Apel Mjausson

Yesterday I went shopping in the afternoon. First I went to Åhlens and got most of the necessities, e.g. a towel. Then I found an Italian restaurant where I had a pizza for lunch.

Linköping town centre is not much fun on Sundays because very few shops are open. It's mostly just Åhlens. Not many people were around in the rain.

As I was walking down Storgatan I heard music behind me. The percussion part of a student orchestra came marching down the hill from the castle and past the statue of Folke Filbyter. I don't know why they were playing and marching in the rain but they certainly cheered me up.

After lunch I drove out to Tornby. Tornby used to be a purely industrial area but then Ikea built their store out there. Then some other discount retailers opened shops there to and eventually Ikea built a mall next to their store, Ikanohuset. That's where I went.

On the way I made a slight detour. A good thing about a town of L's size is that if you get lost, you don't stay lost for long. Within minutes a familiar landmark turns up and you're found again.

At Ikano I went on a bit of a shopping spree. It was so nice to walk around clothes shops with lots of clothes in colours I like. Most clothes were not black! They were pink, blue, green, brown, purple... My colour-starved self rejoiced. I was particularly happy to see all the blue clothes.

In the end I bought a blue sweatshirt hoodie and two blue scarves as well as two white tops and a pair of brown trousers. Clothes are cheap in Sweden.

I was tired from spending all that money so when I got back to the youth hostel I spent the evening reading and painting my finger nails.

Tags: clothes, money, sweden
Current Location: Linköping