Stockholm was a lot of fun! It is such a beautiful city - there aren't many monuments, so we had a really fun time just wandering around all the islands. We found some free museums to go to, so we even learned a little bit about the history - it's a really interesting and rich history! We also went to the National Museum and Modern Museum, which we had to pay to go into, but I'm glad we did!
I went with Sarah, a girl from Australia - it was her first time seeing snow! We went on a boat tour which was really great - it got kind of chilly, but we were able to see a lot of interesting sites and learn some of the history of the city. We spent a lot of time going to cafes - whenever we got too cold, we'd stop for a little warm up! Everyone spoke English, but it was still weird being in a country where we couldn't understand the native language.
One of the best parts of the trip was a free concert we found. It was just some lady singing and a guy playing piano in a church, but it was absolutely amazing. It was an old church near the castle and they had all the lights off in the church with some candles sitting around...it was such a great experience. She sang a couple songs in English and I even recognized some of the songs she sang in Swedish. We went to a cute restaurant in a cave-type place and, of course, I had some Swedish meatballs...so good! Stockholm also has the best kebabs I've tried so far! :)
We did couchsurfing again, so we saved money that way. The guys we stayed with the first couple nights took us out to clubs, so it was a lot of fun to do that!
We thought about taking a day trip to Oslo, Norway, but I'm kind of glad we didn't because it made the stay in Sweden a lot more relaxing - we were able to do things that were outside of the normal 'touristy' things!
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Sweden's Flag
Map of Sweden