Grand Stockholm

Spud is a wombat who loves travelling the world with his friends, Michael and Chantelle. He loves posing for photos in front of famous landmarks, taking part in different activities and meeting new people from all over the world.

Having taken long service leave from work, and convincing Ben that being unemployed for a while was not such a bad thing, we were ready for our travel extravaganza. Our adventures start in Paris, where we are staying in an apartment on Ile de la Cite for ...

Här delar jag med mig av mina upplevelser under min 10 månader långa resa runt Afrika. Resan går från Gibraltar till Kapstaden via Afrikas västsida och sedan upp längs östsidan för att avslutas i Istanbul. ENGLISH READERS - This blog is ...

... this gladly as that would give us time to track down the beach at Agesta at the south end of Lake Magelungen, Stockholm's principal lake. Leaving the hotel we happily watched the changing palace guard pass by in brilliant sunshine. As you drive more and ...

... day and it is a different kind of grand to Vienna. Where Vienna was very in your face about how many grand and spectacular buildings it had, Stockholm seems to just be quietly grand. I had to stop myself taking photos of all the buildings as I would have ...

... these coins in at attempt to restrain this strange activity. Along one cobbled street, we came to Marten Trotzigs Grand, the narrowest street in Stockholm. Named after a 17th century merchant who owned a few properties down the alley, it comprised of 36 ...

... ; although they no longer live there they still have their offices in the building.  We also saw the church (Stockholm Cathedral, Storkyrkan) where the wedding will take place and the location where the television people are getting their stuff ...

... lanes a more feasible sightseeing option. Ains and I did a walking tour compliments of the indispensable TimeOut Stockholm guide, taking us past buildings dating from every period from the 13th to 18th centuries. Highlights included the main ...

... bus station. My train doesn't leave for another four hours, but I felt like writing from our fifth and final stop on our grand European adventure: Stockholm, Sweden! It's been one heck of a trip so far, but it's not over til it's over. In exactly 12 ...

... of our trip… sitting on the upper deck of a 3 masted schooner, sipping a beer, and watching the boat traffic in Stockholm Harbour… cruise ships of all sizes, tour boats, classic yachts and modern speedboats… and then along comes a little ...

... ā pied... parce qu'ā 4 euros le ticket simple de métro (contre 1,6 ā Paris)... įa fait mal au c**! Stockholm c'est une Venise Russe, en plus grand! La ville tient sur plusieurs iles en fait (son archipel en est composé de 24000!!!), alors je me ...

... us piled into this small room, the size of a train Pullman.  Then we headed for the sundeck and had a grand ole time with our drinks as we saw Stockholm disappear as we proceeded through this maze of islands. .  We had a feast for supper (2nd ...

... ; Our second tour was on the water.  We boarded a tour boat and traveled the waterways around the islands.  Stockholm has 50 bridges connecting the 14 islands, and 2 locks.  The locks were necessary because part of Stockholm rose higher ...

... the time because it was easier to preserve in barils than water... ...Sign me up! LOL. FRANCAIS: La vielle ville de Stockholm est une des plus pitoresque de Scandinavie. Elle correspond parfaitement a l'image que l'on a d'une vielle ville avec ses ...

... waiting for me at the water taxi stop.  I hurried along, and we were off almost immediately once I walked aboard.  Seeing Stockholm from the water is amazing.  I had never done that before, and find it even more beautiful than I had in the ...

... . . . . . . . . . . We spent only two nights in Stockholm, but I believe we saw most of the interesting sites of this city.  Stockholm is a city surrounded by waterways, and one of our included tours was a cruise. ...