24 Hours Before (Day 0)
- Written by: Astrid Maharani C
- Oct 17, 2015
- 3 min read
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do, than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
The day that I have been waiting for several months, will come in 24 hours! Oh, I am too excited yet nervous now. I will see and feel the atmosphere of Scandinavian country and couple of European beautiful cities.
Getting close to the day, I feel more more more excited and can't hardly wait to go! It will be my first time to go to Scandinavia and Europe countries. And I am pretty sure, I will have so much fun in there.
Sedikit intermezzo kenapa pada akhirnya saya mendapatkan kesempatan yang amat berharga ini? So, one of my Senior Adviser at our office announced that there will be an event called Stockholm Internet Forum 2015. She was joined two years in a row before and this year she wanted someone who will come to attend the event. So, yeah, saya pun dengan senang hati mengajukan diri untuk mewakili dan datang ke konferens tersebut. Kapan lagi kan? Begitu dikasih informasi harus registrasi kemana dan memenuhi persyaratannya, finally I got the official confirmation letter from the Swedish Government Agency, called SIDA, which is who paid all of my expenses while I am in Stockholm. Isn't it awesome? VERY!
Setelah menunggu sekitar hampir 3 bulan menjelang keberangkatan, akhirnya hari itu akan datang juga! It is almost less than 24 hours, I will go to Stockholm. And yeah, I know it will gonna be soooo fuckin' freezing in there, even its still an autumn season now. Untungnya sebelum berangkat, saya udah cek dulu cuaca dan suhunya dengan AccuWeather ini. Website ini bermanfaat banget bagi para traveller yang akan traveling ke negara yang berbeda dengan suhu/cuaca di negara asalnya. Jadi, saya udah prepare untuk pinjam beberapa coat dari salah satu teman.
Beberapa hari ini saya sudah packing sedikit demi sedikit, kira-kira barang bawaan apa saja yang harus saya bawa selagi disana. Karena yang dibawa kebanyakan pakaian hangat seperti sweater dan coat jadi ya bawaannya jadi terlihat semakin berat dan banyak. Sedangkan limit check in luggage hanya diperbolehkan 23 kg saja. Jadi, sebisa mungkin untuk bawa barang-barang yang praktis and more light!
Dua hari sebelum keberangkatan, tepatnya hari Jumat, 17 Oktober, salah satu EO yang mengurus segala urusan travel saya di Stockholm mengirimkan email kepada saya yang memberitahukan bahwa hotel tempat saya menginap nanti dipindahkan karena adanya overbooking di hotel yang sebelumnya saya pilih. Jadi, nanti saya akan menginap di Scandic Sjöfartshotellet yang berlokasikan di area Katarinavägen 26, 104 65 Stockholm, Sweden. So when they told me so, I googling the hotel just want to know the exact location and the result is...... its more Central and very strategic hotel than my hotel before! So, the hotel is closed to every tourist places. Jadi, gak sia-sia deh buat itinerary untuk travelling di Stockholm nanti!
And after attending the forum in Stockholm, am so ready to extend couple of days in Europe! Saya akan explore Paris, France dan Geneva, Swtizerland. Oh, I am sooooooooooooo excited to go there! <3
Anyway, segini dulu ya ceritanya, I pomise I will update many posts including lot of pictures and maybe videos once I get there. Doakan saya selamat sampai tujuan dalam keadaan sehat wal'afiat ya!
... to be continued ...
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