I have gotten so used to speak english that when I am speaking swedish I am building the sentences as they where in english, which results in very bad swedish.
The reason why I have been speaking swedish in the first place is that we met two guys from Sweden earlier today. They are staying at the same hostel as us and we went out together for beer and dinner. In the end we drank plenty of beers and ate lots of good food.
We went to an Irish Pub where I had a delicious hamburger, Lukas shared a plate with Gustav, one of the swedish guys. They had fried chicken wings, onion rings, french fries, potatoes, salad and much more. It was expensive, but we deserved it, according to the day we had.
The plan is to take the train back to Beijing after Nadaam-festival. Being spontaneous when you are out traveling almost always results in some kind of extra work. In my case, I have to get a new visa for China.
We were all (including our room mates) trying to sleep as long as possible this morning. Although we all woke up when they came to clean our room around nine. Lukas went online on his computer and I went for breakfast. Yoghurt, bread, instant noodles and coffee. A Redbull for Lukas, as I thought he might needed it for the upcoming meeting with Ger to Ger.
Later on, I went to the Chinese Embassy and found out that they have very limited opening hours. I am therefore going to give it a new try on friday morning. On my way back, I passed by a window where they had a english Cosmopolitan. I went in and found a cozy cafe where they played Dylan, had books and magazines for borrow and coffee for sale. So I sat down for a espresso, Cosmopolitan and a window seat.
While I enjoyed my espresso Lukas had a "booking flight ticket/ canceling the whole trip- meeting" at the travel agency Ger to Ger.
It turned out that all the flights from UlaanBaatar to ölgii are fully booked. Sadly enough Lukas had to cancel the trip he had been looking forward to so long. 80 percent refund for the flight ticket back from ölgii and hopefully 100 percent for the trip (OR?).
At this point we have been quite used to the opposite of "rückenwind". So we went to our hostel manager and counted the refund we got, since we got back earlier than expected from our trip. They gave us less than we should have gotten. After long time of counting, thinking and calculating we got the right amount and we felt rich again. Slowly we are turning our difficulties into something good.
On the way back to our room, or to be correct- apartment, we decided to go out for dinner with Gustav and Nicolas. It turned out to be a nice evening and when Lukas later on fell asleep on his bed I started to speak swedish with a funny english twist with Gustav. Tomorrow They are off to Beijing with the train.
Interesting note: Tomorrow marks one month of travelling together. From my point of view, it has been a very interesting month and I really enjoy travelling with Lukas. I would consider that we get along very well.
As it is called; so far, so good.
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