Antique Hotel I-lan

... going to be my last night out in Stockholm. Well, partying it up until the late hours, that is. Apparently on Sunday nights the place to go is this bar called Patricia which is also a restaurant and also, get this, a boat! I'm gonna be partying it up on a boat! The one problem with going out here I've noticed is that everything starts so late. even back home, the crowds don't really get going until midnight or 01.00, but at least the place is open earlier so a lonely traveler can ...

PHILADELPHIA to STOCKHOLM We ran into my pal Chimoun Yachouh in the boarding area. He was putting his mother on the plane to Stockholm to visit his sister. Always a pleasure to run into him. Charming and handsome as ever! And his mother is a dear. She'd had a terrible time getting from LaGuardia to Philadelphia, ended up taking the train and cabs to get there in time for the flight. But she made it, and even into business ...

... of cobbled streets, windy alleys and lovely shops - boutiques and shoe shops, heavy metal outlets and chocolate emporia. There is very little of that tourist tat that can wall-to-wall fill some cities. We bought an SL card, which was good value and most of all, really convenient as it covered buses, trains, trams and metro. Buying the card was no joke, as we took a ticket and waited 30 minutes while two ...

... a cheap meal, and a short while later I was digging into the most delicious green curry I'd had since I was in Asia. But cheap it wasn't. $33AUD for a meal and a pint. And that was a 'cheap' restaurant. We'd been in town less than an hour, but already knew it was going to be an expensive weekend. Making the most of the evening we continued onto the old town, Gamla Stan, which is one of fourteen islands that make up the city. The architecture looked pretty impressive, but ...

... could have been found on a ship in the 1600s. They even exhibited the skeletons (and their scientifically reconstructed wax bodies) of some of the people who drowned with the ship. Stockholm's City Hall is the home of the Nobel Banquet. It hosts over 1000 guests every December 10 for the event. It's a beautiful as well as functional old building built in the 1920's. The room that the city parliament meets in is of particular ...

Hej alla som följt oss på vår resa, i söndagsmorse kl 07 landade vi på Arlanda efter en ca 19 tim lång resa i ett sträck. Morfar Björn mötte oss. Senare på dagen träffades hela familjen hemma hos Ylwa för en fika så att morbror Mats, kusin Filip och moster Sara fick träffa sin nya släkting. Måndag blev en jobbig dag för Axel jr ur tidsomställningsperspektiv. Tisdag var han på tropikundersökning - speciell läkarundersökning för barn som kommer ...

... called the Stockholm Bloodbath, took place. This massacre set off further uprisings, which eventually led to the break-up of the Kalmar Union. With the accession of Gustav Vasa in 1523 and the establishment of a royal power, the population of Stockholm began to grow, reaching ten thousand by 1600. The 17th century saw Sweden rise into a major European power, reflected in the development of the city of Stockholm. From 1610 to 1680, the ...

My first day of work was quite exciting. I got off at a different train station--a completely different route from the one I took yesterday when I was scoping out the place. I was late and I knew that I could not do anything about it. Got there 15 minutes late. :( Bummer! It took me a little over an hour to get there. DHL office is pretty neat. Security is tight and I quickly learned that it was necessary due to the nature of the ...

... looking blondes. Seriously. I have NEVER seen as many attractive people as I did in Sweden. Everyone felt seriously insecure the entire time...sleeping in a hostel, wearing the same clothes, no hair dryers. And then streets full of models. Depressing. But still fun. Our way too large group splits up at Central Station. Half head north to their hostel while a bunch of us bumble our way south across Lake Maleren to find...The Red Boat ...

Hoy a sido un dia fantastico! Al fin ha comenzado el verano, al menos aparentemente. Hoy hizo como 24 grados, fantastico! Claro que en la manana una senora me dijo que estaba lloviendo(y era verdad)....asi que me abrigue, al final tuve que volver al hostel a cambiarme, mucho calor. Hoy logre juntarme con mi amiga canadiense en el punto de informacion inexistente, y recorrimos la ciudad todo el dia. En la manana fuimos a ver un barco del ...