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A solitary escapade in Sweden

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Göteberg On Wednesday, February 5th, I decided to go away for the weekend somewhere in Europe.  Not knowing where to go, I used the Skyscanner website and chose Edinburgh as the airport of departure to "Everywhere". I found two destinations that I was interested in: Budapest in Hungary and Gothenburg in Sweden.  The budget needed to go to Sweden was much higher than to go to Hungary (10€ for a night in a youth hostel in Hungary versus 25€ for a night in Sweden) but, visiting Sweden was still one of my dreams and I decided to go there. It was a very important trip for me because it was the first time I went alone to a foreign country for tourism. To facilitate contacts, I booked my accommodation in a hostel with single rooms but also dormitories for 12 people (women and men separated). This was not my first experience in a hostel and I had observed in the past that this type of accommodation greatly facilitated the exchange.  So I stayed at the "Backpackers G...