Agh, the first time I got to relax. I still did not sleep well I had to be up. Like Paul said, “No one is forcing you to be up” You are on vacation! I am on vacation, but it feels like a turbulent spill down a color filled rabbit hole. I am on vacation and shit can be worse. I am also in a beautiful country with beautiful people. Aight, it is 7am and I have to shower get to Lilla Kafferosteriet that’s a cafe. I don’t know what to expect, but that is my first order of business.
Thank you NINA!
My 2 mile pilgrimage to the coffee shop that was going to be the anchor for my next three days was underway. I was excited, but at the same time skeptical. A new world! A new place and it is colorful not as colorful as Copenhagen, but still lovely.
I made it to the coffee shop and I ordered the breakfast it comes with a beautiful scone, jam, sour cream, your choice of coffee/orange juice, and I decided to add oatmeal to all of that. I did not think it would be heavy, but it was I was not able to finish all of it. It is a nice cozy cafe at an intersection. I wondered why they had two floors it never got busy, but I heard it was bad on the weekends. I met a wonderful Swedish girl named Kleiza I think that is how you spell it. She kept me company while I was here and offered some cool places I could walk to. I felt like going to the beach for some reason. I wrote a lot while I was here I nearly filled up my notebook writing about the adventure and thinking about the days before this one.
It was time for me to go, but I would be back. My first stop was the Moderna Museet Malmo, they had an Andy Warhol installation. It was a small museum, but it was free. I was curious of Warhol’s work, but he does not fit my sensitivities. I picked up one the little Brillo boxes to remember Malmo.
Off of Kleiza’s recommendation I went to Shawarma King, I liked it a lot and it was relatively cheap compared to a lot of these other spots. It was also windy and I decided to hit the streets without a jacket. I did not eat the Falafel immediately I tried to wait until I got to Ribersborg Beach I made it to a small park on my walk their before I had to eat. I finally made it to the bridge pictured above and I greatly enjoyed it. Like I said, it was windy but I was by myself out there and it made for a soothing experience. I guess I pushed the limits of how lonely I could be while on this trip. After this I walked to the Malmo Konsthall, the spot was about the same size as the modern museum, but the installation Speed 2 (https://www.konsthall.malmo.se/en/utstallning/speed2/) was odd. It was ultra abstract and unconventional I still don’t know what to think about it.
I was walking around after visiting the Konsthall and had no plans. I walked by a movie theatre and I saw they were playing Blade Runner: The Final Cut in about 2 hours. I walked over to the Solde Kaffebar I had another latte, no more pastries and I wrote some more. At this point I can not tell you what it was that I was writing it about.
I went back to catch the film and I liked this version it seems that I have watched this film all the way through on three separate occasions and it is different every single fucking time. This version did not have any voiceover I think that is the version that should be watched? I don’t care much for Ridley Scott to check on that.
I took two rolls of film on this day. It was a nice day when I can forget about all things. At times I did feel sadness and a bit empty, but I just took a look around me and felt good. It is odd that I had to continuously remind myself that I am in a special place and should be grateful for where I am not just physically, but in my life. I should be at peace.
