Stockholm...{the first morning}

Friday.

We intended to start our day at 6:15am on the ferry, Andrezas alarm goes off and we get ready. Moving about the small cabin, the four of us quietly and slowly get dressed. With four bunk bed style beds jammed into this tiny tiny room smaller than my once loved for its size dorm room, there was only so much you get done without someone running into the bathroom to free up space. 

I sit on my bed to check the days program and i realize one small, overlooked detail. My program describes a different meeting time then the other girls, different than we had originally thought. We thought 6:45, but my program says its 6:20! So we double check our bags, wrap our scarfs around our heads and head out the door. 

Our room was on the second floor of this massive ship and our meeting point is (assumed) to be in front of the information desk, on the 7th floor...we take the stairs.

A few flights of steps later, we make it to the info desk and by this time its 6:35 and to our surprise, no one is there! Not one ESN student! I quickly run to the woman behind the counter and promptly ask her is she has seen a large group of students, "No," she replied. 

So, naturally, we begin to assume that our previous assumptive meeting place is not where we had assumed it to be. So we think of alternatives. " Maybe down by the main door!" cassie suggests. Oh of course! that makes sense..right?? well, really, at this point what do we have to lose.so.. 

We ran back down two stories to stand by the door. Again, we see no one.  Not s single person, not even a cleaning lady, its completely deserted! Soon after, i realize the technical difficulty we have placed ourselves in .... time change! Being in St.Petersburg the weekend before, I knew to add an hour to finnish time, well, now time has changed back an hour to swedish time.

We again confide in our trusted Swedish information attendee and she lets us know that indeed we are correct and the hour has changed. Not only did we rush around because we thought we were late, much later than the persistently late French students, mind you, but now we realize that we have woken up one hour earlier than necessary. 

We immediately go for coffee....