In the middle of nowhere

Me, Theresa, Annika, Miriam and Natalia

OK, it was like I had a hunch something would go wrong from the moment we left the bus... and in the end it did.  
However I think today was one of those days which I will remember my whole life just like Theresa, Annika, Natalia and Miriam (hello girls! :))

So, we decided to spend out Saturday afternoon on the island called Alnon which is situated just outside Sundsvall in Medelpad. The island is 15 km long and 6 km wide on the widest spot and it is connected to the mainland by a 1,042 meters long bridge. That bridge was actually the longest bridge in Sweden when it was opened in 1964.

The island

And yes, the nature, the coast, sandy beach, the sea, the clouds, the rocks - everything was beautiful and really breathtaking. We took a thousand of pictures there (you will notice that on our new profile pictures on FB I suppose), pretend that we were models, we were sightseeing and really enjoyed our day. 

Really nice place to go and rest from everyone and everything

We discovered that the island is almost empty during the autumn and winter so that is why everything was closed and you could hardly see a human being passing by. We actually met one nice old man who was renting his house on the island with his wife and even then he asked us how did we plan to leave the island because there is no bus on Saturday afternoon from the island to the land. We just looked at him, started to laughing and then he started to laughing (obviously thinking what a crazy international girls) and then he said that he was joking about the bus so we kept on sightseeing. 

Sandy beaches, you must love them

We were also pretty hungry so we were thinking about going to the pizza place near our University afterwards. Some of us (right Natalia? :)) were thinking just about the pizza whole day and it was like one of those things which keep you alive when you have a bad time.

The weather, ahhh awful Swedish weather as usual with the rain, wind and sun changing every 5 minutes.  

The view

One advice while you are in Sweden: Always take your umbrella, warm jacket, good and warm shoes, the cap, scarf, gloves and food with you, no matter what!!!

The girls just want to have fun ;)

So, as you might guess there was no bus for leaving the island. Although every timetable (on the Internet, in the small bus notebook and on the island - as we have checked few times) says that bus goes everyday (even on Saturday) at 6:27 p.m. We were so tired and hungry and just couldn´t wait to come to that pizza place and tell everyone that they should visit the island as soon as possible. 

Some kind of the viewpoint

It was getting darker and colder but still we were in a good mood waiting for the bus and thinking it is normal if it is 10 - 15 - 20 minutes late. But after 30 minutes it wasn`t funny anymore. We were freezing (I couldn`t feel my fingers anymore)! We tried to call the bus service, but no one answered. Then we tried to stop a car and ask for help and taking us to the nearest bus station outside the island - but NO ONE, no one stopped. I couldn´t believe that. There were five sweet girls on the road, waving and looking so scared and people in cars were just smiling and passing next to us (did I say that you could see a car there like every half an hour!). 

And then we finally thought that we found one good soul who would rescue us but the guy stopped because it was his house there, not because of us. We asked him the same question about taking us to the nearest bus station and he said that he needed to go inside to eat something, take a shower and go out with his friends. Seriously??!! I mean, seriously man!! What a gentleman... Yuck! :/ I mean there are five ladies in front of you who look sad, desperate and hungry and you tell them that you have to go in your warm house to eat and take a shower! Once and again, seriously man??!

And I am sorry I never curse or anything like that but you Swedish people really need to do something big to convince me you are not such jerks. 

I mean in Croatia if we ever see someone in trouble, especially tourist people and girls/women, we would not just help them and take them where they need to go, but also we would feed them, make them feel like home and even give them the place to sleep if it is necessary. I dont´t know if the difference is in the mentality or what but I must admit that I didn´t expect that behavior today. I was disappointed.

Anyway somehow we called and asked our new international friend Helena who came with two cars and saved us. When we saw those two cars coming closer to us after more than two hours waiting in the dark and cold weather, we were the happiest girls in the world! :) 
Helena and your friends, thank you very much for rescuing us! 
We will (I will for sure) remember this forever. 

A friend in need is a friend indeed!

And yes, we finally had our pizza and went home to a warm place! 

What a day - the real adventure. I just hope all of us will stay well and healthy! :)