If this is Friday, it must be Sweden

[dianeduane]

So here I am. Missing Peter (inevitable), enjoying the weather (hot, sunny, a touch humid), and working (also inevitable: Vasa is going to have to wait for the next trip, I'm afraid).

The eclipse passed without notice in most parts of the city, I think. (But at only -- what, 30%-ish totality? -- this is forgivable. I think I noticed things getting a little dim this morning, but there was some cloud cover passing through at the time, and people no doubt attributed the change of lighting to that.)

Meanwhile I am holed up in a comfortable bar/restaurant called the Järntorgs Pumpen, finishing work on the film outline and watching other, more normal people sitting out in the sun in front of the restaurant and enjoying themselves. Having had a nice cool tuna salad, I then started a cyberskulk (i.e., a hunt for powerpoints / outlets) and was delighted to find outlets to charge up both computer and cellphone just a table away. (Future visitors, NB: it’s the table for four inside the window on the left as you face the restaurant from the square: the outlets are between the table and the front door.)

Here’s the view from where I’m working:

 ...And now back to work.

(Dublin readers: imagine my surprise to find a bar/restaurant called “The Temple Bar” just around the corner. To my surprise, the menu was mostly Greek. Go figure.)

Comments

[lady-autumnstar.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite restaurants in Munich (other than the old, old Bavarian restaurants) is a Greek place, run by people who speak in heavily Greek-accented German. I cannot remember the name at the moment but they have fabulous food.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Gamla Stan is nice, isn' it?

[dduane.livejournal.com]

Especially on a day like this. Found a very nice tapas bar close to the water, as well. :)

[posicat.livejournal.com]

Wow that looks like an awesome place to visit, much less be mobile enough to work there. I'm slightly jealous :)

[natural20.livejournal.com]

Well, the Greeks probably think they had temples first or something... :)

[dduane.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, how dare they?? (snort)

[keristor.livejournal.com]

I didn't see any of the eclipse. It was not exactly overcast but there was a high haze all morning which meant that the sun was not showing as a disc here (it looked as though it would only have been about 70% here, so the light decrease wasn't much).

On the other hand, the temperature here has been more reasonable today, I actually was able to put on clothes long enough to get out of the house and go to the shop...

[hrrunka]

I saw about a minute of eclipse through breaks in cloud. Not all at once, mind...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh darn, I wish you could see the Vasa this time! She's quite a sight! But that bar looks lovely and I hope you're enjoying your trip.

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Herself used to go back when she lived in Stockholm, nearly 30 years ago. Back then, they still had it in a constant mist.

Now, it's in a magnificent purpose built home, and it's dry, and it's magnificent. Quite a contrast, she says, to her memories.

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

So cool.

And I love the word "cyberskulk."

[kayshapero]

I missed the eclipse due to being asleep on the other side of the planet at the time, anyway I caught the Exploratorium's replay of their live coverage on their site. Along with a great wide-angled lens shot of the sun at totality, corona blazing, over a landscape with a 360 degree sunset. Impressive.