This past Thursday night was my last night in Göteborg, Sweden, and, even though I had an 8:50am flight out the next morning, I went out Thursday night.
The evening started with a pizza dinner with my relative, (see my previous post for more info. on this) Mark, and his stepson, Jack.
It had been warm that day, but cooled off considerably into the evening. Still, we decided to eat outside because there was a heater next to our table and because the restaurant provided its customers seated outside with blankets.
I've come to understand that this is a common practice in Scandinavia - providing blankets at restaurants to people wanting to sit outside - in part because it's so cold so much of the year that people just want to be outside, so blankets and heaters allows them to eat outside even when it's chilly.
Eventually Mark went back to his home in the suburbs and Jack's best friend, Joel, met up with us and helped convince Jack and I to go out for a few drinks. This only makes sense because Joel was recently named the #3 partier in all of Göteborg! I think you can see it in his eyes. (Also, see if you can find the party pic of Jack, Joel, and me on this page here.)
As the man himself tells it, he lost his job back in January. But he's is a-ok with that, because in Sweden if you lose your job you receive 80% of your salary for the next 200 days. Thus, in Joel's case, losing his job meant a two-week trip to Thailand, a new bicycle, and nothing to do in the morning! Apart from being the #3 party-man in all of Göteborg, Joel also enjoys minimal techno, MILFs, using the affirmation "For true!," and gets laid every night he goes out, which means he gets laid every night.
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