http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Sweden , Stockholm County , Stockholm en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:46 +0000 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:46 +0000 We continued our journey going to London and staying in a very expensive hotel with a horse called Jacob outside.We were near the Tower Bridgeand walked across it. At night we went to see The Mouse Trap which was very well done.We wandered the streets after the show..dark alleys but we were safe and we eventually found the railway station. Next day we went to our ship the Marco Polo the sa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/Hagersten/blog-786626.html So after a brief but enjoyable day in Copenhagen I was ready to undertake the next step on my journey eastward. I rose bright and early on Thursday morning and took the 8.30 train to Stockholm. The train takes an exciting route along the 8km long resundsbron Bridge which crosses the straight between Denmark and Sweden. The landscape got more and more wintry as I headed further north and it wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-783270.html Lovely city but extremely expensive. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/Hagersten/blog-764988.html http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-758012.html I didnt get a good night sleep last night. The fire alarms rang twice in the middle of the night. Each time in rang it lasted for around 3040 mins each. This interesting noman Omena hotel relies on their automated fire alarm to call the fire brigade if theres any trouble. So every time some guests in other room smartly smokes inside the room it will trigger the fire alarm which ran http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-756569.html The train from Oslo to Stockholm takes about 6 hours plus. Lucky I bought some delicious bollens from Narvesen minimart with my leftover NOK coins so Im well fed for the journey. I let M sit by the window again because I know he likes to see the view up close. Initially I thought that Norway and Sweden would look exactly the same that I would not be able to tell the difference especially beca http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-756133.html ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 1 ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtFriday 19th October 2012 Despite the early start up at 3.30am ouch it has been a great first day. Flight left on time and was early on arrival as the announcement stated I can39t recall if this was my first Ryanair flight but certainly was impressed The bus journey took an hour an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-750934.html October 8 Perhaps I went to Stockholm compelled by some hidden attractive force of this city because first of all I39ve already been there though seen little and secondly I might have chosen other options of flying from Tallinn with Ryanair such as Bremen Dusseldorf or Frankfurt not Oslo because thats a different plan already. The price was as low as one could imagine and I bought http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-749241.html THE KINGDOM OF SWEDENJune 25 Stockholm SwedenIn the morning we woke to find heavy fog pouring rain and did we see snow as our ferry steamed through Stockholm39s famous archipelago. From what I could see of the heavily treed islands with their small summer cottages and lovely winter homes I was reminded of the similar islands and summer homes on NH39s Lake Winnipesaukee.Stockholm in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-743023.html We got the 8.30 train from Copenhagen to Stockholm it was a Swedish SJ train and was like the ICE train from Brussels to Cologne a few days ago. The SJ train had even more room but not as futuristic bit like BMW compared to SAAB. We arrived on time to Stockholm Central which was similar size to Cologne and Copenhagen station but nowhere near as big and scary as Brussels and St Pancras. We http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-741631.html Travelling all over Europe can be very tiring stressful and fun at the same time. The pressures in your trip can be very stressful what you can do is try to squeeze in going to a Spa Resort in Europe. This will help you relax and relieve your stress. The point of travelling is that you can get to escape from your reality and just relax and enjoy your money. There are lots of amenities in a Spa R http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/Hagersten/blog-741529.html September 2 2011We arrived in Stockholm Sweden via the Princess Cruise Ship Emerald. While Stockholm is often called the Venice of the North it is nothing like Venice. However most of the downtown is along waterways. That is because Stockholm consists of 14 islands in Lake Malaren and borders the Baltic Sea. Rather than do a walking tour of the city we opted instead to see the city by http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-738521.html A colleague dropped into the conversation that he had an apartment in Sweden which was being sold a the end of the month and why don39t I head over and use it for the weekend. Lets just say that it took me about a nanosecond to go OK how many does it sleep slightly longer to sort out logistics but a couple of weeks later I was on a plane flying in over the many waterways that makes up the S http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-738246.html Remember those police shows on TV where 2 officers would interrogate a crime suspect under the glare of a bright light in a small room trying to bleed a confession One cop would be the good looking guy with the soft features and in an equally soft voice would offer all manner of possible compromises and positive ramifications if the bad guy was prepared to cooperate with the authorities. Meet Off http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-738072.html Drumroll pleaseThis ladies and gentlemen is my 200thTravel Blog. I last wrote from Denmark on the eve of our trip to Sweden. I am going to devote the 200th blog to the wedding of our friends Lisa and Rikard. I realized I would reach my 200th blog on this trip and decided immediately to do a special report on the two day wedding extravaganza before finishing the stories from our 7 days in Swe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-738063.html Nu r det bestmt vem som jag kommer att hyra ut min lgenhet till under tiden jag r bortrest. Det knns sknt. Har suttit och skrivit p ett prktigt andrahandskontrakt ikvll som jag slutligen blev vldigt njd med. I helgen som kommer ska vi skriva p.Ryggsck fyndade jag fr ngra veckor sedan. Den knns jvligt bra. Har provpackat den med smutsklder och vinflaskor. Det gic http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-737244.html We have had 2 wonderful days with sunny blue skies also lovely and warm. So driving about 20 minutes from our house is Tyresta National Park and with the help of Sally Satnav we took a country road out to the coastline. Boots on we set off for a pretty good hike through meadows forest trails and eventually to a small still lake...then back again to have a sumptuous picnic sitting on rocks overlo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-735387.html Hej folks that39s me speaking swedishHere I am with the lovely Lesey in a typical red wooden swedish house another houseswap perched up on a rocky hill surrounded by great tall trees and 10 mins walk to the nearest bit of lake. And to top it all when the swedish family arrived at my house the dismal english and swedish weather changed and we have had sunny and hot days with only a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-734734.html WandererHow does John Bauer see his trollsTrolls were not at all indifferent to the practical benefits. Quite often they feature a large robust real property bags. Good evening old man the boy greeted. This character has a typical for most of the trolls large round nose almost like a scone rarely especially for troll wives we found a birds beak like noses. But on the next picture is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-730287.html httpswww.youtube.comwatchvzhIGwG9rqd8 My experience in Stockholm told in a funny spontaneous and a bit crazy perspective Enjoy Rui http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-729471.html