The end of Sweden, all of Denmark, and the beginning of England

Sweden finished up with some hail and a rush for transportation. Constantina's mom took Alex and I for a short hike up the mountain behind their house. It was a really lovely area, and I wish we'd had more time to wander and explore. However, we needed to be on our way, and it started hailing not long after we'd been out. At first the hail was fun and interesting, but then it kept going, and started getting larger, and became progressively less fun through the run back to Constantina's family's house. Good fun overall, though. Then we had to rush about to get ready and get to our train on time, though we of course made it.

The train ride to Denmark was nice. The Swedish countryside is really beautiful. We also made friends with two Swedish guys across the aisle. Apparently they were in Goteborg for a robot building competition, which sounded pretty cool.

Copenhagen was a whirlwind. We couchsurfed there with an awesome guy Christian. He was really great and I wish we'd had more time to hang out with him and his equally awesome friend Bill. The city was also very cool, and hard to see in a day. But we did our best. We made it to the seceded anarchist area, Christiana, which is very small, and very interesting. We also ate delicious Danish pastries and wandered around the city some.

From Kobenhavn we flew over to London. Getting checked into our conveniently close hotel ended up being kind of a pain, but it all worked out. Things have been kind of chill since then. It's nice to have more than a day in a city. We're staying at a hostel in Greenwich, which is strangely pronounced more like "gre-nich". Yesterday we went and were touristy at the Prime Meridian. Eastern and Western hemisphere at the same time! Tomorrow we're taking a bus (double-decker, of course) tour. Sounds really touristy, I know, but I think it'll be a really conveniently and affordable way to get all around the city and see everything. Internet cafe computer time is almost up, so that's all for now.