In the morning I finished editing my paper and finally sent it off around noon. We did a quick stop at Buttons and Bows, a fabric store I've been to before, so my Mum could get some orange piping to make one of the pillows for Zach. Since we were right there, we also went a couple shops down to the cheese shop. It's tiny and completely filled with all sorts of specialty items (including pickled herring). We picked up some cheese for a fondue we're ho...

Woke up with a horrible cold: nose and sinuses completely stuffed. Felt kinda miserable until I took a shower under the rain shower-head. Spent the morning working on my paper again, but not for long. Just before lunch we went to go see The Ducks. My mum had told me (and shown me pictures) of the ducks she wanted me to see. But you don't really know what it's like until you've been there and seen the ducks first hand. There's over a hundred duc...

Slept in, of course, because of a latish night and because I'm kinda on holidays. I did some work on my paper in the morning, hoping to get some of it done. I wasn't that productive. I was also starting to feel kinda sick with a headache and plugged nose. I was lucky enough to get chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast because I don't get those at home. But for lunch, we went to Fujiya: my favourite cheap, near-home takeout sushi place. So nice to hav...

At the airport really early because boarding was at 5:50, and because it's the holidays, they want you to check in early because of the security line. Which was completely true. The security line was all the way out, plus extra. Didn't take as long as I thought to get through, but I only had time to grab something to drink (because I couldn't find a water fountain for the life of me) and sit down for a couple minutes before they started boarding. Fl...

We were able to sleep in a bit at least, but we still had to be up early enough to finish packing, eat bread and jam for breakfast, and get out of our rooms before our checkout time at 10am. As soon as I had stowed my luggage in their luggage area, I went for a walk. The place I wanted to grab lunch at was closed until 11:30, so I just wandered the shopping street for a bit looking at nicknacks, but didn't get anything. I went to the waffle place again (Il...