Rica Talk Hotel Stockholm

... out to breakfast. It was really beautiful sitting on the deck overlooking the archipelagos of Stockholm. We called Lennart (my cousin) and started out for Jafalla, a small community just outside of Stockholm. What a wonderful feeling seeing someone after 21 years! It was like we had seen each other just yesterday. We wandered out to the newly built Golf Club in the area had consumed a wonderful lunch with good conversation and a lot of memories and teasing about things I did when ...

Why does the airport have to be so far away from everything?

We woke up earlier than should be allowed and heading right to the airport. I easily checked into my flight, and said a sad goodbye to Carina and Kalle before heading through security.I tried to spend some of my extra kronor on candy at the duty free store.

I boarded my first flight, the nine hour doozy to Chicago. The flight always feels so long, but not at long as nine hours. It was a pretty good ...

... of ours called Jon who plays drums in Tricky's band. After a nervous train ride and about an hour of wandering about we eventually found the venue. Jon came out and met us and we all went off for lunch in a Swedish Italian place we found in the old town. Stockholm is a lovely place to walk around in, full of picturesque waterfront scenes and huge and important looking buildings. Tall ships dot the open waterways, and castles with battlements dot the horizon. Unfortunately for ...

... dying some of my jeans, and my hand, but over all it was not so bad. A bunch of guys from London laughed at me, and they seemed like really funny but crude. I spent some time on the internet, finding out a few good bars where I could watch the first NHL game in Europe, happening in Stockholm that night. After a while, the London boys went out, got some alcohol, used the computers and invited me to join them pre-drink before they left for the ...

... to curb my spending from here on out. I did stop myself from buying a couple CDs, though! I did catch the opening of Youth Pride. When you walk in, it's like a blast to the past. They were playing songs like "Never Ever," "Candyman," and "I Want You Back," so it's was like being back in high school. Kind of odd. The opening itself really wasn't all that spectacular and I was disappointed because the program says all the events there would be in ...

... vodka bar that played cheesy Swedish music. The Swedes dance horribly and now we know why... its because the music is so terrible! Actually, its just fun and cheesy. Imagine ABBA times four. Haha. We had such a great time! The entire weekend was so great and ...

... a really cool campsite in Stockholm! The first one (cheapest) looked even too dodgy for me.... After Copenhague I can recommend this city as well! Seeing it in the SUN this time helped for sure. I fell in love with the old city ' Glam Stan' , it's really cosy with the little streets, kept my photocamera at hand continuesly! It's a real artist area with galleries and shops abundant. Even talked to one of them for a ...

... episodista selvittiin kolmessa tunnissa. Oli kyllä niin helpottunu fiilis jättää Bryssel taakse ja jatkaa matkaa kohti Valtterin turnausta. Eilinen ilta ja yö painettiinkin aika kiitettävällä vauhdilla Saksan autobaanoilla ja päästiin Malmöhön saakka kello neljältä yöllä ja painuttiin unten maille Punton lepolasseihin. Tänään hurautettiin sitten Ruotsin läpi tänne Millan aina avoinna olevaan majoituspalveluun ja nyt taidetaan lähteä terassille ja syömään! Huomenna sitten Ahvikselle.

... count out how much money we had to possibly buy breakfast. We really felt like the poor college students that could barely afford anything in a foreign country. We had enough and ended up making designs with the coins. I'll probably put up a few of the pictures. We also grabbed the attention of a Swedish man who enjoyed staying up until four in the morning because he could make his own time. He was an older gentleman (maybe 65 years old) and had a lot ...

... way. We had a couple of Czech beers at this outdoor garden. Then Gary convinced me to go into this club. It was techno. I am still not happy. I do not like techno clubs. However, I did see a midget dancing to techno. The thought of that now still makes me smile. Midgets are like gods way of turning a frown into a smile. This place is exactly how I pictured a euro club. A bunch of dudes in tight ...