anna's cousin, john from stockholm, and 3 of his friends, elon, richard and henrik, are planning a road trip across the u.s. they spent a few days here in town. all 4 are young men in their early 20s and are judging from their blog detailing their trip having a blast.

took them to the state capitol saturday night around 10:00 pm. they wanted to see the guvinator's smoking tent. also they were horrified and fascinated by the american culture of gun violence. that there are shootings every night in the city caught them off guard. we drove past a nightclub packed with people and when i pointed out that a person was shot standing on the sidewalk a couple of months ago, richard said, that's so surreal.

it is indeed even for us usamerican's who live here.

and but so, it was cool to see california and these states thru their eyes for a while. everything amazed them. i wish for them one hell of a ride.