A full day in Arena Nord has come to its end and I have to say that it was a pretty great day. Mostly because I could see how much Mikael was shining when he walked around tinkering with his camera, finding the right angles and talking to people. He met two established photographers with whom he talked to a lot. One from New Zealand but lives in Gothenburg and the other from Finland.

My part of this trip was just to be a cute sidekick. I sat by the podium, playing Pokemon GO and reading my book. Every now and then talking to Mikael or walking around a bit. The Brew Festival didn’t open until 14:00. But when it did, we had Bao bun street food. They never go wrong! We got beer glasses and pollettes to buy beer but we bought anything but beer. Hot shots and drinks, hehe.

We saw some amazing tattoos getting rewards and we both of course got inspired. Mikael got one just a week ago, but I hadn’t gotten a new one in 3,5 years. It’s just that my idea will take me off the beach court for a bit, so I haven’t really wanted to actualize this yet. But there is a natural gap during Christmas?

The ferry home left at 20:00. We walked quickly from the fair with a stop at the hotel on the way to pick up a bag. We weren’t really stressed but we walked quickly and also managed to keep warm in the chilly October night air.

As soon as we got onboard, I started to feel real funky. I thought I was drunk at first, but I couldn’t have been after just one drink (the shot was much earlier in the day). Then my brain slowed down, I couldn’t process words and definitely not connect names to actual people. If I didn’t recognize the symptoms, I probably would have been scared that I had a stroke. But just a mild version of the aura migraine I got the first (and only) time in 2018 after a work week of hell. I was “out” for only 2 hours. But I was sad that I couldn’t spend that dead time reading. Trust me, I tried, but I couldn’t for the life of me understand what I was reading. So weird. I hope migraines won’t be a recurring event for me now.

All in all, a very nice weekend with my other half in our neighboring country on a super spontaneous trip to a tattoo fair.