Mastodawn

The carrots are in play. In other words, I have set rail.
Next stop: Stockholm Central.

Feeling very un-Swedish on this train.
(a) I don't have skis with me – Vasaloppet, the world's biggest ski race, took place 50km away yesterday.
(b) I'm wearing shorts not thermals.
(c) I'm not wearing top to toe black. Nor bluetooth headphones.

#GetMeToTheFish
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Ian Mar 2

This round of hummus roulette is going to be over very quickly.
(a) not much hummus in the fridge when I cleared out before leaving home. And only three carrots.
(b) just found out by SMS that there won't be a restaurant car on my Snälltåg to Malmö this evening.

(The rules of #HummusRoulette are elsewhere in my posts. Basically morphed from evading airport security to avoiding food poisoning as my #NotFlying became total.)

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Ian Mar 2

Made it to Stockholm no worries.
And despite what I said before about going the cheap way, I'm in the SJ Lounge thanks to a 1st class ticket.
On the train, you just get free tea/coffee and posh (aka boring) neighbours.
But the lounge at Stockholm C has a comfy waiting area, genuinely healthy and tasty veggie food and, er, toilets that don't cost.
The £5 extra I spent to go 1st class would barely buy a coffee. Just the toilet saves £1 a, er, pop (TMI?).
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Ian

1st class train ticket for a 2½ hour train journey and then the 'free' goodies in the SJ Lounge was 225kr, less than £19.
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