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Download Festival 2018?

11/29/2017

Hello!
I have started to see poster about the Download Festival next year. Which makes me want to go there. The price of the tickets aren´t cheap though! It will cost about 2.000 SEK. Consider also the fact that I have to get there and have a place to stay! It will add up pretty quickly!

The festival still has some bands that I want to see, like Avenged sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne, The Hives amongst other bands. Which maybe makes the price worth it!
If I go there, it will be my second time I have ever been to a festival, since I had a day ticket in Rock in Rio in 2015, in which I did see Metallica and Motley Crue.

Where is the Download festival? It is in Donnington Park, close to Nottingham. Which makes it a hassle to get there. Closest Airport is the east midlands, but from Umeå, it will cost about 18k SEK for a round trip, so obviously it is cheaper to fly off to London and take the train to Donnington Park. But then you have to think about the logistics about it. Like buying tickets for the train, having to stay in London for a night (which I wouldn´t mind) amongst other things!

I haven´t decided on it yet, as I just recently saw a poster on it, and have been looking for information what it will cost and what is needed to have a great experience! I will let you know if I decide on what to do!

The traveling bug!

11/25/2017

Hello!
I must admit that the traveling bug is coming back again! I haven´t booked anything yet, I have just been looking around! There´s a lot of places I want to go.
I still look around and see how much it will cost to travel around the world! The initiary that I have been looking into is to take a continent at a time, and the flights will cost about 70K SEK.

I have earlier talked about losing money last week, and as of right now, I have gotten back half of it. Hopefully I will get all of it back, because I need all of it for my future travels. Even though I will save up for a long trip, I might not be able to contain myself, and will probably book a small trip. The only thing I would be certain of is heading to Stockholm in May!

Losing money!

11/18/2017

Hello!
I have a story that is still going on! I woke up during the middle of the night, the night towards Friday, having to go to the bathroom. I looked on the phone, to look at the time, and saw that I got a text from my bank, saying that the bank has locked out my card, because of suspicious activity!

So I looked into my bank account, and saw that I lost about 6000 SEK (over 600USD), on 11 different transactions. Since it was in the middle of the night, I tried to go back to sleep for a while, before calling the bank. I explained what has happened and they knew about what happened, since they locked out my card. They recommended me to wait and see what companies have taken money from me, and then file a police report and file a reclamation form.

As of right now, three things has come up, while 8 is still on the reservation list, and has´t completely taken money from my account yet. Those three things were a booking from Hotels.com, one from a gaming site that I haven´t heard about, and one for a toy shop. Bare in mind, I haven´t been to any of these sites!

As of right now, I have filed a police report and filed a reclamation form to the bank. So we will see if it will work out!
This, of course, sets me back a bit, I have one saved up, so i´m not broke, but I will have less money saved ip!

Birthday coming up!

11/16/2017

Hello!
I have a birthday coming up, and it will be the first time in a couple of years that I´m going to celebrate it at home in Umeå. Was in New York back in 2014 and 2016, and in Lycksele back in 2015. Time just flies by. I don´t have anything planned, Since it´s a very short notice to do a trip, and I will repeat myself to save up money!

I have been working out a lot more since I came back from London, and have been eating less junk food. Which is awesome, it was a rough start though, but when you make it a habit, it becomes easier. I gotta keep at it!

It has also been snowing here in Umeå, which is nice, even though I have mixed feelings about snow. It is beautiful with snow, but then again, it´s cold!

New year trip?

11/12/2017

As I said on my last post, I´m always looking for the next trip! The trip to Japan in late November/early December is on very short notice, So I look for a trip over the new years! I was thinking about heading back to Amsterdam, for the fourth time, but at the same time, I should maybe head to another place, since I have already spent two new years in Amsterdam!

Then I thought about going to NYC, but that´s too expensive, then I thought of London (for the third time this year!), but Even one of my favourite cities has it limits!
Then I thought about going to a new city, like Edinburgh or Porto. Nothing is decided, because even though I do want to travel, I got to save money of the big trip I talked about on my last post!

What do you guys think I should do? I will see how long I could contain myself, how long I could save money! It might even happen that I do another trip next summer!
The closest trip so far is actually going to Stockholm in May, going to see Metallica for the third time!

Looking for the next trip!

11/9/2017

Hello!
I must admit that the travel bug is starting to kick in again, and I´m looking for the next trip! A trip that I looked in is actually heading back to Japan in december this year! Hiroshima to be exact, and the reason for going there is the need to see a concert! Which would be the fourth one this year alone, and the second time I see a concert in an other continent. Since I saw Metallica in Rio in 2015.

Then I have to make plans to head either Australia or New Zealand, since it´s the only continent I have left, and I have heard great things about those places.
But at the same time, I got to keep my promise to myself that I have to save up money for a huge trip, which in the trip includes both Australia and New Zealand, amongst a lot of other countries!

Speaking of which, I have looked into the huge trip and I have figured out that I might need about 500k SEK (=Swedish Kronors) to do the trip. I´m not going to ask you for money! I´m just letting you know how much I have to save up for the trip. How did I come up with that number? I figure that the flights might cost about 150K, Accommodation about the same and have some money to do something with!
It might take a couple of years, but It will certainly be worth it!

Looking back!

11/5/2017

Hello! It has been a week since I came back from London! Time just flies by!
Looking back 3 years ago, when I started my youtube channel and started traveling more, I have realised I have been traveling a lot, met a lot of people and seen a lot of concerts!

In my early youtube career I talked about wanting to see a lot of different bands like Metallica, Starsailor, Seether amongst other bands. During the years, I got the courage to actively take action and see them live! And afterwards I never regretted it! Since I met a lot of awesome people along the way, which made the experiences more amazing! There´s still a lot of different bands I still want to see though!

If you would have told me 10 years ago, I would have experienced all of this, I wouldn´t believe you! But along the way, I have taken more steps to go out in the world, which gives me more courage and experiences! I have also done things I never thought I would do, like skydiving and going to a safari amongst other things!

I would do it all over again, and I will always look for new places to go. In my last post I also talked about going around the world in one go. I´m always adding new places to that list, and I will probably keep doing it, until it´s time to actually do the trip! I hope that you will follow me on the journey! Even though it will take at least a couple of years for me to get there!

Being home!

11/2/2017

Hello!
I have been home for a few days now, and the feeling of going out again is getting stronger! But I have promised myself to save up for a bigger trip. How long that will take I have no idea. It depends on how much I want to save.
It also depends on if I go back to school or not as well. I have applied for it, but how to save up money while studying could be rough!

It also depends on if I could contain myself, since I always look for the next trip! Just these few days I have thought about going somewhere during the new years. But as said, I want to save up money for a huge trip, and I have a certain goal that I want to reach!
Sooner or later though, I would probably head back to London, but I don´t know when. Why would I though? London is like a second home to me and I know I haven´t seen all of the city!
Something that I didn´t show you guys is a picture of me with James Walsh, the singer from Starsailor, That I had the opportunity to meet, thanks to some amazing people!