Uppsala

20-21 July 2019

I will come back to this nice town, so close to Stockholm! This warm summer saturday of July, Uppsala seemed to whisper "Stay...!" to me. And the short walk from the station, a cappuccino in the shadow was more than enough to convince me. Before leaving the café, my hotel room was booked.

I very much like to just stroll around in a town, looking at the façades of the houses, being it houses or cathedrals. It's a part of the spirit of the town, that I breathe.

Having seen the town garden years ago, not having the time to visit it, I could finally do it today! According to the information board in the park, the reason for its name "garden" instead of "park", is probably due to the fact that there used to be a market garden here in the end of the 19:th century.

After a walk in the very hot weather, I arrived to the castle and had a light lunch. Just about to leave the café, I found a poster informing of a guided tour starting.... only one minute later!

And how lucky I was, having the possibility to follow this very much inspiring and interesting guided tour by http://skroomt.se/ making the historic persons Eric XIV and his sister  Cecilia come alive.

Dining room for royalties... and for guards

A quick visit in the cathedral before leaving Uppsala.

Anticipation...

18 July 2019

15 lots in this bowl of glass. 15 possible destinations. The chosen lot will tell me, by a look in the departure screen at the central station, what my first destination will be. North? West? or South? I am so thrilled by the feeling of adventure. Where will I go? Where will I be?

20 July 2019, 10:30

Is the identity of an interrailer the one with a backpack only? Will I maybe give up the nostalgic dream of leaving home with my backpack, (bought 1990 for that year's coming interrail trip) for pulling my suitcase? I remember talking with an interrailer in the late 80's that made his trip with two suitcases. When talking to him, he had left one of them, was it in Switzerland?, and was going back one day to fetch it...

20 July 2019, 14:20

Well... That might be a bit stressful as there may be just a few minutes to the first departing train... Or... As I saw yesterday while having a look on bookable trains, there were a lot of rows of "Fully booked". Maybe I will just get on the first train with a free place...

20 July 2019, 16:06

Yey! I did catch the very first train (departing 3 minutes after I arrived at the station and took this photo). And it also was the first train with a free place :-)

However, I am not going very far today... Unless I decide to take a night train...

First coffee to get me a brain competent enough to make a decision