Scandic Hotel Star Sollentuna

Arrived at Rosjobaden campsite on Friday afternoon after a 40 minute metro and bus journey - sunny day, and first view as we entered the camp was the lake and diving board! Great spot, small lake, toddlers section, and diving board! Stayed in a little chalet and beside the very low ...

... about it, as you can see. Well, at least some of the walk was through a pretty park, and it was a nice day, so I guess it turned out all right. When I finally made it to the Butterfly House, I soon realized that I failed to take into consideration that the Butterflies would be housed in a rain forest-like conditions. And after that lovely 60 minute walk I was already pretty hot... I didn't last long. After all that! Ha ha, so the butterflies were pretty I ...

... to rack up 750 SKr on each one ... so, definitely worth it!!! 1st day sites: * Aquaria water museum (with it's own little tropical rain forest section that is hot & rainy, and has piranhas in it!) * Junibacken (a museum based around the author of children's stories - like Pippy Longstocking - with a cool train ride through an actual story.) * The Royal Palace (including the actual State rooms, dining rooms & bedrooms! The current Royal ...

... heading home for some dessert and a late train back to Stockholm. Monday we slept in after getting back late, and headed out for the changing of the guard at the Royal Place at midday. It was a much more spectacular affair than that Buckingham Place with lots of marching soldiers, mounted soldiers and a band on horseback. It went on for about 45mins and was quite entertaining - wouldn't want to do it all in the rain though! Next on the list was heading over on the ferry to ...

... definitely on of my favs. had a great hostel which was like a great share house. met some cool people and did a bit of drinking. the highlight of budapest was these wonderful open air baths they have which is sort of just like a massive hot pool but a great way to relax. goodbye hungary and hello poland. i went to krackow a cool old city spared form most of the destruction of the war. there a met some amazing people i met marian and her cousin tina from the us and ...

... didn't hurt as well. He would give us deals on these extravagant drinks that he would dress up with fruit and candies like he was an artist. If a drink wasn't to his standards he would pour it out. Me being the cheap ***** that I am I was more than happy to take any of those drinks off his hands for free. Katie and I met a businessman named Peter from Gothenburg who ended up joining our party on the couches. He had the dry sense of humor ...

... very glad to get to the humid rainforest section, but overall the aquarium was nothing compared to Barcelona or Melbourne. The shark on the brochure looks like a Tiger, but it turned out to be a half metre reef shark. We'd finished inside half an hour, but the rain continued for far longer. f. Vasamuseet: King Gustaf must have been real embarrassed when his flagship, the Vassa, tipped over and sank within a couple of minutes of being ...

... cachers. The first one was a guy from Stockholm. We chatted for awhile and he was interested to hear I was from Oregon. He wants to come to Oregon to search for the spot where it all began (the first geocache ever, near Estacada). Just after we signed the log book and replaced the cache, another cacher from Finland stopped by. We talked some more and found out that we were going after the same cache next, so she and I walked across to the ...

... mall a short walk away so I can get what I need here. They do not serve lunch and have only a limited dinner menu but I have fruit and nuts and bread and cheese I can steal from the breakfast buffet. The weather has been glorious and I have enjoyed sitting on the wooden deck in the sunshine. It is a time for much needed relaxation and reflection. The hotel, like everything in Sweden is all about design. Some of it works and some of it ...

... pick it up on Wednesday. We then headed into town so that I could drop my bag at the hotel. I will be staying with Ulrika for most of my stay but there isn't enough room with Pete as well on weekends when she has the children. Ulrika used to work in a hotel and they had a cheap apartment we could stay in right in the centre of town. It rained off and on and we got soaked so we had hot drinks. When the rain stopped we headed into town down the street of flags. Flags ...