Växjö, Sweden boasts a beautiful lake, and Jess doesn't know how to learn from her mistakes -- so she went for another run. A run at dawn sounds very romantic and healthful, though it happens to be a bit less desirable in locations where daylight breaks at 3:30am. But the seagulls had sounded the alarm,…

The longer bus ride this morning was a relatively welcome opportunity to rest (and for Jessica to catch up on blogging and culling photos). We drove through wind and rain, sunshine and clouds, finally taking an afternoon stop in Kalmar at a castle on the Baltic Sea. Our allotted tour time was squeezed by a…

SUNDAY, July 16:I'm currently sitting in the corner of a courtyard of nude white people, hiding from the stimulants. Julie joined me minutes ago. We're a few moments shy of collapsing into shivering lumps of unresponsive body mass, cowering from the crowds. Maybe a bit dramatic. We’re just south of the land of the midnight…