, not becuase I wanted to, but because I had to pee, and couldn´t get back to bed, so I chilled by the computer, recharging things that needed recharging and packed the rest of my stuff!
My dad picked me up at 11.30 and drove me to the airport. The flight from Umeå went fine!

When the flight landed, I went to Max and grabbed some lunch, and hanged around Arlanda for a bit, and the flight became late (over an hour late). When inflight, a kid next to me was starting to become annoying, asking a lot of questions and starting to jump up and down the seat.
When the flight landed, I was out of there quickly.

Since I didn´t have an oyster card, for some reason I lost my last one, and went on the tube, which took an hour!
I checked in the hotel, a place I have stayed in a lot, and went out to the Embankment, seeing London Eye, Big ben and Westminster abbey, before heading back, since it was gettling late, and I have to get up north tomorrow!

A thing happened on the way back though! As I went into the train, I saw a lot of blood on the floor, and an elderly man was bleeding on his leg, and the bleeding didn´t stop, so people came up and put some tissues to stop the bleedning, eventually the bleeding was slowing down and a medical team came to take care of him.

Getting nervous!

6/5/2018

Hello!
I´m leaving for the UK tomorrow! I´m getting nervous! For some reason i´m always get nervous when I travel and will have a bad night of sleep the day before. A reason tht I might get nervous is that I will go to a new place, even though it´s within the UK, a place I have visited a lot of times!
I haven´t packed yet, because I will do some laundry before I pack.

The people at the Download Festival has released the times when the bands are playing and there are some clashes between some bands that I want to see. But I will do my best to see the bands I want to see.
As of right now, i´m charging every technical stuff that I have, like my camera, extra battery amongst other things!