So my day in Copenhagen started later than I originally planned. Our train was having "technical difficulties" and we ended up having to transfer in Malm? and take another train into Copenhagen, a process that caused me to arrive about 90 minutes late (the train from Stockholm that left an hour after us passed us in Lund). Anyways, the weather was still a bit colder than what I had expected, but it was sunny which was a positive. I found the hotel pretty easily, though the lights almost make it suggest that it is a little bit seedy, but it is alright, albeit very small.

Afterwards I walked around a bit to the R?dhuspladsen which is a plaza next to the City Hall (R?dhus). It appears that the city is getting ready for Christmas and put up a tree. Inside the city hall was interesting, but I guess not spectacular. They have a tower that one can get a good view of the city from, but is only open once a day at noon, and I don't know if I will be in the area when I go traveling later today.

One of the things I noticed at least around the train station (which is near the city hall) is the city is dirtier than Stockholm, which puts it on par for most American cities. Also the advertising is more blatant. On many of the buildings, there are plenty of electronic billboards spouting various products, many of them American. One of things that I noticed is that McDonalds and Burger King love to advertise in both Sweden and Denmark, there are advertisements everywhere. I think I may stop at one just to see if the food quality is any different than in the States.

On a whim, I decided that I was going to go check out the NY Carlsbe Glyptotek. Actually, it was not a whim, it got some pretty high marks from my travel guide... Anyways, I went in and was amazed about the sculptures in the museum. If my readers have not noticed by now, I am a museum junkie and this was fantastic, having some great marble sculptures and some paintings by Picasso, Manet, and Monet. Oh and it had some Egyptian mummies. And, I got to take pictures! My camera sure got a lot of use today, but you will have to wait till I get back to see more in the gallery.

After the museum, it was starting to get dark so I walked around the shopping district. After a while, the stores started looking all the same, though I noticed that there were a couple of Native Americans dancing and playing music (though not definitely not traditional). This is something that I suppose can only happen in Europe. I ended up going to a rather bland cafe with mediocre service. I tried a local beer that had a Christmas beer which was much better than the Cajun chicken wrap that had no flavor. Dinner in Copenhagen is expensive and I perused plenty of menus around the central area only to find that it mostly burgers, pizza, and wraps, no authentic cuisine is to be found, or at least at my price range. I suppose I would have to travel outside of the central trendy area, but I can't go out to one of the "suburbs" on a chance to find good food.

Well, after the cafe I was feeling more than a bit buzzed and decided to call it a night, which was still particularly early. I fell asleep to watching episodes of the The Simpsons. Below are a couple more pictures from the museum.

-Trevor

I arrived in Stockholm around 11:40 am on Sunday. Luckily I found the local convenience store in the train station and picked up a 72 hour travel pass. It allows unlimited travel by train, subway, bus, or ferry within Stockholm which for me is a blessing for a tourist who is not completely familiar with the layout of Stockholm. I had my first subway experience out to Kungsholmen where my youth hostel was; it is an island to the west of the main part of Stockholm (Norrmalm). I ended up walking around for a half hour, at one point even walking past the hostel without noticing it. I guess I missed the glaring red sign saying HOSTEL right above me.

The hostel certainly was new, but the hospitality was certainly lacking. They charged 20 SEK just for storing my luggage and breakfast was 60 SEK. Then there was of course the community kitchen, to use a fridge cost 20 SEK, so that made buying my own breakfast prohibitively expensive. However, in the end it really did not make a whole lot of difference because the rest of Stockholm was a lot of fun. For lunch, I stopped at Lind?s Caf? and had a pretty good lunch. For a starter I had some toast with a spread that consisted of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, as well as some onions and horseradish and mayo. It was surprisingly good. For the main course I had a steak with pretty good mushroom sauce. Since it was my waitress who initially helped me find my hostel, I left a nice tip.

After lunch, I took the metro (subway, but in Stockholm it is the T-bana) to Gamla Stan. It is part of the ?Old Town? and so there were some very tight winding cobblestone roads to walk through with plenty of shops. The shops are all pretty small and so window shopping is a lot of fun. The amount of people walking down the streets was amazing; it really made the city feel so vibrant. There was a square with a bunch of very touristy goods and was near the Nobel Museum. The museum was interesting, but way overpriced for the value. After the museum it was about 4:30 and was already very dark, so I decided to head back for the evening. When I took the subway back, I was still so amazed about the pace in Stockholm, everything is so fast, I think the pace of life at times is much faster than it is in Tucson, there are always people rushing from one subway track to the next.

The next morning I got up and finished preparing for the things I wanted to do when it got light. The breakfast was not all that spectacular. I seem to be adjusting to the Swedish breakfast of cereal and with some bread with meat and cheese on it. After breakfast, I picked up some band-aids for my blisters. My last band-aids required scissors to cut and with no scissor I was forced to do some butchering with a knife in the hostel kitchen (which did not really work). The grocery store did not have a knee brace and the pharmacy across the street from the grocery store did not open until 10 am. With the sun setting so early, I could not afford to wait, so I decided to just ?suck it up? for the day.

I stopped first at the train station to pick up my train ticket for Copenhagen. I found a pretty good deal for the 6:20 train which for me works great because that way I could get to the station and beat out rush hour. Afterwards, I went back to Gamla Stan to get some pictures that I was not able to get when it was dark out. There is very interesting church called Storkrykran near the royal palace with brick columns. Evidently people consider it Stockholm?s cathedral. The palace itself is closed on Mondays and it was not all that spectacular on the outside, but the size was certainly impressive.

I eventually found my way to Djurg?rden (pronounced Yoor-Gorden) which is pretty much an island forest. However it has some very cool museums. One of the museums, the Nordiska Mus?et, documented Swedish society throughout the 19th through 21st century (and some of it older). It had some interested things on the indigenous people (S?mi) of the Northern Scandinavian areas and it seems to me that the interaction between them and modern society has not always been perfect. After that, I stopped at the Vasamus?et. This is a museum that houses the warship Vasa that sunk in 1628 on its maiden voyage in Stockholm Harbor. Supposedly faulty engineering was to blame for it capsizing after a gust of wind. The brackish waters kept it very well preserved, and the carvings were amazing, though a bit hard to see in pictures due to the poor lighting.

After the museums, I walked around the park for a while. I originally wanted to see a museum that had some painting from Edvard Munch, but some poor directions from the information kiosk at the Vasamus?et and a change in bus routes due to construction left me to miss the museum. However the walk was great. The houses in the area were very nice, but I suppose one has to have a lot of money to have a lot of property in Stockholm. I walked around for a while until I found a bus stop that would lead me back to the central station. When I got there I decided to just walk down the shopping district for a bit. I found a couple of clothing stores with some very nice clothing, but if the dollar was stronger, I would definitely have picked some up. It actually seems that clothing in Stockholm, even trendy does not seem to be very expensive (at least for the natives ).
I found a Turkish restaurant for dinner that had a great special on lasagna. I picked some Falcon beer and a starter of dolmades. The reason that I tried the lasagna was that I was particularly interested on how a Turkish restaurant in Sweden would make a dinner that is Italian. Ultimately it was good, but nothing like lasagna in the United States, it was much more like a meat loaf. In the end, I think I am very happy that I went to Stockholm. While I really liked Lund, Stockholm by far made the entire trip worthwhile. It just would not have had the same charm had I stayed in the Sk?ne. I?m writing this as I am going down to Copenhagen, so it has a high bar to surpass at this point. However it will be about 15 degrees warmer and now I picked up a knee brace which should make walking a lot less painful. Of course I will go see the statue of the Little Mermaid, no trip to Copenhagen would be complete without it.

-Trevor

P.S. I saw a guy at the train station with the same North Face backpack as I have, but maybe I should not be surprised because it really is a great bag. So as a quick review, it is very comfortable to walk around town with it carrying around all of luggage (knee pain aside).

Sorry for not updating sooner, but the hostel I am staying at has a computer hooked up to a decent LCD televison, but does not have wireless so I can't add any photos, not to mention that I've been ?ber busy these last couple of days in Stockholm. I've been trying to find out what to do in Stockholm as well as prepare my trip back to Copenhagen, thus I do not have time for a full post. I'll try to get one in Copenhagen, but it has been a lot of fun. The subway (T-bana) system in Stockholm is amazing, and surprisingly fun (for at least me) to ride. I got to see a lot and took some good (hopefully) photos to share when I get back and will try to post some tomorrow evening. Anyways, I head out 6:20 local time tomorrow morning, that way I can do a little sightseeing when I get into town tomorrow.

-Trevor

I'm certain the answer to the title should be easy: Everyone who lives and is currently visiting in the country. Since I checked out of Hotel Ideon G?steri at around 9:30 am, I needed to find a new place to stay in Lund before my train ride to Stockholm tomorrow morning (7:30 local). Luckily, the host at the hotel allowed me to stash my bag while I went sightseeing, but at $190 a night, they had better damn well be accommodating. I was pretty sure I was going to stop at the youth hostel in order to try to do some cost minimizing, however, I couldn't check in until 5 pm which is a long time to be sight seeing in a town that's outside temperature is in the mid 40's. However the sun was out in the morning and I took a lot of photos of various buildings around the university. I really like the buildings in Lund more than I did in Malm?. Maybe it is also that Lund is much more of a college town and perhaps more laid back.

What was worrisome at first was my ticket to Stockholm. The manned ticket counter evidently is closed on Saturday, and when I was trying to use the automatic ticket machine, it requires a pin number for a credit card. Not so lucky for me, I don't have pin numbers on my credit cards (or I never set them to my knowledge), and so I had to rely on my debit card as the machine does not accept cash. I opted out of the internet access since it was another 100 SEK and am trying to maintain my budget.

One of the key stops for me so far on this trip was a visit to the Skissernas Museum (Museum of Sketch Art) which showcases a lot of preliminary sketches and models of artwork. Some of it was pretty amazing, though the museum does not allow any photography. Unfortunately, I think all of the walking during my trip has re-aggravated my old knee injury, so my right knee is really starting to lock up on me.

After my knee started killing me, I thought I would try to get into the youth hostel early. So I spent a half hour walking back feeling pretty blue (and probably looking blue as well) to Hotel Ideon and grabbed my duffel bag. At this point, I knew I needed to take a bus, otherwise I would probably be very sore for a while. While I couldn't get in the room, the host let me stay in the dining car, which while not warm was nice and quiet and got some reading done.

One of the highlights though was grocery shopping. I decided that I wanted to bring some food along with me on my trip to Stockholm, just in case as well as have some Pepsi (I haven't found Mountain Dew yet in Sweden). However for dinner I picked up some rye bread along with some jelly and r?kt skinka (smoked ham). To drink I tried a flavor of Fanta that I couldn't get in Arizona, Exotic Thrill, which I think is supposed to be like watermelon, and finished off with some Yoplait yogurt. Adding in some band-aids for my blisters and some apples for the road, I was very happy with my grocery shopping experience. One thing that amazed me was the pace of the grocery shoppers. I always thought Europeans complained about the American pace of life being so fast, but the Swedes are downright crazy when it comes to Power-grocery-shopping. I was "ahemmed" often for being in the way while perusing the Swedish foodstuffs.

Well that gets you guys up to date as of right now. Considering it is 11 AM in Tucson, you will have some good afternoon reading. I will add the pictures of my bedroom tomorrow when I get into Stockholm. Have a good Friday.

-Trevor

P.S. If anyone got any great Black Friday sales let me know.

Posting online so far has not been quite as easy as I would like, there is always so many things to do. So I originally woke up on Thursday at about 3 am. The flight coupled with the time zone changes have left with pretty weird hours. After finishing my presentation, I was working on various things to do in Malm?. The breakfast at the hostel was pretty decent, they had a variety of cereals, fruit, and eggs. However at 50 SEK, or about $8.20, the breakfast should be pretty good. I think if I had access to a fridge I would be able to get a cheaper breakfast, but that's life. The hotels here really like their meats and cheeses though for breakfast. By the time it was light enough to go walking, I stored my luggage in the hostel (I brought my backpack with me) and walked around town.

The receptionist in the hostel recommended that I go see the Twisting Torso. Evidently there are not too many tall buildings around the area due to various building restrictions so Swedes down here seem to take pride in the tower. I heard that the tower was started shortly after 9/11 and they had condos for sale that pretty much tanked, leaving the owners renting out the units. However, it is amazing the amount of construction in the area. It is perhaps due to the Oresund Bridge connecting the area to Copenhagen. Many of the housing units, appears to be mostly condos, while fairly generic, have more variety than their recent American counterparts.

I also stopped at Malm?hus, the castle which is just south of the tower. This castle doesn't seem to be anything spectacular, but maybe I was expecting something straight out of television. Some of the rooms were pretty interesting though, there were fairly preserved King and Queen chambers that I could walk through. The red side building was a cannon tower. The layout of the castle utilized a double moat system, though I was surprised that the king's chamber was facing the direction of the bridge.

I also walked around the shopping districts in town. I quickly noticed that shopping in Europe is out of my budget while in grad school and with the current exchange rate. I definitely see the Swedish influence in IKEA now.

After touring town, I needed to catch the train in Lund. A worker at the ticket counter misinformed me of which train I needed to take to Lund, but I wasn't the only misinformed, so I eventually found out where I needed to go. By the time I got to my hotel, I was so tired. I had (and have) some serious blisters on my foot and had blood on both of my socks. My shoes definitely are not made for walking as much as I did, so I'll have to be more careful.

I got an e-mail from the coordinator of the conference about meeting up for dinner, I thought that would be a pretty good idea. This leads me up to Day 4 (Friday). The conference was pretty good, I got some great feedback on my paper, which it was definitely in need of. Unfortuantely, I was exhausted and had to skip out on dinner, I ended up falling asleep for a few hours before I got up to write this. Which I think I'm getting sleepy, so I should get to bed so I can get up and tour Lund and find a place to stay tomorrow night. I may check out the hostel in town, a sleeper train.

-Trevor

I didn?t really sleep well on the flight to France. I was sort of tired, but it was hard to sleep, once I finally got to sleep, they started to turn on the lights for breakfast, a croissant and fruit. Not surprising, I got lost in the Paris airport. There was not any nearby displays for which gate I needed to go to catch my flight to Copenhagen. I finally realized I had to go through customs and then through another security checkpoint. The gate itself had no indication that there was going to be a flight. Overall, it was a very stressful experience. The flight to Copenhagen also had a meal, I don?t know exactly what it was, but it was an egg with peppers and onions and a lot of oil. It was pretty bad. When I finally got to Copenhagen, the airport was full of stores selling clothing and jewelry, much I probably could not afford even if the dollar was stronger. It was pretty foggy in Copenhagen and I could not really see anything out of the train on the way to Malm?. I also learned that I need to hit the ?stop? button at a station if I want the bus driver to stop. I had to walk only a couple more blocks luckily.

By the time I got to the youth hostel, STF Vandrarhem, all of my adrenaline was gone. I got up to my bed and I crashed. I went to bed at 6 pm local time. Which leads to the time I actually wrote this entry on my laptop: 3 am. I don?t think this bodes well, but at least I will have open access to the shower rooms. My initial impressions is that walking around is a foreign country where I don?t speak the language is very intimidating.

-Trevor

P.S. I'll try to get my accounts from my Thanksgiving in tomorrow morning, but I need to get some work done before I completely crash. Hope everyone is having/had a Great Thanksgiving.

-Trevor

I woke up at 9:30 this morning surprisingly rested. I was surprised about how well I slept. Usually when I am going on a trip, I temporarily contract restless leg syndrome. However, I lost my appetite and had only yogurt for breakfast. I finished my preflight preparation by loading up five audio books and 20 podcasts. This will supplement my music and the second season of Heroes very well. BTW, I came across a podcast, ?Next Big Hit New Music Mix.? It is about an hour and a half podcast that has a variety of new music from a variety of indie artists. Some of it was pretty good and worth a listen.
My ride to the airport was uneventful. I think I?ve discovered that most of my anxiety from flying is due to an undefined fear of the security. I have never had a bad experience, but the potential for it seems to be enough. Luckily for me, TSA officials did not notice that I forgot to take out my toothpaste out of my bag. After making through security I found a couple of very interesting characters. The first character was an old woman who sat next to me along with her nurse. The women bought cupcakes from one a bakery in the airport and ate them while waiting for our flight. The old woman evidently got crumbs on her shirt and seemed to be very concerned about this. She told her nurse that this has never happened to her before. After 15 minutes of this, I then discovered that she was also surprised about how her pants? color looked in the light of the airport. Evidently outside of airports, her olive green pants actually are gray.

The second character was a middle-aged hippie who sat next to me on the plane to Houston. He was wearing a tie-dyed shirt, torn jeans, and a long beard only a mother could love. After stroking his beard for a while, he decided to chug two cans of Fosters beer on a two hour flight. Other than frequent trips to the bathroom, he seemed pretty mellow.

My plane to France was a Boeing 777 (the interior was not taken by me). It was pretty comfortable. I had the window seat and there was no one in the middle seat (a very lucky choice for me). The man in the same row as me did not speak a lot of English. I noticed on international flights (or at least this one), people really liked to chat in the aisles; it was much more social than my usual flights in the United States, though all the chatter was all in French. When I originally wrote this, we were just south of Montreal with an outside temperature of -61 degrees Fahrenheit at an altitude of 37,000 feet. Oh, I also wanted to mention my first in-flight meal: Chicken and rice with a dinner salad. Not bad, but definitely reminds me of a frozen meal. For dessert we got some Brussels Distinctive cookies; the wrapper tells me that I need to set some time aside to properly enjoy these cookies. Maybe I?ll use them as a bedtime snack.

-Trevor

P.S. I didn't take any pictures in the airports.

I think I am just about ready to set off on Tuesday. I have maps, tickets, money, travel insurance, but still have to finish up reading through the papers of my fellow Ph.D. "workshoppers" (I think they will make exciting plane reading material). I noticed that Danish and Swedish currency is more colorful than U.S. Dollars. However, I don't know if this extends to smaller denominations. The exchange rate I got from Wells Fargo was 1 SEK for $0.169. This is not a particularly good exchange rate, but is largely due to the weak U.S. dollar and I do not think I can get a better exchange rate across the pond.

I was surprised about the difficulty I had in understanding the public transportation. There seems to be a million cards available or programs that seem to have various functions. While I am certain that it will be much easier when I get there, each town seems to have their own specialty card. For instance, Malm?, Sweden has the Malm?kortet for 160 SEK gives "free" access to the city buses as well as some museums. The bus system seems crazy. There seem to be a few stops that have names that do not seem to correspond to a road or landmark which I'm certain will give me huge headaches. I drew some bus routes on printed maps from Google Maps to help me get around towns. Luckily the rates are pretty reasonable and they probably beat walking around in 35 to 40 degree (Fahrenheit) weather.

I finished with all of my major packing. I wanted to avoid checking in luggage as I am changing flights in Houston, Paris, and landing in Copenhagen and then of course take a train to Malm?. This gives me a lot of chances to lose my luggage, not to mention that I will actually have to lug it around the towns, thus the need to pack efficiently. I'm pretty happy with the results (not so much the photo, but this is the best I can do with a photo on a timer). I may still try to cram in some sheets so I can save a few bucks when I go to the youth hostels (I've made room for my towel).

As a side note, iTunes free song of the week sucks. In the last couple of weeks, I thought I would pick up the songs for some fun. This weeks song is "Nike Boots" by Wale. He sings about how excited he is to still have his Nike Boots while complaining about how shitty his life is.

-Trevor

I'm trying to gather all of the important information that I'll need for my trip today. Of course, during my off times, what better way to have fun than to check out all of the airports that I'll be using. On my way to Sweden, I'll be using Tucson International, Houston Bush, Paris de Gaulle, and then Copenhagen. On my way back Copenhagen to Newark and then back to Tucson. I'm not really sure about which airport I will like the best, so far I am thinking Copenhagen's airport should prove superior, or maybe it's the excitement of going over the ?resund bridge and through the tunnel.

-Trevor

I've had my iPod for a few weeks now, enough to understand some things that I like as well as a few things I don't like so much, as you will see some features I both like and dislike. I really don't want to do a full review, there are plenty of them out in the world. By the way, I have not really attempted to "jailbreak" my iPod. One attempt bricked my iPod which required some finessing to recover from, I'm not ready to experience that level of stress again until after Christmas.

Things I like...

(1) - Size - As you can see in this comparison to my Creative Zen Touch, the iPod Touch is considerably smaller and much lighter. I don't look nearly so happy to see everybody I pass alongside the street.

(2) - User Interface - When I have to interact with my iPod, it is a lot of fun. When I used to fly with my Creative, I used to hide it from passengers because it was a bit clunky, however, with the interface on my Apple so sleek I want to show it off. I love flicking my cover art from side to side.

(3) - Features - With the ability to listen to music, watch movies, browse the web, and use various clock and calendar functions effortlessly, it brings me closer to the day in which I can leave my laptop at home and use my iPod for daily tasks at school.

(4) - Podcasts & Audiobooks - I avoided podcasts like the plague before my iPod, but thought, why not. Now I found some I can't live without, like NPR's Fresh Air and Movies, the 10th Wonder Podcast, and a friend recently told me about Gamespot's HotSpot. I'm still not completely hooked on Audiobooks. It isn't easy enough for me to go back one page and re-listen, which is a problem for my wandering mind. My first audiobook was Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead which was strange. The narrator's "woman" voice was hardly feminine and really left me feeling that the female characters in the book were pretty flatter than the usual Rand novel.

Things I didn't like

(1) - Fingerprints and Scratches - One of the appeals of the iPod is the finish. However the metallic finish in the back looks good for about five seconds, until that first fingerprint. And then there are the scratches. While I understand there are sleeves for iPods, I fail to understand why I should want a sleeve. Apple should really make a case that is less scratch resistant.

(2) - User Interface - While I love using the interface, it is something that really requires a lot of attention to manage. While on my long road trips from Arizona and Minnesota, I often would skip a particular song that I was not in a mood for. It is not so easy to accomplish using a touch screen interface. I believe there are adapters available, but I really don't like getting "nickeled and dimed".

(3) - Features - The lack of flash on my player will frustrate me to no end. If I can get flash and Microsoft Silverlight on my Touch, I will be a happy man.

-Trevor

With less than one week to go, there is not a lot of time until I make the plunge to Sweden. I think I have everything I need at this point (or is in transit to my door) except for a couple of toiletry items. I'll try to keep a pretty detailed account of my trip via photos and blog posts. I'm just hoping that I can keep that promise.

-Trevor

This weekend is flying by, but I am starting to finalize my plans to Sweden by picking up a few miscellaneous items. The first was a new laptop battery and AC adapter. About a couple months ago, I noticed my power cord began to show signs of some serious wear and with some of the rubber coating chipping off and almost exposing the wiring. Since electrical tape did not seem to properly adhere to it, I thought it was a good time to pick up a new one. Unfortunately, they are $60 on Dell's website ($30 on Ebay). To make matters worse, my battery in my laptop is no longer holding a charge and I never did qualify for the battery recall. I found a reputable seller on Ebay who only sells batteries. I got a larger capacity battery for half the price than what I could get from Dell's website, I'm just hoping it doesn't explode.

The hardest purchase was definitely my new backpack. I had my old Greatland backpack since my sophomore year in highschool and served me very well through plenty of trips, school, and hikes. It survived multiple liquid spills (water, gatorade, and orange juice) as well as someone puking on it once. Tragedy struck earlier this year when one of the zippers failed and can no longer stay zipped when the backpack is loaded. Thus it was necessary to search out a backpack, though it can never replace my old one. After going to two different malls in Tucson, Gabe and I decided to check out the Summit Hut and perused their collection. After about 45 minutes of comparison shopping, I decided on the North Face Big Shot. Sporting over 2000 cubic inches as well as a secure laptop sleeve, it has plenty of carrying capacity. It is also pretty comfortable when fully loaded. I have a feeling though that when carrying it around Europe, I will definitely be screaming tourist.

-Trevor

With less than two weeks until my trip to Northern Europe, it is starting to really hit home that I'm going to be traveling pretty far, and quite outside of my comfort zone. A couple of days ago I was not feeling excited at all, but now I seem to be turned around and am itching to go, but I do have some things I need to get done first, such as find places to stay. This is definitely difficult. Finding reasonable places to stay when the dollar is so weak is going to be difficult considering I will be staying there for eight evenings. However, there is a youth hostel in the form of a sleeper train which seems to be pretty reasonable and close to the university. However it appears to be a bit cramped and may stay at the Hotel Ideon for at least the night before my trip, that way I have an entire room to unwind in.

Another thing is plenty of warm clothes. Warm clothes in Tucson are sort of hard to come by and hard to think about when the highs are still in the high 80's. However, I picked up a Peruvian sweater on Ebay made out of Alpaca wool, hopefully it will arrive before I leave.

I think that's about it, but I did find an international student's blog about his current stay in Lund, Sweden. He stayed his first night in the train. Also, with all the pictures he took, I think I may load them onto my iPod for a frame of reference when I arrive since he flew into Copenhagen.

-Trevor

I went on a hike with a couple of friends on Saturday. We went along the butterfly trail, which is just shy of 11 miles long. One of the featured sights along the trail is some wreckage from a fighter jet. I don't have any details on the crash though. We got up pretty early for the hike and were making pretty good time along the trail until we came up to the crash site. We got directions from the Sierra Club, which unfortunately weren't really all that great quality, we ended up looking for the trail for about an hour until we gave up. It wasn't until we started walking back that we noticed where the trail branched off. The title links to a couple of the photos that I shot on Saturday.

-Trevor