10 minutes ago I was alone in the DB longue.
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There are construction works on the line, and I didn't quite understand the announcement (neither did the native speakers), it was mentioned that we had make a detour, and 2 hours were mentioned.
So I asked the conductor when we were supposed to arrive, and we are arriving exactly as stated in the schedule. So either the schedule accounted for it, or the detour lasts the same as the original route would last.
So another announcement was made (again in Swedish only) that we are arriving on time, not 2 hours later.
This is the state owned SJ.
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There are construction works on the line, and I didn't quite understand the announcement (neither did the native speakers), it was mentioned that we had make a detour, and 2 hours were mentioned.
So I asked the conductor when we were supposed to arrive, and we are arriving exactly as stated in the schedule. So either the schedule accounted for it, or the detour lasts the same as the original route would last.
So another announcement was made (again in Swedish only) that we are arriving on time, not 2 hours later.
This is the state owned SJ.
Stora means big, lilla means small, and we have just passed these 2 villages on our detour. Apparently I have the sense of humour of a 12yo boy 🤭
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Kiruna church is being relocated, in one piece, without disassembling it first. (Yes it is all the mine's fault.) Watch the live stream here: https://www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9G/den-stora-kyrkflytten/forsta-dagen
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Kiruna church is being relocated, in one piece, without disassembling it first. (Yes it is all the mine's fault.) Watch the live stream here: https://www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9G/den-stora-kyrkflytten/forsta-dagen
It is a beautiful church (saw it IRL 5 days ago) but why did they have to gold plate the statues? That doesn't go with the beautiful red wooden structure, and such kitsch is not commonplace in Lutheran, but Catholic and Orthodox churches.
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Pixel Buds with music and noise cancellation + Bose QuietControl headphones with noise cancellation over them and I can hardly hear the spoiled brat scream on the train.
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Pixel Buds with music and noise cancellation + Bose QuietControl headphones with noise cancellation over them and I can hardly hear the spoiled brat scream on the train.
SJ doesn't have much vegan food, just a taco wrap with hummus, and a bowl with cauliflower and hummus. I've had a vegan hot dog before I boarded the train, so I think I will wait until I reach the (lovingly nicknamed) Falafel City 🥰
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@rhelune what is falafel city?
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Germans at their best behaviour again. This time in the Royal Library cafe in Copenhagen. Not only did the gentleman cut in line in front of me because I was looking at the menu and not paying attention , but after he ordered and paid his lady materialised, and said she wanted something. He said he had already paid and she complained she would have to wait in line to order. Then she just ordered when it was my turn. I guess Germans act like that because they believe they would never run into the people they wronged again (they are abroad, and even in Germany they can get drowned in masses).
(I am able to say "Excuse me, I was next" but if it's just 10 min of my time I don't bother.)
Also, may I ask, who doesn't check with their partner/spouse if they want something before ordering for themself?
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Germans at their best behaviour again. This time in the Royal Library cafe in Copenhagen. Not only did the gentleman cut in line in front of me because I was looking at the menu and not paying attention , but after he ordered and paid his lady materialised, and said she wanted something. He said he had already paid and she complained she would have to wait in line to order. Then she just ordered when it was my turn. I guess Germans act like that because they believe they would never run into the people they wronged again (they are abroad, and even in Germany they can get drowned in masses).
(I am able to say "Excuse me, I was next" but if it's just 10 min of my time I don't bother.)
Also, may I ask, who doesn't check with their partner/spouse if they want something before ordering for themself?
There was an explosion in a residential building in Malmö. It only shattered the glass panes in the staircase, nobody was injured. At the time I was in The Vegan Bar, some 300m away, but didn't hear anything, and I do not think anyone else did either. Sure, the Vegan Bar is always full (many are non-vegans who only come for beer), and in the party district, but we would have heard a bomb?
On my way to the hotel I had to make some detours because the police had cordoned off half the block. A journalist was taking photos, but I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/explosion-i-centrala-malmo-ptvpjl
Don't worry, Malmö is safe. This is my 5th visit, and my third solo trip to it. I do know people who consider it dangerous (without ever having visited it) but I am sure it is only because of their Islamophobia.
BTW I had the whiskey marinated soya burger with a tofu egg and dipper potatoes:
