Friday, April 28, 2006

GUATE: Cambio a Hora de Verano / Daylight Saving Time Starts

Guatemala:

When local standard time is about to reach Sunday 30. april 2006, 00:00:00 clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday 30. april 2006, 01:00:00 local daylight time instead.

Seven hours difference with Europe instead of eight.

Guatemala, 19 de abril de 2006.

El Ministerio de Energía y Minas –MEM-, ante el incremento en los precios
internacionales del petróleo, provocado por los diversos eventos geopolíticos a
nivel internacional, informa que:
Se decidió adelantar en una hora la hora oficial en todo el territorio nacional a
partir del día 29 de abril a las 24:00 horas, con el objeto de aprovechar al máximo
la iluminación natural y reducir el consumo de energía en el país. La medida
estará vigente hasta las 24:00 horas del 30 septiembre del presente año.
Con esta medida se esperan beneficios en el sector eléctrico reduciéndose la
demanda de electricidad en los hogares de los guatemaltecos, que redundará en
una disminución de 80 megavatios de potencia en la hora pico, lo cual significa un
ahorro de aproximadamente Q25 millones al dejar de consumirse 6.1 millones de
galones de combustible para la generación de electricidad.
La medida también permitirá el desplazamiento del máximo consumo en horas de
la noche de los usuarios residenciales, el desarrollo de las actividades de la
población económicamente activa por mayor tiempo de luz natural y el retorno a
sus hogares una hora antes, lo que redundará en mayor seguridad.
Con dicho cambio se garantiza también mayor confiabilidad en el comportamiento
del sistema eléctrico con la reducción de los riesgos de falla en las líneas de
transmisión excesivamente cargadas, logrando más eficiencia en el uso de
recursos.
Cabe mencionar que esta medida es aplicada normalmente cada año en otros
países, tales como Estados Unidos, México, Panamá, Canadá, Argentina, España
y ha sido implementada en Nicaragua el año anterior.
Esta decisión forma parte de una serie de acciones que el Ministerio de Energía y
Minas implementará con el fin de reducir el impacto que tendrá en el mercado
local ante el incremento en el precio internacional de los combustibles.
Unidad de Comunicación Social.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Speech at Gala Dinner

I was asked to make a toast for the girls at AIESEC's Gala Dinner, AIESEC in Denmark National Conference 06.

SPEECH:

First I want to thank God because I’m a man and second because you all girls here are beautiful!

What would we do without you?
It is true that you’re complicated, yes you’re always right and yes you’re always right…
with 23 years I have learned that it is impossible to argue with you although sometimes I am suicidal and like to have some fun.

You all are beautiful, one and each of you is different and has her own beauty.

There is a song in Spanish:

"I came to the world to worship women and my destiny is fulfilled with women; although some of you have been cruel and mean with us; some others have given us joy, love and pleasure.

Since the day my mom gave me birth ; are women for me the most important thing in life."

You’re responsible of our failure and success, our shit moments and happiness.

In this evening I want to make a toast for women, for their beauty, for the way they smile and make us nuts; just for being there and being you.

Salud and Skål!!

By Mario Reichert.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

AIESEC CONFERENCE 06



  • My last AIESEC Conference (or so I think).
  • A lot of newies .
  • Cool people
  • High potential!!
  • Vikingish interns.
  • Global Village.
  • 30 different nationalities.
  • Great FACI team.
  • Cool tracks!
  • Friends for life.
  • Life changing experiences.
  • Sharing thoughts.
  • Speech at Gala dinner.
  • Interesting sessions.
  • Boat race and we (SDU) bit CBS!!!
  • Sugar cubes =)
  • Exhausted after the weekend.

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Easter at Norway 2006.

Norway was Viking-ish!!!

Viking-ish is a new word to say "cool or awesome"
Interns in Denmark dictionary 2006-2007.


I can't say much in words because the pics are so good that they talk by themselves...
The fjords are amazing!!! Like WOW!!!

We were blessed with a very cool weather! It was not that cold anymore!
We took a Ferry from Denmark to Bergen, a Flam train to go to the mountains and a boat to go to the fjords!

Thnx Daniela, Bram, Gaby and Eduard for a Viking-ish trip.






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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Bergen, here we go...

Ok, 15 more minutes at work and this adventure starts!

At 6pm Daniela, Gaby, Eduard and I will take a train to Aalborg(Jutland), north of Denmark. There we will meet Bram and Sorina and will spend the night at Bram's.

Tomorrow morning we will take the train to Hirtshals in Denmark, the place were the Ferry leaves to Bergen.

We will take the Ferry at 11am we'll spend a whole day and night and the next morning we'll arrive to Bergen Norway.

I am so excited, my camara is ready and fully charged!!
I'm just praying that the weather will be friendly with us... =)

God påske!
Felices Pascuas de Resurección!
Happy holidays!

Getting sea-sick

A guy is going on an ocean cruise, and he tells his doctor that he's worried about getting seasick. The doctor says, "Just eat two pounds of stewed tomatoes before you leave the dock." The guy says, "Will that keep me from getting sick, Doc?" The doctor says, "No, but it'll look real pretty in the water."

Tuesday, April 11, 2006


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Monday, April 10, 2006

Weekend @ Odense

In Odense weekends start on Thursday...
This time it wasn't the exception! We got the free tickets to go to A-bar (Australian bar) and we were there 1130ish!!! We had some Danish snaps (Fisherman's) and Eugenia joined this time!

On Friday Bram came from Aalborg... I went to pick him up at the train station and the train was delayed half an hour!!!

When Bram arrived we walked to my dorm and Gaby was cooking a delicious Romanian dinner!After the dinner we had some crazy German drinks sponsored by Daniela. It is Brause ( I will check the spelling later) with a wanna be vodka from Germany! Brause is a powder to make soft drinks but crazy Germans put the powder in the mouth, then the shot of "vodka" and then u shake the head like crazy and u get bubbles in your mouth.

After that we went clubbing to Crazy Daisy it was very expensive we payed 60 kr for the entrance + 10 for the cloths!! CRAZY

There was an event sponsored by "The Voice" The show was nice with live music, nice girls ;) and we had tons of fun! If you are thinking of the prices for the beers... yes they are very expensive hahah but we were in a good mood and didn't mind spending money on that! We were only training ourselves for Norway cuz we know it is much more expensive than Denmark.
There were some break-dancers... that show was cool! They were very good flipping and back flips, spinning on their head and simultaneous tricks! I will post some pics later!

We also danced and the music was cool!

We went home around 5ish and we had an early morning breakfast Saturday at 1pm hahah (well a brunch) we had pancakes mmmmm

After the early breakfast we rode our bikes and Eduard lended Bram his bike. We wanted to do something cultural so our moms would say that we like museums and stuff haha.

We headed to Hans Christian Andersen’s Museum WOOOHOOOO lol but it was to late so we only went to the souvenir shop!

After that we had a great pizza slice at Piccolos! Ohhhh I forgot to say that the weather sux! we were riding our bikes under the rain but it was fun though! It was pouring down (raining cats and dogs). It was good cuz we had our monthly shower so no need to shower again!

Daniela was freezing cuz she loves to step on puddles of water! She had her foot totally soaked! I guess she likes cuz she did it twice!

After that we had a cup of coffee at a warm and cosy restaurant! Daniela went back home... she attracts rain so it kept raining and raining!

Gaby Bram and I took our bikes and didn't mind the weather! We went off-road on a path along the river! It was very cold and we were freezing a bit! The path for bikes is a bit rustic (no pavement). After a while we arrived at a really cool park with a big fountain! The weather in DK is crazy... 5 min after we arrived the sky cleared up and the sun came out!! It was very warm around 7 degrees so we sat on a bench to enjoy the wannabe spring minutes! We got a bit tanned hahah yea right. There were some humongous Swans and tons of ducks and birds.

We went back home and chilled a bit! We tried to watch Marry Poppins in Danish (YOu see, cultural things now we were practicing our Danish...)

We ate dinner or improvised dinner! I dunno if it was good but at least it was edible lol

This time we had a couple of beers sponsored by "Daniela"

We were a bit tired and we started to feel sleepy not until Eugenia came! Common people lets go to the city! We are very easy to convince. We went to retro a new fancy club. Because Bram was here we booked VIP entrances... (yeah we have special connections) we had to send an SMS to the club and then they write our names on a list and there you go, we enter for free and we are VIP guest.

Something happened to Spring.... it was very very cold! Winter came back and we were freezing on our way to the club! It was minus degrees again!

Retro is a cool place, the beers are a bit cheaper and the music was fine! We have a lot of pictures! We danced a lot, we talked we played table football or however it is called. We danced again and we stayed until 5am again!

We headed home and it was very cold we were hungry! This time we went to Mc Donald's and had a coin offer. Eugenia was really tired and she was almost falling asleep!We started walking to go to the dorm and it was raining a lot! It was %/%$&
cold and we were wet!

We arrived home and went to sleep! Next "morning" at 2pm we had breakfast! "Huevos a la ranchera" eggs Guatemalan way.

After that Bram and Daniela went to Christians Andersen’s Museum for the second time and this time they succeeded.

They came back to the dorm, Bram packed his stuff and then we started walking/ridding bike to the train station. We were a bit late for the train so Bram jumped into my bike and it was a bit tough to ride a bike with Bram seated on the bike as well... the most difficult part was holding the balance. Bram took the train and I went to Eydes to meet my fiends and have a coffee at the same cosy restaurant I told u before.

We had some interesting conversations with Ines, Duarte’s sister from Portugal! She is a nurse and she has some crazy and interesting stories.

I went back home and had a nap! Eduard, Gaby and Eugenia went to Piccolos and bought a huge pizza! We had pizza for dinner... my God it was big! I took a pic! We ate a lot!

I went to bed and the weekend was over!

3 days to go to Bergen!!!

Friday, April 07, 2006

Viking Life

At home in Scandinavia, the Vikings lived in small communities of farmers and traders. Most were farmers that grew crops, raised farm animals, fished, and hunted. The landscape of Scandinavia is quite varied. Norway is very mountainous; Sweden is flatter, with farmland and forests; Denmark is doted with hundreds of small islands. Though each country has it’s own language now, they all probably spoke versions of Old Norse in Viking Times. Most Vikings lived in longhouses. These were large, one roomed houses that were made of wood and had an earth floor. They were rectangular in shape, with the length being much longer than the width. 50 meters long by 5 meters wide is a good example of a large one. They lived in these houses with members of the immediate family and often other relatives. The living quarters of the house had a hearth in the middle to provide heat, light, and cooking facilities. There was no chimney and the smoke escaped through gaps in the roof. There was usually very little furniture. The walls were lined with broad benches that doubled as beds, and there would also be a table and a few stools and chests. During the long, cold winters life is especially hard. Farmers had to store away enough food to last them to the spring, or starvation threatened. The Vikings’ most important crop was grain. They used it to make bread and porridge. Farmers also grew barley, rye, and oats. Only the rich could afford wheat. They also collected wild nuts and berries. Longhorn cows, goats, sheep, pigs, geese, and chickens were all Viking farm animals. They used them for meat, milk, eggs, wool, and leather. Every part of them was used, with no waste. A large number of animals were slaughtered before winter and the meat preserved by salting or smoking. This was to prevent them from eating valuable stored food during the winter months. The Vikings had three main classes: the jarls, the karls, and the thralls. The jarls were the aristocracy. The karls were the farmers, traders, and craftsmen. Thralls were the slaves(usually prisoners of war or criminals). Freedom could be earned or bought. Women were very important in Viking life. Since the men were often gone for long periods of time the women ran the home. The wife would raise the children, look after the farm, conduct family business affairs, and tend domestic chores. For entertainment the Vikings liked to play games. They played a board game called hneftafl which was a form of checkers. During the summer months they played outdoor ball games, and also challenged each other to wrestling and swimming matches. Story telling was another favorite form of entertainment. Storytellers were called Skalds, and they would recount great tales of adventures, heros, and gods. Skalds were always in demand for feasts and at the courts of chieftains.

http://members.tripod.com/warviking/vikinglife.html

Thursday, April 06, 2006

10 months in Denmark and the count down starts...

Hej, Øl, tak and Skål were the first words I learned to say in Danish... (Hey, beer, thanks and cheers.)It is 10 months since I started my traineeship in Denmark. The count down starts... and 2 months to go! It all started last summer '05 when this new engineer decided to explore Europe.

I was done with my studies in Guatemala as an Industrial engineer and I took a life changing decision, to be an AIESEC trainee for a whole year!

One day I suddenly got matched… Denmark, here I go!!!
I had 15 days to go.
I got an email from Helene:

"Congratulations, you have been accepted to be an AIESEC trainee in Damixa!!!!"

I was so excited and sometimes when I am excited, I take decisions really fast!

The email said: "When can you come? We need you to start ASAP"

I really didn't had a chance to get nervous... I only had 2 weeks to go! I booked the flight and started searching in Google all the information I could about Denmark, its weather, culture, etc.
I found out that they don' t use Euros!!! That was a surprise for me!

One week before I left my mom got really sick and had surgery! I was very worried to leave her in the hospital! It was a taught moment for me.

Thanks God, she recovered and 3 nights before I left she came home...
She was still weak but she was getting better and better.
With a big smile she said: "Este es mi ingeniero..." (This is my engineer...)

She was not able to go to the airport but I was really happy to see that she was much better.

I took the plane and 10 months have gone in a blink of my eyes!!!
I grew, I developed my potentials and I’m a much stronger person, independent and sure of whom I am.

I learned the real meaning of friendship; I met incredible people that made my life full of joy. I have excellent friends!
I have partied like crazy, I have learned to work; I am excellent with my budget (although my friends make fun of me cuz I have everything planned).
God has blessed me. Thank you Lord for my family and for my friends. Thanks for AIESEC and for touching me.

As you know, one of my passions is to travel and I have travelled a lot!In one week I will be in Norway, in the fjords with a lot of friends.

Today, I'm a new Mario... I have learned to enjoy life!

My family has been what has given me the strengths to go on! Thanks mom and thanks dad for your advice, thanks for helping me become the man that I am, thanks for the corrections you made when I was a kid, thanks for your discipline and thanks for your love.
For what I thank you the most is for the example you have given me!
Your marriage, how you love and support each other.

Anaisa and Christa, my sisters, have been there for me all the time...
They are more than friends! We have a very close relationship and I have learned to trust in them! I am able to share my deepest fillings with both of them! Thanks Ana and Christa for being there for me and for being the sisters that you are.

I also want to thank my aunts and uncles for being there, thanks to my cousins and thanks to my friends! Thanks Tati (my grandma) for your love.
You all have made a huge impact on my life!

I also want to thank AIESEC for giving me this opportunity! I want to thank all the AIESECers for your passion and dedications.
I want to thank everyone who helped this dream come true.

I encourage you to take the AIESEC experience and challenge yourselves.
Thank you Denmark.

Mange tak!

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Goin' 2 Bergen Norway

We're almost ready...
14 friends going to Norway!
We'll go to the fjords and have a great time.

We'll be there during Easter holidays ( this April) from thursday 13th- tuesday 18th.
This time we're going by ferry.
The ferry goes from Denmark to Bergen and it takes almost a day to get there!
We spend a night in the ferry; it will be a really cool experience!

In Bergen we'll make a tour to go to the Fjords:

http://www.norwaynutshell.com/default.asp

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

One more week to go...
=).
Not only I'm perfect...

I'm Guatemalan too!

Monday, April 03, 2006

Para los que nacieron antes de 1985

Así éramos los niños y adolescentes de antes. Así era nuestra vida... ¡Sobrevivimos a pesar de todo!

La verdad es que no sé como hemos podido sobrevivir. Fuimos la generación de la "espera"; nos pasamos nuestra infancia y juventud esperando. Teníamos que hacer "dos horas de digestión" para no morirnos en el agua, dos horas de siesta para poder descansa y ademas los dolores se curaban esperando...

Mirando atrás, es difícil creer que estemos vivos:

Nosotros viajábamos en carros sin cinturones de seguridad y sin airbags, hacíamos viajes de 10 -12 h. con ocho personas en un carrito y no sufríamos el síndrome de la clase turista.
No tuvimos puertas, armarios o frascos de medicinas con tapa a prueba de niños.
Andábamos en bicicleta sin casco.
Los columpios eran de metal y con esquinas en pico. Jugábamos a ver quien era el más bestia.
Pasábamos horas construyendo carros para bajar por las cuestas y sólo entonces descubríamos que habíamos olvidado los frenos.
Salíamos de casa por la mañana, jugábamos todo el día, y sólo volvíamos cuando se encendían las luces de la calle.
Nadie podía localizarnos. No había celulares.
Nos rompíamos los huesos y los dientes y no había ninguna ley para castigar a los culpables.
Nos abríamos la cabeza jugando a guerra de piedras y no pasaba nada, eran cosa de niños y se curaban con mercromina y unos puntos. Nadie a quién culpar, sólo a nosotros mismos.
Tuvimos peleas y aprendimos a superarlo.
Comíamos dulces y bebíamos refrescos, pero no éramos obesos. Si acaso alguno era gordo y punto.
Compartimos botellas de refrescos o lo que se pudiera beber y nadie se contagió de nada.
Nos contagiábamos los piojos en el cole y nuestras madres lo arreglaban lavándonos la cabeza con vinagre caliente.
Quedábamos con los amigos y salíamos. O ni siquiera quedábamos, salíamos a la calle y allí nos encontrábamos y jugábamos a las chapas, a coger, al escondite, ..., en fin, tecnología punta.
Íbamos en bici o andando hasta casa de los amigos y llamábamos a la puerta. ¡Imagínense!, sin pedir permiso a los padres, y nosotros solos, allá fuera, en el mundo cruel ¡Sin ningún responsable! ¿Cómo lo conseguimos?
Hicimos juegos con palos, perdimos mil balones de fútbol.
Bebíamos agua directamente del chorro, sin embotellar, y algunos incluso chupaban el chorro.
Íbamos a cazar lagartijas y pájaros con la "escopeta de perdigones", antes de ser mayores de edad y sin adultos, ¡¡DIOS MÍO!!
En los juegos de la escuela, no todos participaban en los equipos y los que no lo hacían, tuvieron que aprender a lidiar con la decepción. Algunos estudiantes no eran tan inteligentes como otros y repetían curso... ¡Qué horror, no inventaban exámenes extra!
Para Semana Santa pasábamos horas en la playa sin crema de protección solar ISDIN 15, sin clases de vela, de paddle o de golf, pero sabíamos construir fantásticos castillos de arena.
Tuvimos libertad, fracaso, éxito y responsabilidad, y aprendimos a crecer con todo ello.

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Colegio Monte Alto



Links and news from the project:

http://www.deguate.com/noticias/article_3322.shtml

http://montealto.edu.gt/nuevo_campus.html


Colegio Monte Alto inicia construcción de sus nuevas instalaciones

Las nuevas instalaciones de Colegio Monte Alto en Carretera a Fraijanes inician hoy en el kilómetro 24 con la colocación simbólica de la primera piedra, ante la presencia de alumnos, padres de familia, claustro de maestros y el Sacerdote José María Delgado- Varela, quien tuvo a su cargo la bendición.


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ILA Aarhus


Interns Bram, Vivi, Mario and Daniela Posted by Picasa

From Vivi's blog:
"The Interns went on another ILA (Intern Learning Activity, formally Trainee Learning Activity) over the past weekend. Even though it was in the same city Aarhus (Århus), we all still had heaps of fun. So a huge thanks must go out to the AIESEC girls and two guys from Aarhus School of Business (ASB)!!!

Pretty much all of the interns went except for a few. So we were:

From Aalborg:
Bram (Belgium)
Sorina (Romania)

From Odense:
Mario (Guatemala)
Daniela (Germany)

From Copenhagen:
Sebastian (Germany)
Rafael (Brazil) + Girlfriend Vera (Russia, studying in Germany)
Michael (Belgium)
me

We also had some non-interns like Anna's friend Agnieszka plus the AIESECers Mette, Christine, Alice and Anna and a few others.

Friday night all of us arrived except for Sorina who came on Sat morning. After dumping our bags in the van we went to an all you can eat buffet which was great because we got to eat more 'expensive' food then the usual student food of pasta and rice . Then we went to a really really cool Jazz club/bar where Sebastian got to practice his Danish with a random guy and some 'talented' individuals.

Saturday morning we joined another student club for a traditional Danish breakfast. You can see the picture but there was some slices of ham, cheese, strawberry jam, soft boiled egg with some bread and Danish brown bread with some coffee. Then while waiting for the bus to Randers, we took a walk through Aarhus University. It was "nap time" on the bus to Randers where there was the Artificial rain-forest/tropical Zoo.

On the train to Aarhus Mario + Rafael say something like: "I came all the way from Guatemala/Brazil to see a rainforest in Denmark! Because i've never seen one before"

But despite our doubts that such a thing could exist in the cold weather of Denmark, we arrived in Randers and had a lot of fun looking at the different rain-forests of the world. Some of the animals freaked us out but it was good to see animals from places that I haven't been to... like South America.

On the bus back to Aarhus, Sebastian to Vivi "What was your favourite animal?"
Vivi "The waitress"

Nap time again on the bus back.

Waiting for the bus to go back to Anna's place, Mario to Sebastian "Aren't you cold?!?"
Sebastian "No, I am a Viking!!"

Nap time again at Anna's while we were supposed to get ready for the dinner.... but we're guys (mostly guys staying at Anna's) so just wore what we were wearing all day while Anna got ready.

Telling Daniela about our decision, Bram to Mario "Tell her the phone was facing down"

The Dinner was great. Had a lot of fun playing Foosball with country teams playing against each other... like Germany vs Belgium... or Germany vs Austramala

One of the great things were that drinks were cheap (a rarity in Denmark) and Daniela brought this sugary powder you can mix with Vodka. So you pour the sugar powder (Aussies: think wizz fizz) onto your toungue, then take a shot of vodka in your mouth, shake your head around and drink it. It was soooo good.

Chatting with Sebastian, Sebastian to me "I've noticed that Australians use 'ish' alot"
Me "yeah we use it like... i'll be there at 8ish, or i'm going to be lateish"
For the rest of the TLA, Sebastian "I'm having in awesomeish time" "That's coolish" "I'm vikingish"

After dinner we first went to the Chocolate Factory and then on to Social Club. Social Club was better because the music was easier to dance to and we all had fun. Michael got really really drunk but was wearing his "magic" jacket that attracts all the girls Mario got a random kiss from some girl... so it was a really good night !!! After the club, Sebastian got to practice his Danish again on one of the McDonald's girls.

Sunday morning after a late brunch we had an external speaker from Australia facilitating a session on Culture Shock.

Discussion about different Cultures, Speaker to the group "Australians are laid back and lazy... Like Brazilians"
Rafael "Thanks, a lot"

Then we all hopped onto our trains for some more "nap time".

On the walk to the train station, Sebastian to me "Dammit, I forgot to forget something"

So thanks to AIESEC ASB!!!! We all had an awesomeish time."

by Vivi
http://spaces.msn.com/chauvivi/



ILA Aarhus Photos!!!

Bram: http://spaces.msn.com/brampauwels123/
Rafael: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_melkor/

Regnskov Randers (Denmark) - Artificial Rainforest


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Ice bar, Stockholm


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Stockholm story


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"The trip to Stockholm was lovely! I had such a good time. We went to Stockholm on a weekend, from Thursday to Sunday. 2 nights on the road: Thursday night on train to Copenhagen and then bus to Stockholm.We arrived in Stockholm on Friday morning at 6:30 am. Took the metro T-bana ("the banana") to our island. We had breakfast at McDonalds. I had tea and sandwich+cookies. Delicious! After breakfast we went to leave our luggages at the hostel, Abbes Hostel on Skepsbron Street, just near the harbor.Then we started on the nicest pre-planned adventure. Seven people, childish and mature, Latins and one Indian, funny, friendly, cool and each special in his own way.We took the ferry from Gamla Stan (Old Town island) to Djugarden. There we visited Vasa Ship Museum and Nordiska Museum.At around 3pm we took the bus back to "our island". We had a fast lunch at the hostel, boiled eggs and sandwiches as I remember. Then left again to the city, wandered on the streets of the Old Town, took photos with the sunset, with a guard from the Royal palace, group pictures and group hugs.We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant. I had fried rice. They gave us free lemonade (with tap water of course, but tap water is delicious in Scandinavia).After dinner, we split in two. I went with Mario, Eugenia, Eduard and Andreia for a walk, to find the IceBar. We were planning to go there that night. Mohan and Fabi went to the hostel to rest for a bit. Also, Bobby was alone and "grandpa" (Mohan) had to take care of him/it. If you want to know who Bobby is, read Mario's Blog :))We were nuts :) we played football with a can in the street. Then we "visited" the fanciest hotels and pretended we wanted rooms, asked for price, sat in the lounge. We had twix bars in 7-eleven (4 stk for 20kr, that's 5kr each). Then we met Fabi and went to the IceBar.IceBar is a nice place. You paid to "freeze your ass" :), but it was worth it. At least we think so. We had cocktails in ice glasses, took dozens of photos with ice sculptures until we couldn't feel out hands on the cameras. Crazy people. Cool place in both senses of the word!"
From Gaby's blog: http://sunflowerluv.blogspot.com/