Back from a weekend in Stockholm

Oh what a trip!
I finally managed to take Amr to Stockholm and he totally loved it!
I used to go there often but since I moved to Umeå, being so far north, didn't have so many chances in the latest two years. It felt great to be in a big city for a change!

I don't know actually if I would like to live in a city, I am more of a little town woman and even if I love shopping and see different people I still think it would be too stressful for me to live in a city like that.
On the other hand Amr, used to Cairo, one of the liveliest and most populated cities in the world, felt like he was in his natural environment.
Apart from the fact that we spent lots of money without even realizing it and the fact that the humid air of Stockholm made us freeze more than here up north, I can say it was a really beautiful weekend.
We were supposed to see Pain and unfortunately we were forced to have a change of plans in the last second, but luckily on saturday night we went to a great gig in the centre: Vicious Art, General Surgery and Grave.
The venue was good, music was powerful and Grave played the whole first album, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of its release.

I really enjoyed all the bands. What surprised me the most is that the venue was full of old wolves like myself, that means people in their 30's for the most part. I was not used to that anymore! But it felt really good to be around people my age and see they are still rocking!
What I didn't like so much was the fact that most of them seems to be wasted and many guys were like hitting on like everything that moved...that was kinda sad, seen that with my sober eyes...but oh well, everyone acts like they want.
Anyways, even this time we came home with the pocket full of guitar picks!
Check this out!

All of them are from Grave, apart from the green one (not sure whose was iit). Amr has really a radar for guitar picks! It is now really time to invest in a safe or something! LOL!

I am really happy to be home now...feels great to be home in my apartment, sleep in my own bed etc...I came home more exausted than ever, two nights with almost no sleep at all, got out of the plane and went straight to work...so you can imagine how good I slept last night! I slept like a baby!
Well, that's it for now! Have a good evening everyone.

Club Greyscale rocked!

I must say that Umeå has become more lively than ever, basically every week there is something cool to do and autumn events are growing like mushrooms in various clubs around town. At times there are even more than one event in a day, hard to choose! But of course I don't complain about it...I cannot say it's a boring place to live once you know people and know where to go.
One of the coolest things of these days around Halloween was the "Utomhusbio", which means something like: the outdoors cinema.
I knew it was going to be inside a tent...I just didn't imagine what kind of tent! I honestly laughed my ass off when I went to the park and saw this military camp tent and realized it was actually in there!
Check this out!

We actually had to crawl in and didn't know what to expect...well it was awesome! Kind of crowded and warm and the screen was a lovely huge flat screen...the projector was hanging from a pole in the middle of the tent...funny but really nice and cozy!
We watched an old film called "Horror Express"...I really enjoyed it, the only thing was that I had a terrible pain in my back...I am not really used to sit on the ground like that, which by the way was wet, but then I tried to sit in some kind of yoga position and it felt a lot better.
On Halloween we went to our traditional Halloween party at Club Greyscale. It was awesome! Lots of friends, cool masks, good music...I had a blast!
I was dressed as a witch. I really loved the dress I bought and the make up I had. Check it out!

Danced quite a bit but not as much as I wished, the evening finished way too early...I hate it that clubs close at 2 am in Sweden! Come on, that is like one of the best hours, when people have finally losen up and the party is taking off!
Anyway, we had a great time. Now the next adventure will be this weekend, Amr and I will go to Stockholm! Hope it's going to be glorious! xxx
Oh by the way, before I go I just wanted to announce that I lost 2 more kgs! I am really happy! 4 more kgs to go and then I will be satisfied! :D