Boredom drives one to Sweden for a week

Trip Start Jan 01, 2008
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Trip End Oct 01, 2008


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Hotel Ryggerford
(Stockholm hotels)

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Facing the potential threat of being bored for the weekend I took off to Sweden. My plan was to only go for 4 days but that turned into 9 days! I stayed in Stockholm for two days before take off to Åre (the next entry). While in Stockholm I visited I friend I had met in New Zealand, explored the town, the city hall, and Skansen Museum. I stayed on a boat that had been turned into a hostel which was interesting. Stockholm is a city of islands, which can make it difficult to navigate and get around but it is a very pretty city. There are many nice buildings, one of which in the city hall where they also award the noble prizes. The city hall is right on the water as well and this is where the mayor apparently drank a glass of water directly out of the lake for the summer Olympic bid to show how clean Stockholm was- ironically China got the bid though.
   I also visited the Skansen museum which was very interesting and was the first open air museum to be built. As you walk around outside you can visit the native animals of Sweden, walk inside old cottages, farm house, see Sami villages and such. I got a bit of a shock when I walked into an old farm laborer's house and found a really woman sitting there knitting. This was the first time I have been to a museum with live people. She explained to me what the life of a farmer laborer was like in Sweden- they basically worked on the farm in exchange for a bit of food and the small cottage and were only contracted for a year. Skansen is well worth a visit- but make sure you do it on a nice day.
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starlagurl
starlagurl on Feb 6, 2008 at 09:00PM

Hostel on a boat!
Cool. Did you take any photos? Post them!

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