Stockholm is a niiice
Trip Start
Jan 25, 2007
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Trip End
Feb 18, 2007
Stockholm,
Sweden
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Anyhow, there's plenty to see here and the city is just beautiful. The city is actually situated on 14 different islands, so there's nice water views everywhere, which mixes in quite nice with all of the old buildings. You can spend a good chunk of time just wandering down the streets. I happened to check out the palace, including the changing of the guard and the nearby Storkyrkan, which is a church that houses a cool statue of St. George slaying a dragon
01 - Typical narrow street in Gamle Stan
.There's also a museum for the Vasa, a ship that sunk immediately after being launched in 1628. Its incredibly preserved after being brought up out of the water after 300 years. I also enjoyed Skansen, an open-air museum that has traditional houses on display (with working staff) and farm and zoo animals. I hesitated cause I thought it would suck, but I actually enjoyed myself.
My only real regret is missing the Ice Bar, where the temp is always -5C and they serve your drinks in glasses made of ice. Oh, and I have to mention how weird it is to buy beer. If you go to the store, you can only buy beer that is 3.5% alcohol by volume or less. Hmmmm...so instead of getting a nice buzz and a bit fat, you just get fat. No thanks. So I found a state-run store where you have to take a number and order what you want and a person behind a counter runs and grabs it from the back. A beer vault if you will. Its not even cold, but hiding it outside anywhere takes care of that problem of course.
