Anglais Stockholm Scandic

... the Opera House...there's no standing room as the stage goes right to the edge of the sidewalk and cars drive by it. We had to stand across the street to watch the performance. It was interesting. They also had first aid booths where they show you and you can play with the dummies. One was really heavy and you had to try and pick him up. They were showing a trick as to how to do it but it definitely took all your body weight to do so. They even had a sex-ed booth where kids ...

... shared and bib each other a farewell with the hope that we would someday cruise together again. Last night was a busy night as we made our final preparations to leave the ship and head home. The biggest problem was to ensure that we would make the weight limits on our luggage for the flight home. There were rumors on the ship that European Airlines would not accept overweight luggage. There were rumors on the ship that European Airlines didn't care if the luggage ...

... of a spontaneous trip but it was one of the most impressive and beautiful cities I have been to. We wandered around and found this made street that was beautifully lit and that took us back to the main center of town. We intended on going ice skating and although we knew it closed at six did not make it there until 5:15. We figured we would just pay for the whole hour and only skate for 45 minutes but they would not let ...

Well, we did not have a good night last night. Gale force winds and a lot of rocking and rolling. We are on the upper deck and right behind the bridge so every time the bow went up and over a wave, it came crashing down and we felt it. Not much sleep. It had lessened to a light drizzle by the time we docked, and the rest of the day was very nice and thankfully dry. Stockholm is made up of 14 islands, very ...

... in Northern Sweden above the Arctic circle. They live throughout Scandanavia and were traditionally nomadic, following the reindeer. They have been treated very unfairly in Sweden throughout history. I also visited the Modern Art Museum which was featuring a very impressive Andy Warhol exhibit. It had all of Andy's films to watch as well as his tv series. The Swedes certainly know how to do museums. American money is worth almost nothing in this place. The Swedish Kroner is ...

... dance team that owns and runs Herrang Dance Camp. Upon arrival, all 30 of us found the Studio locked with not a Hot Shot in sight. It was a good half hour wait before someone arrived to let us in. Once inside, I secured myself a bed in case my alternate plans fell through, then went ahead and phoned my host Jon, an aquaintence of mine from Herrang who had offered me a place to stay through a solicitation from Calle. He gave me directions, I got ...

... ships leaving port, one after the other. Everything was slightly foggy and we passed small, rocky, forest-covered island after island all dotted with small wooden houses. Quite atmospheric. Now, of course, we're in Finland. I'll write about that later when I get a chance. The students are all going home tomorrow (Sunday) and I'll be leaving on Monday for St. Petersburg on the train! By the time you get up on Monday morning, I'll be in Russia!

... bus and on our way to something CULTURAL! What we found was soooo much better than culture, sailors. They were all lined up outside the museum, waiting for Kristen and I. On a side note, most of the museums are free in Stockholm. Vasamuseet isn't one of them, unless you were under 17. I had already been telling all the metro people that I was 19 so I could get the discount there, what was another 2 years? When I told the cashier that I was 17, he looked at me and ...

... was magical though... of course we were both surprised to too see that DK has no euro, but DKK, or DK crowns. and the Swedes are the same (swedish crowns, that is..not danish ones). the countryside is flat, but i believe you can read in the geografy books yourself. in germany we saw grafitti, rare signs of swastika and trees, trees and trees. In DK there were grafitti and pig farms, and as for sweden, so far it's the lakes, trees, cute houses...and we're awaiting Stockholm.