Park Inn Solna

... to head up to the Toy museum. Bob and Carol were all smiles and laughter as we met up with them by the water taxi pier. They really are great people. We may not always see eye to eye, or have different agenda's, but we do have mutual respect, or at least I hope so. We sat in the sun laughing and hearing about the Vasa from Bob, and I checked out several other ships (antiques, part of the museum) that were moored near where we were waiting. Back ...

... on human propelled scooters (see video), some equipped with baskets and flat spaces to carry stuff. Very civilized. It got me to thinking maybe I would look for a razor once I get home, just to run over to the supermarket and do local errands (like head to Chuck and Philips or Sarah and Cates for wine and fun!). Well, an hour and a half to wait, and then it's onto Copenhagen (CPH) and a nap on the plane. Catch you later!

... yet again. We went to her place about 9 talked and had a few drinks there than headed out to the streets. There was a huge outdoor beer garden thing, then we went to this bar called the Bull and Bear and then tried to get into clubs without much luck. We heard covers of between 125-350 SEK. So we ended up going to some other bar and then back to the hostel to sleep. Today we took a boat ride through the ...

... Whilst not the most memorable night I've ever had, I do remember feeling like I was in the centre of Melbourne at one particular place. It would have been cool to check out a club, but finances prevented that, and soon after 1am we found ourselves back at the hostel. We made our way on foot the following morning back through Sodermalm, Gamla Stan and Norrstrom to the bus station for our bus back out to Vasteras. It was a short trip, but an eye opening one, and I was glad ...

... after ordering we were called to the gate. Very quickly downed the drinks and basically had to sprint the the gate. Thankfully Sterling have improved (and have more than 2 planes now!) and the flight took off an hour late. I expected the flight to only last about 1hr 30mins so was a bit surprised at how long it took! We touched down in Arlanda just after 11pm and went to meet the guys. Kim and Lars were waiting and after quickly grabbing some cash we ...

My flight got into Stockholm at one in the afternoon and I was running on about two hours of sleep (during my layover in Iceland on an uncomfortable bench) for the last 36 hours. I found my big heavy back pack and walked out of the terminal to find Fredrik, my Swedish "Cousin", who I hadn't seen in 5 years. I recognized he in the back of the crowd outside of customs (Sweden didn't even give me a passport stamp those ...

... friendship by what you say, you have to earn it by what you do. I thought that I liked this culture because the attitude seems more exemplitory of a Christian attitude (I too gauge my trust giving on earning it, not by what you say) but I suppose the American way has wiped off the traditional way because I do want to interact with the locals by talking to them but how are we going to gain their "trust" from just a few nimutes of conversation?

... in the big house right next to the water. Great view of the main central island (Gamla Stan) right out my window. I was pretty tired after not sleeping so well on the train, so rather than walk everywhere, I signed up for a bus and boat tour. It was a nice way to see the city. On the bus (a double-decker), they had headphones for each seat that told about the sites in 10 different languages. We drove around 4 of the major ...

Walking around the streets of Stockholm was a great experience. The streets are huge, wide and empty. Not the rush of traffic you'd expect from a world class city. But while wondering its baroque adorned comfortable streets for several hours I started to feel a little uneasy ...

... I was amazed. I was nervous and found it hard but I hope they enjoyed it. I'm amazed, as I'll be paid for it. After this they were all to go for a run as a practice for next week when they have race with the teachers. Ulrika and I ran too. Most of the pupils walked although they seemed to start running as we got close to them and then stop. A few cheated knowing a short cut but the sports teacher who ran with us went after them all. Ulrika was really pleased, as we ...