Blogs from Stockholm County, Sweden, Europe - page 8

Tuesday 25th July. A bit of a late start after waking at 2am and only dozing after. Light nights don't help !!! We took the Tunnelbana (underground) into the city and booked our train journey to Harnosand.....about 5 hours north of Stockholm... for Monday. We wandered around the city centre and went to the Kulturhuset and saw a display of 100 years of Finnish Design. Wednesday 26th July. Awake early again. Today we are going on a road trip around Lake Malaren...about 300 kms. We left about 9.30 and drove south-west on the E20 motorway. First stop was Gripsholm Castle....one of the many on the lake shores. It was owned by early kings and used as their summer retreat as well as a fortress in earlier days. It has been added to and modified many times, ... read more

Pro Svedsko stejne jako pro mnoho jinych vyspelych zapadnich zemi je typicke, ze mestska doprava i vlaky jezdi presne nacas a po ceste nenabiraji zpozdeni. Nas první kontakt s vlakem zacal dobře, prijel uplne presne. Po ceste jsem zacala psat nase dosavadni zazitky, Jirka se snazil spat. Venku se silene rozprselo a tak jsme zacli premyslet, kde mame bundy, plastenky nebo nepromokave boty. Nakonec jsme to ani hledat nemuseli, protože nez jsme prijeli, z toho lijaku se stal celkem prijatelny destik. Jak se to mohlo stat? Pricinil se o to presny svedsky vlak, ve kterem jsme sedeli. Zatimco jsme psali naší airbnb hostitelce, ze mame hodinu zpozdeni (autobus z letiste a vlak na sebe spatne navazovaly), vlak se nekolikrat zastavil a pokazde se z reproduktoru ozvalo asi toto: "hepikatong ulmastrend pi éme hohokesatipf". Jenom jsme se ... read more

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Woke up feeling less jet-lagged which was nice! After a slow start, we headed off to a small town just north of Stockholm called Sigtuna. This town is known for its ancient church remains (11th century) and its long pedestrian shopping street. We walked all around the town and the shopping street and mostly just bought a few snacks but enjoyed the walk and the town. We found two churches: St. Peters and St. Olof's and walked around the grounds and the cemetery of St. Olof's. The graves were quite different from what we see at home. Both are under renovations for visitor safety reasons. Nigel made an astute observation in one of the parking lots. He noticed that there was a license plate with the letter "S" on it (indicating ... read more

Monday 24 July... Jonathan had to go to wortk to meet them team making the next film he's involved in. Lee and I walked to Alvik - his nearest local shopping area - found an ATM and a coffee shop that served flat whites !!! We then went to the supermarket and bought some bread, cheese, ham and fruit etc for lunch. It's always interesting trying to find what you are looking for in a supermarket when everything is in a foreign language. After lunch, Bertil took Sara and us to Drottningholm Palace - one of the Royal palaces on the outskirts of the city. A lot of it is now a museum open to the public except when being used for state visits. No royals at home so we went in. It is a baroque ... read more

This is a travel Blog Test post more than anything. Heading to Stockholm on Sunday. Let me know if you want to be removed from this mailing list. Nigel... read more