Scandic Taby Stockholm

... hung out and waited for my hair appointment. Basically, my hair's reached the awkward stage between long and short, so I had to get in cut and Sweden isn't the cheapest country in the world, so there's more cash. Plus, I had lunch out today and that was even more. Though, it was a tasty bit of salmon and I've realized on this trip that I think I would eat more fish if I lived somewhere it'd actually be fresh. So, this day has taught me I really ...

... without completely demolishing my budget was because I was staying for free. The next couple of days I pottered around the island with Richard, visited his idyllic bakery serving an incredible range of mouthwatering ckaes, pastries and rolls pulled out of tiny drawers. I was like a child in a candy shop...Richard grinned and said he was exactly the same the flirt time he saw it. I took a trip to see the Vasa museum on Skanson island, another jaw dropping ...

... This was a nice break from all the walking we did at Gamla Stan. The last and most impressive museum was the Vasa Museum. It is here we saw the ill-fated 17th century warship that sank 20 minutes into her 1628 maiden voyage. A breeze caught wind of the sails and below the ship over. If you go to Stockholm, be sure you go see this ship! It is 95% intact of the real thing! They were able to ...

... and Sweden as well as long distance relationships... she's been dating a Swedish guy she met in Thailand for the past 3.5 years and they are living in Sweden for 6 months before he moves down to Australia presumably for good. Kerri is very nice and seems like an awesome contact to have. The Australians are definitely winning in terms of the percentage of people I meet who I plan to stay in touch with... We part ways and I ...

... laundry and packed to leave the next morning. Stockholm was neat, but I don't know if it was worth the 3 days and 12 hours of train rides that it took to get there. If I had it to do over again, I think I'd stop in Copenhagen. Day 83 - I was the first awake again. Doughnuts and juice were delivered to her sleepy majesty promptly on time. We said our goodbyes to Stockholm and borded the X2000 back to Malmo. This time I bought the internet pass for the ride. It was the ...

... however some cute little norwegians kids found us very intriguing and proceeded to harass us for a while which added to the excitement. when we got to oslo we saw that we had missed our train home by one minute so we had to wait another hour to get on a train home, so i got found some prime real estate and did some people watching. but before long we were home and in bed. all in all it was a lovely trip, but i am still recovering from the chaos!!

... on and had a really nice meal with Elin and her Ayran brother Martin who works for an electronic store! in a surprise move by the anti banter she suggested having schnapps with the meal whihc turned out to be shots of Vodka. we hit a couple and all was good! After this we had the choice of doing something cultural or watching the office. the obvious and correct choice was made the Brentmeister General got a nod. A foolish move by Elin as now we had ...

... old quarter, and then across a bridge to one park (Skeppsholmen) and then to this great park (Djurgarden). We met up with one of her friends at a cafe right near the river/canal next to Djurgarden, which was nice. Then, had a late lunch/early dinner with Matt and Stewart at an Italian place near the center of town. Sunday, we grabbed brunch at the modern art museum at Skeppsholmen, and then Randy and I went to Skansen ... kind of like ...

... they are half price. Obviously people were stocking up. After this entertainment we managed to find an "Irish Pub", the one place on board with a big screen TV. Julius charmed the waitress into changing the channel to the English Premeire League game so we bought him a beer and myself Framboise Lambic, a Belgian Rasberry beer I plan to overindulge in when we reach Brussels next week. A night watching English Premiere League is a good night indeed, so we can ...

... above you as you walk down the street and it takes you all the way to the old town. We headed down this and had lunch. It was very busy in town so we went to the City Hall and up the tower to get views of the city. This included where Ulrika lives. I loved the winding path to get to the top, after a lift journey there was an indoor pathway with in the walls of the tower. From here they went home and I went by bus to meet Pete at the airport. He was loaded down with ...