Copperfield's pub

A few weeks back I found http://www.canclub.org/, which is the website for The Canadian Club of Sweden which is for Canadians and all others who have a connection or interest in Canada and Canadians. Basically a social club. As it happens they were having a pub night at Copperfield´s Pub St.Eriksgatan 36 on Friday March 23. I decided I was going to join these people since we all had one thing in common, Canada.

That night I get home from work, make my dinner, and prepare to head out. I finally get out the door at 10:30ish, the other Canadians had planned to be there by 07:00pm. I finally build up the nerve to meet a bunch of strangers in a strange bar, in a foreign county, I pay my 20SEk to check my coat and I'm in. I head straight to the bar, and order a Carlsberg. I quickly scan the pub for a collection of people perhaps wearing toques or something distinctively Canadian. Nope. I spot a group of people, then realize they are communicating in sign language. Nope not them either. I ask the bar tender if he knows anything about a group of Canadian at this bar. He has no idea what I'm talking about. I then realize that the two guys beside are speaking in a familiar North American accent. I ask then were they are from, hoping they would say Newfoundland, Toronto, or something like that. Nope, they were from Seattle. They invite me to join them, and I ended up talking to these guys for the rest of the night. Ends up Daniel, and Jeremiah have lived in Sweden for 6 and 9 years respectively. They were giving me the low down on life in Sweden, and the reason they found their way here, and why they stayed. Americans are interesting people...

In short my mission to find Canadians failed, but the mission was interesting non the less. Maybe I'll find them next month.