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Over a week later!

7/25/2017

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It has been over a week since I got home from my 4 week trip! I got straight back to work, which was i rough, since I got little sleep.
I only got 2 days off since I got home! 
So What have I been doing? I have bought a Bass guitar and an acoustic guitar, which I have been practicing on lately.
Do I plan to do any trips?
I have looked into some more trips, but Haven´t decided on something yet. I do want to go to Australia and New Zealand, but they are kinda expensive to go to! Otherwise I plan on checking off some things on my bucket list, with places like Romania and Austria!
A lot of things to think about, I will let you know if anything happens!
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I am Home!

7/17/2017

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Hello! I am home, and managed to work a shift! technically I came home on Yesterday (=Sunday).
This is the story!
I woke up at 5 am, after a bad night, as people were making noise! I chilled on the computer and had some quavers (=snacks) and packed the rest of my stuff, and checked out at 6.20am. You might think that is very early? Yes it is, but I wanted to the underground to Heathrow, which takes an hour from Kings Cross. The underground opened up at 6.30, and I took the underground.
Like I said, it took an hour, and when I got there, the check in and going through security went smooth! So I had time to kill, I looked around the duty free shops, and bought some booze (even though I don´t drink). While I was paying, there were apparently some bottles that I couldn´t buy, so it took a while. But I bought some stuff that I wanted. I got the wifi for the computer and chilled for a bit. I walked to my gate, and took the flight at 10.35 am, which went smooth, landed at 14.00 local time in Sweden (who are 1 hour ahead of the UK). 
After I landed I went and changed the left overs of all of my currencies from the trip, which was quite a lot, and got back more than I expected. I´m not telling you how much though!
After that I went through security and immediately went to Max Burgers, and grabbed some food! After that I was full and waited for the flight, which was half an hour late! But as soon as the plane lifted I fell a sleep, and woke up when we had 10 min to go!
The plane landed and my dad and brother picked me up! We talked about the trip, and when I got home I unpacked all the dirty laundry, and souvenirs that I had! I then settled down for a bit before heading to bed, having to wake up early for work!

Hopefully I will do more of these trips!
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LAST DAY EVER!

7/15/2017

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Hello!
This is the last day of my 4 week trip! Which is sad, because I have had a great time, seeing a lot different things!
The day started with me waking up at 07, later than usual, and chilled to about 10, and headed to Camden town, grabbing some lunch, and some more comic books. Later on I went to Portobello Market again, seeing a lot more since I was there earlier this week.
I bought even more comics and bought a baseball, while I was there. After that I headed back to the hotel, chilling for a bit, and then took a walk to Brussel square, and then went for a last meal at Ed´s Diner. After a good meal, I headed back and started packing for tomorrow, realising that my bag is very full, maybe even too full. I have gotten a lot of different souvenirs during this trip, and even more things for  myself, I counted the amount of comics I bought, which was 41 different ones!
What do I think of the last leg of the trip?
I love it, this is my 10th time in London, which is like my second home. I feel like home! I have met old friends, while seeing new stuff, I headed to Liverpool, which was awesome, seeing Anfield in person.

The food is good, and varied! You could just head to Camden and enjoy yourself!

The hotel (Crestfield Hotel) is pretty good, even though the room is small, and that you could hear what people talk about in other rooms, and I guess they could hear me! The bathroom is pretty small  though, and the shower isn´t that powerful, at least in my room.
The breakfast does have some variety, and it was included in the price. The location is awesome, in a secluded street in Kings Cross!
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Trip to Liverpool!

7/14/2017

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Good evening!
Today I took a trip to Liverpool.
I woke up at 6.30 and chilled until breakfast. I went to Euston station about 8.30, trying to get the 9.07 train to Liverpool. I bought the cheapest tickets, and apparently it affected on which trains I were going to use. So I had to wait almost an hour to get the right train, the route I had to take were via Crewe. 
So I waited, and got on the train. Which I had to switch in Milton Keynes, because of technical problems. I switched trains again in Stafford after recommendations of the conductor. I only waited like 10 minutes for the train to Liverpool Lime street. The train from Stafford to Liverpool took an hour. I started at 09.46, and arrived at 13.10.
When I arrived, I immediately headed to Anfield Stadium, which was an hour walk, seeing some decent things along the way. I arrived and saw a memorial for the Hillsborough disaster amongst other things.
After that I decided to head back, took a taxi back to the train station, but sticked around a bit, checking out the area outside of the station. I grabbed some food at burger king. After that I took the train back, heading to Stafford. Which there apparently were a bachelorette party, were they tried to involve other people in the train. I wasn´t interested.
The train arrived at Stafford and I had to wait almost an hour for the train to London Euston. The train from Stafford to London took almost 2 hours. When I arrived in London, I headed to the hotel, as it was after 20.00, and I was tired.

I did enjoy the little I had seen in Liverpool, I should go there again and see more!
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Visiting an old friend!

7/13/2017

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Good evening!
Today I woke up early, not voluntarily, and had some breakfast. Later on I chilled a bit, before heading to the Euston train station, and bought some tickets to Berkhamsted. I do have a friend who lives outside of Berkhamsted!
We catched up and played som video games, amongst other things! 
After a while I decided to head back, since he needed to pack for tomorrow, since he is going for a trip!
At the train station in Berkhamsted, I hear that the train were late, So I had to wait for 45 min for the train! When I finally got on the train, it went fast.
After that I chilled at the hotel for a bit, then went to grab something to eat, and headed to Buckingham palace, and through St James Park. Then I headed to Tower of London and crossed Tower Bridge. then I headed back to the hotel!
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Being all over the place!

7/12/2017

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Good evening! Today has been a productive day!
I started the day with some breakfast, some cereal with some yoghurt. I started off going to Wellington Arch, which is close to Hyde Park! From there I went to Harrods, I didn´t go inside though! After that I walked down via Sloan Square to Chelsea bridge, seeing the Battersea Power station, which was huge!
From there I took the subway to Notting Hill, going to Portobello Market, which didn´t have as much as it usually has on saturdays, but it still had some stuff. I did buy a binocular. After that I went to Tottenham Court road, going into Primark, looking for some onesies, but didn´t find any that I wanted! From there I went to Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Chinatown and Trafalgar square, which had a huge F1 event going on, which made the place crowded as hell! During this walk I found another comic book store, and bought some more Comics. Different kinds of Punisher comics, AVP comics amongst other comics!
From there I went to Piccadilly Circus, checking out the place. They are currently rebuilding the whole ad space that they have, which hopefully will be done during the autumn. While I was there, I grabbed some donuts, which was nice!
After that I went back to the hotel, chilling for a bit. Then I went to grab something to eat and went to Primrose Hill, enjoying the view. and took a walk back to the hotel.

​So I had a great day!
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Arriving in London!

7/11/2017

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Hello! I have arrived in London, my last stop on my trip!
I woke up around 6am, chilling by the computer, until breakfast. After breakfast, I packed the rest of my stuff. I had pre packed yesterday.
I checked out, and waited for a taxi, that I booked yesterday as well, and the taxi came around 9am. The taxi driver was quite talkative, and we talked about Luxembourg, and traveling amongst other things!
I arrived at the airport around 9.30, and the flight flew at 11.30, so I checked in my bags and went through security. The wifi at the airport was super fast, because I started uploading the rest of the footage from this trip, which went very fast. I managed to upload the video before going into the plane. When the plane lifted, I took a nap for about half an hour! 
The plane landed at Heathrow! The bag came rather quickly and I took the underground to Kings Cross station and checked in to the hotel!
After I checked in, I went to Camden town, starting with going to a comic book store, and bought some comics, some deadpool/spiderman, some Punisher and some simpsons! After that I went to look for a stand that sells scented candles, which I always go to whenever i´m in London, but they were closed. So I went and grabbed some lunch, and headed back to the hotel, chilling for a bit. After a while, I headed to Ed´s Diner on Euston and grabbed some food, cheese fries with bacon, and mint chocolate shake, which was delicious!
After that I headed to London Eye and took an evening tour. But it was rainy, so It wasn´t perfect, but it was still quite the view! After that I headed back to the hotel.
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Another lazy last day!

7/10/2017

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Hello!
It is my last day here in Luxembourg, and have had an interesting time here!.
Today I wok around 7am, chilling a bit before breakfast. After breakfast I took a nap. After the nap, I went to the square and went up the Skyline, which was over 80 meters up, giving a beautiful view over the city!
In there I saw a skate park, which I went to afterwards. From there I headed back to the hotel, and starting uploading videos. Which took forever, and I am not done with the footage from Luxembourg! But I managed to upload the footage from Yesterdays trip to Belgium, which i´m going to share down below!

What do I think of Luxembourg?
I think it´s cool but spending 6 days here might be too much. It has decent buildings and sights to see.
The hotel is good, the breakfast is good, a lot to choose from, even though I only took scrambled eggs, bacon and croissants. because I gotta ulcer in my lower lip! The hotel is just across the street from the train station, which is good if you want to take day trips somewhere.
I can recommend this place!
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Visiting Chateau De Noisy again!

7/9/2017

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Today I went to Celles, Belgium and visited Chateau De Noisy again! This is the story!
I woke up at 6am, having a almost sleepless night, and chilled on the computer till 7am, when breakfast opened up. I waited till the gastrointestinal reflux kicked in, made my business and went to the train station, and bought the tickets. I saw on the ticket that the train where leaving at 09.09, to Libramont, But I didn´t see which track where it were leaving, so I went to the information desk, which told me that I will have to take the bus to Arlon, and take the train from there to Libramont. The bus left at 09.45.
So I took the bus to Arlon, and then the train to Libramont. I had 10min to buy a ticket and get on the train to Gendron-Celles, as I couldn´t buy one in Luxembourg. I got to Gendron-Celles at 12.30. and I took the walk along the road to the chateau. Since I did this walk last year, I already knew where to go. I found the forest path to the chateau after a 30min walk along the road. 
To get access, you shouldn´t go through the front gates, go around the back, from the forest. After 10min in the forest I found the chateau, which since the last visit, has been partially demolished, the top of the towers has been removed, and lie on the ground on the property.
I got into the chateau, seeing that a lot had caved into, compared to last year, which made this visit harder. The stairs to the second were more broken, since from what I remembered from last year, which made me not dare to go up. Seeing the castle in this state makes me sad, because last year, I saw the potential it could have, but now, it seems less likely that it´s going to happen.
I shot some footage, and decided to head back. I had some trouble finding my way back, but I eventually found my way, and headed to the train station.
I went back the same way I came, heading to Libramont, to Arlon and then Luxembourg. As I said earlier, I find it sad that a beautiful castle is going to be demolished, a castle with history. History that the owners doesn´t care about! Hopefully it will return to its former glory!

I do realise also, that I have been to 8 countries in 3 weeks!
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Still sunny in Luxembourg!

7/8/2017

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Hello!
Today have been sunny as well! After breakfast I took a walk to Merl Cemetery and had a look around. After I walked back to the hotel and took a nap. After the nap I took a shower, and chilled by the computer, and afterwards I headed out to grab something to eat!
After that I went back chilled some more, and I took a walk down the park close by to the hotel and chilled for a bit! After that I needed to go to the bathroom, which made me want to take another shower!

I have bought supplies for tomorrow, as I am heading to Celles and try to get in Chateau De Noisy again. 
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Sunny day in Luxembourg!

7/7/2017

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Hello! I feel much better now, but not completely healthy! I still feel a bit clogged, but it´s very manageable! I guess it happened because of dehydration, weather and jetlag.

As said, I feel better, good enough to go on a decent walk today! My goal was to go and see Glacious square, which was´t much to see, so from there I went to the arts museum, or I tried, there was an extensive woods, which I tried to get through, but didn´t find the museum. But I managed to find a park, which was awesome!
So I went back, Going through some squares along the way, eventually I got back, I was´t lost or anything, seeing the squares were intentional! I chilled in the hotel for a bit, and took a walk to Merl Park, chilling there for a bit, and went back and grabbed something to eat. After that I have just chilled in the hotel.
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Being sick!

7/6/2017

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Today I did absolutely Nothing, as I was´t feeling well, having headache, having a cold amongst other things.
So I spent the day recovering, only went out and bought some water and something small to eat. Then just chilling in bead, sleeping every once in a while.
This sucks though, I´m in a new country, and this shit happens!
Both Yesterday and today was hot as well, but at least tonight, when I´m writing, it started to rain!
I did take a walk though, just going nowhere, just checking the town out. earlier tonight I went and bought some more water, which I noticed it started to rain!
Hopefully I will get better soon, as I want to explore more of this city and eventually head to Belgium on Sunday!
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Arriving in Luxembourg!

7/5/2017

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Good evening!
I have arrived in Luxembourg! 
The day start early, as I wanted to have time to breakfast before I leave! Which I did, and packed the rest of my stuff and checked out.
I took the bus to the airport, which took about half an hour. When I tried to check in, I noticed that I had to pay 35 euro for checking in my bag. Which I had to do! After that I walked around, checking the airport out.
The flight went to Amsterdam, which went fine! After it landed I had a couple of hours to kill, so I walked around the airport again, and bought a sandwich. The flight to Luxembourg listen on time, and went fine. I took the cap to the hotel, which was expensive! Over 50 euros! But I got to the hotel, which is decent!

I took a walk outside, and went to Adolphe Bridge, and Notre Dame Cathedral, before grabbing something to eat and going back to the hotel. 
During this trip, I feel that I´m getting a cold. Which sucks!
What did I think of Nice by the way?
I think it´s a beautiful city, it was my fourth time there, and I love it! It was my third time at the Hostel, Hotel Meyerbeer, which is good, the location of the place is amazing, two blocks from the beach. 
It has free breakfast, which isn´t a lot, but it´s functional!
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Lazy Last day in Nice!

7/4/2017

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Good evening!
I slept like a baby, woke up at 7am, chilling until breakfast, and took another nap!
After the nap I went to the waterfall and filmed it, and later on I chilled by the beach for a bit, until heading for lunch, and after that i went to the hostel! Uploading the footage from my time here!

After that I went for a little bit more, and had some dinner. So now I should take a shower, and start packing for tomorrow, Which i´m heading to Luxembourg!
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Monaco!

7/3/2017

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Hello!
Today I woke up around 7am, and chilled for a bit until breakfast! I think I have to count how many times I written that!
I grabbed som breakfast, and took with me something for the trip!
After a bathroom break, I went to the train station, and bought my tickets (8 euros for return trip, nice). The train left at 10am and took half an hour, which I was quick.
After I got out of train, I went outside and saw a beautiful sight, seeing the whole harbour from a great view! I decided to get to the palace, and saw awesome things along the way. But I realised I went the wrong, So I backtracked, and went down to the harbour, and walked up to the palace. It also had an amazing view!
After that I was kinda tired, so I decided to head back, but also decided to head to the casino. From the casino I went and grabbed an Ice-cream, from a lady from Sweden! After that I took the train back.

I got back chilled for a bit, and took a walk through the lookout, and saw a waterfall! I went and grabbed something to eat, and went back to the hostel, where I talked to the bunkmates!
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