I was invited to come to the Leksand Individual and Team Tournament by Martin Stiassny while I was at the European Go Congress.  He asked me to come enjoy the famous views, and perhaps give a lecture as well.  I had to buy the cheapest possible plane tickets, so the journey took all day.  I flew from Budapest to Prague, and then from Prague to Stockholm.  I took a three hour train from Stockholm to Leksand.  Needless to say I was exhausted, Martin met me at the train station and took me out for some pizza.  I ate an entire pizza full of yummy toppings.  When I got to my accommodation I met some Dutch players playing a drinking game version of Baduk, I was too tired to join, so after a short introduction I went to sleep.

The next day was the last round of the Individual Tournament.  It was a pretty easy going day.  I met with Kang Kyoungnang 7d and Alex 4D after her loss in the last round to Illya Shikshin and we went out to dinner together.  I was glad to be able to speak Korean with them in Sweden.
 
I started the third day with a 2 hour lecture about the mini Chinese opening.  I used the recent book "Report" which features the thoughts of many young professionals on various baduk topics.  I felt that I could study while teaching.  I also borrowed some of Lee Young gu tesuji problems.  I was very happy with the amount of enthusiasm that the Baduk players showed.  A Serbian player, Laza 5d, was very interested in the Korean style of opening;  I had met him three times once in Croatia, once in Finland.

There was a barbeque party on the second to last day.  I want to mention and thank Rob Van Zeijst 7d for some great conversations and advice about life.  Other than nice conversations, the food was really tasty as well.  I am a vegetarian, but at the time I could not resist.
 
 I couldn't watch the last round of the team tornament, but I heard that the Netherlands team won. After the tournament I stayed Martin's house for a day.  It was like a house in the forest, everything was very green.  There were lots of berries and mushrooms growing around.  Everything was very beautiful.  I am now a little bit tired of traveling so much and I am happy to be back in Budapest.