Murjek to Stockholm

We boarded a train last night at 20:20 after it being delayed from 18:13 and arriving at the remote train station at 16:15. The train we are still currently on is as depicted in films an movies. With three beds on top of each other and the smallest amount of room possible. This said it is nice to stretch out and sleep, which I have done since 22:30 yesterday (Now being around 08:00). Firstly i needed the rest and secondly it passes the train journey, which if you actually take into account the sheer distance from top to bottom of Sweden; is comparatively quick.

We left JokkMokk with it being -9 Degrees C, with a feels like temp of -16 Degrees C.

On a side note – The night we ventured into town on our last night in JokkMokk; we went in to an oriental Pizza Place – the only one in town. Upon asking for a glass of tap water the waitress enquired whether i wished to have lemon, I stated that I didn’t and I only wanted tap water as I did not want to pay. The waitress then informed me that whilst water is free the cup is not and I would have to pay for it to be washed, I was outraged and insisted I wanted nothing. When quizzed as to why she is breaking EU law, she stated that in England we do not pay for it as we have a compulsory 2% service charge to which our whole group spoke up in unison at the sheer ignorance of the lady. I’m pretty sure if we walked in again she would ask us to leave. Bloody Brits demanding what’s law.

Our next leg of our epic journey takes us to Stockholm and then to Copenhagen – from which we get a day to explore the city.

It is still cold and snowy, everywhere you seem to go in Sweden the backdrop is trees and snow. Currently it is -6 Degrees C.