So today I said goodbye to the adventure that was my time at
Raslatt. I had to get back on that stinkin bus for 5 hours to get to Stockholm
but thankfully I didn’t throw up this time. I’m kind of bummed I didn’t get to
say goodbye to my roommates (at least the 2 I met) but I ended up running a
little late and you know the Swedes and their punctuality so I had to hurry
haha
Once we got to Stockholm, we hopped in some taxis and headed
straight for our oh so lovely accommodations for the rest of the trip. Imagine
a shoebox, then cut it in half and that the size of the room. Like, I think my Barbie’s
had a bigger house then this. Oh and there’s two showers between 16 of us (2
people lucked out and are on a different floor). I’m thinking our group is
about to get REAL comfortable with each other REAL quick. Speaking of the
group, I’m starting to realize just how great everyone on this trip is. It
seriously would be a completely different experience without each and every
person here. We’re so stinkin precious.
So after check-in, the hangry-ness was making an appearance
so the group headed straight to dinner. We ate in the dungeon/bar/basement of
this pretty neat Irish pup right in the middle of Stockholm’s old town. The
views are beyond amazing (it’s messing with my amazedness scale for sure). All
the streets are cobblestone and all the alleys are narrow and all the buildings
are old- absolutely breathtaking! After getting stuffed to capacity at dinner,
of course we had to stop for ice cream (blueberry is quickly becoming a
favorite). Then we just wandered around the streets for a while, sort of taking
everything in. We passed the royal palace, which I cannot wait to visit later
this week!
So I’m combining yesterday with today because I forgot to
post!
Today, I’ve pretty much been walking from 9 to 5, basically
a full time job! The group started with a subway trip to this crazy cool food
hall with all these different vendors selling all sorts of fresh foods.
Everything looked so nom (the cooked stuff at least, I’m not about the huge
chunks of raw fish or anything). After, we walked walked walked to the “Vasa
museum.” I thought it was going to be a total snooze fest but it was actually
really interesting. It was about this ship that sank a bazillion years ago that
has basically been completely restored. The freaking four-story ship was
freaking IN THE MUSEUM! So neat!
Afterwards, we all walked over to the Nordiska Museum, which
was this museum about tons of Scandinavian culture. There were different
sections about everything from fashion to jewelry to place settings haha. I
actually learned a few things, like some women used to give their husbands
watch chains made of their own hair. Nothing says I love you like a necklace
made of hair I guess? Also, the Swedish didn’t wear underpants for quite some
time…interesting?
Fika was almost mandatory at this point and slowly but
surely, we wandered back to Old town. I got my tacky t-shirt so all is right in
the world. The group all met for dinner at this restaurant called Sally’s. I
had fish (surprise surprise) and it was every bit of amazing! Then, it’s also
becoming mandatory dinner means ice cream for dessert so we bombarded an ice
cream shop. This time it was orange/lemon swirl that was actually pretty good!!
Even though it was only 7:30ish, I was about to pass out so
the group consensus was just hanging out and playing cards on the boat for the
tonight sounds like the plan! I can't post any pictures because the WIfi here stinks but get ready for them because it's gorgeous here!
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