Swedish Nerd Vs. The World

I slept through my first visit to Germany since my dad and I were going on a bus during the night to Czechoslovakia, as it was called back then. I was just a kid and I was amazed how the seats on the bus turned into a bunker bed and my dad and I got the upper bed. I was squeezed in between all the passengers around me and the roof of the bus above me. I got a bit claustrophobic but at the same time it felt safe, like I was sleeping in a womb. It was actually the opposite of safe because if the driver would have to step on the brakes, then we would all come crashing down on the floor in a pile of each other. I remember seeing the street lights passing us by through my closed eyes and I was excited to be in an exotic place like Germany. For some reason I will never forget this, and I both wanted to see Germany at the same time that it was enough just to know that we were there while I would be sleeping. It took me a long time to go back to Germany to see it for real, I was now an adul...

I was stressed out at work and about modern life in general and I thought to myself, where can I go where there’s absolutely nothing to do? I came to think about Andorra being one of the smallest countries in Europe, and it should be the perfect vacation for doing nothing as its known as a hiking and spa resort. I feel small in one of Europes smallest countries When me and my girlfriend Felicia first arrived by bus from Barcelona I was struck by one of the most beautiful sceneries I’ve ever seen. Andorra La Vella which is the capital (as many as 22 000 people live there) is in a valley between endless mountains and we were going to stay at a hotel at one of the higher points in the valley. We had a balcony out to the city, and there was a rooftop pool and a tennis court on the roof as well. In other word it was exactly what I needed. It was freezing cold in the water but I'm a Swede so I'm used to it We started walking the small main street which went strai...