swede in space, lauriates in place

Anders Fugelsang made it into orbit. He's officially the first Swede in space. Apparently he's be a part of a number of countdowns, but this time it led to blast off.

Headlines of Aftonbladet and Expressen proclaimed the liftoff. Other than that Stockholm seems relatively unthrilled by the galactic event. The hubby kind of audibly smirked when I told him. Whether it's the understated Swede in him, or that it's not that big a deal I don't know. I'm happy for both Fugelsang and space cowboys around Sweden. They're officially out of this world.

The Nobel Banquet will be in full swing within a hour or so. The City Hall has been in preparation phase for a few days now. Each time I've biked by on the Södermälarstrand side I've taken a little look. What I'm more curious about is the mysterious "pipeline" that seems to be headed directly into the Blue Hall.

It's not very secretive, so I can't imagine it's subterfuge.

Tonight I won't be biking by to see the gas flames and mini Hollywood set since it's Sunday. Next year I won't be headed this way home from work, so I suppose my observations across Riddarfjärden of Nobel Banquet have come to an end.