Stockholm, Day 1
03/June/2009 10:45 AM Filed in: Tourist
It’s been 21 years since I was last in Stockholm! I can’t believe it’s been that long, but here we are again in this beautiful city of islands. We have another gorgeous day (about 75 degrees F) and Bob and I are both off on tours. We both had the same tour called “Highlights of Stockholm”, but we were on different buses. Stockholm is a big city spread out over many islands so, on a bus tour you can traverse the whole city more easily. Europe is so much older than Canada, so its cities always have so many beautiful old buildings, castles, bridges, etc to see. The Swedish people are just as I remember them to be when I lived here so long ago: stylish, fit (they ride their bikes everywhere), reserved, excellent English speakers and makers of great “fika” (my Swedish word for you meaning, “snack&rdquo
treats. It is so hard for me to walk by all of the coffee shops and not want to stop in every one for a little taste of something sweet. Once we got back from the bus tour, we returned for lunch on the ship and then headed out again to tour the city on our own. Some of our time we just soaked in the warm sun at a park near the downtown and took in the locals enjoying it too. I can’t tell you how cute Swedish babies are! Bob and I think that we’ll likely have a “Swedish-looking” baby with blond hair and blue eyes. It’s fun to imagine what our own little one will look like! =)
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One part of the city viewed on our bus tour
A small theater on one of Stockholm’s islands
“Fit and fashionable” Swedes
treats. It is so hard for me to walk by all of the coffee shops and not want to stop in every one for a little taste of something sweet. Once we got back from the bus tour, we returned for lunch on the ship and then headed out again to tour the city on our own. Some of our time we just soaked in the warm sun at a park near the downtown and took in the locals enjoying it too. I can’t tell you how cute Swedish babies are! Bob and I think that we’ll likely have a “Swedish-looking” baby with blond hair and blue eyes. It’s fun to imagine what our own little one will look like! =) No caption needed...
One part of the city viewed on our bus tour
A small theater on one of Stockholm’s islands
“Fit and fashionable” Swedes