Blogs from Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, Europe
April 8th 2012
Most third dates take place in a decent restaurant, perhaps a long walk under the night sky, followed by the excitement of a gentle kiss. I had all of this; I had all of this and more. I had this in Stockholm. I had this in Stockholm with Matthew. This man who seems to have the ability to sweep me off my feet with the greatest of ease flew me to Stockholm for the Easter weekend. I arrived after a tearful flight and hand holding with my newest single serving friend Rita, I arrived in a modern, efficient and friendly city. The train from the airport to the centre was cleaner than most hotel’s I’ve stayed, either my hotels are poor or the train was immaculate. You decide. We had promised not to say a word ... read more
February 20th 2012
What a week! For someone who has next to no classes, I certainly have kept myself busy. Last weekend I took a last minute trip to Stockholm where I stayed with Sam (who I met last year in Costa Rica) and Philippe. I had the best of times! When I arrived we had a quick bite to eat and went into town to a bar with their friends. The next day Sam took me down to this huge frozen lake and I took my first steps on real frozen water. After about 3 steps, I slipped over, fell flat on my back and whacked my head.. typical. That night Sam made an epic dinner and had some more friends around for jamming and drinks!! These boys are seriously talented on whatever instrument they can find.. and ... read more
Sunken Ships, Ikea and Exotic Pizzas.....
Published: February 22nd 2012Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm » Hagersten
February 12th 2012
Today was our last day in Sweden, so we decided to make the most of it before jetting back to London. Our first stop of the day was the Vasa Museum, which is a museum built over top of an old graving dock. In 1628, the Vasa was launched. She was the pride of the Swedish Navy, featuring 64 guns and amazingly ornate sculptures. Unfortunately, the designers didn't quite get the stability analysis right, and she capsized about 20 minutes into her maiden voyage. She was still in the harbour! Attempts were made to recover the 69 metre long ship, but at the time, there was no way to lift such a big heavy object from the bottom of the ocean. Since the Vasa sunk in the harbour, her masts were actually sticking up above the ... read more
Exploring the Stockholm Harbour and Palace
Published: February 21st 2012Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm » Hagersten
February 11th 2012
This morning we headed down to the docks and embarked on an ice-breaking harbour cruise around the harbour islands. It was a neat adventure because overnight, much of the harbour had re-frozen, and being the first cruise of the day, the boat had some ice-breaking duties to clear a path for other boats. It was neat to see how far Stockholm stretched out (over 14 islands). We learned that 50% of Swedes have access to a cottage (owned by someone in their immediate family), and one in ten own a boat. It's no wonder these guys are the happiest nation in the world! We wanted to take a cruise through the archipelago, but we didn't have enough time. Either way, this was a nice way to see the islands, and since it was so cold out ... read more
Journey to the Land of Ice and Snow
Published: February 20th 2012Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm
February 10th 2012
Last night, we arrived at Skavsta airport in Sweden around 11pm and checked into the airport hotel. But it certainly didn’t go as smoothly as that! It all started about a week ago, when Mike realized that he actually had an evening class on Thursday: the class was scheduled to end about two and a half hours before our flight was scheduled to leave. Luckily, the class ended a bit early… but that is where the luck ended. The tube was totally slammed, and the Gatwick “Express” train was extremely slow, because an earlier train had broken down. Elysia had finished work a couple hours early, so she made it to Gatwick airport with heaps of time to spare. She got all checked in with Ryan Air and then got to stress while waiting for Mike. ... read more
November 29th 2011
Stockholm 13 Sept. -» 02 Dec. Two and half months in Stockholm. The laziest winter in 150 years, the latest snow arrival also. Thanks to the friends for the nice time, you know who you are. (ihih)... read more
October 25th 2011
September 26th Up and atom!!!! Crossing my fingers I checked my baggage into the baggage room and left the hostel, I had 1.5h to hobble around until lunch with Marco and his wife. Off up passed the Viking line terminal for the last time I hit the market, found some seabuckthorn which I had to try so I stupidly picked up 5 euro’s worth. Yes there very good for you and with some additives taste amazing, however when fresh they are supremely tart, so to be able to consume a large portion of my purchase it was off to the bakery, to buy the doughnut with the most sugar on top. Also picking up Karlionpileaka I was off towards the design museum… Which was closed Mondays so it was back to a park to eat the ... read more
October 16th 2011
We awoke to Semi Final dayyyy!!! having already scoped out a bar playing the game we grabbed some bagels and headed to The Dubliner to watch! Exciting game, bar pretty much full of kiwis! A few token disappointed aussies but meh! :) Great game and so stoked we could find somewhere to watch it in a non rugby playing country! So we headed off to start our day in high spirits! We unfortunately only had an hour or so of time left in the city following the game so we headed to Old Town and walked around the cute lil shops! Such cool lil walkways and roads with very old lovely buidlings. lots of souvineer shops and again we found another amazing chocolate shops so stocked up on more treats for the jouney home! Then boarded ... read more
Stockholm - Cruisin Around!
Published: October 19th 2011Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm
October 15th 2011
So, after an amazing sleep in our very toasty hostel we headed off for the day with plenty planned! We stopped in and had breakie at Waynes! :) Really yummy coffee and bagels! Then headed down to the wharf to book our tickets for a 12pm boat but when we got there we saw one was leaving like 5 mins after we arrived so hopped on that one! It was a 2.5 hour cruise around the archepelago - the islands of stockholm. It was very cute. Lots of lil islands with ppls summer holidays homes on! Would be an amazing place for a summer house i'm thinking! The only thing was that cos it was so freezing the boat trip was even more cold! But we had our hot drinks and blankets to keep warm! When ... read more
Arrival in Stockholm on No Sleep but Exciiiited!
Published: October 17th 2011Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm
October 14th 2011
We started our adventures this weekend on literally no sleep, after Sarah and I sharing a bed and having to be in golders green for our bus at 2.45am! No dramas with our flights etc and we arrived to an absolutely stunning morning in stockholm tho very cold at 7 deg! Clear skies and super crisp! Beautiful! After checking into our hostel we dumped our bags and headed into the city to begin our day! We stopped in at a cute lil cafe for lunch tasting the local cuisine which was yummy! Had a yum chicken noodle stirfry and Sarah had lasagne! Good start! We then wandered the streets and found the most amazing swedish chocolate and sweets shop which very quickly became our local! we found these amazing choc balls that were filled with whipped ... read more
