Our last dinner out was probably our favorite. The French/Swedish fusion was no less than perfect.
We made a quick stop at the Nordic Museum where we were told they would be closing soon. We tried to pull a Night at the Museum but some junior employee has us on his radar and wouldn’t let us out of his sight. Sad face.
So this is what we were doing while my bike was being stolen… wandering around the city, getting a little drunk at a bar called Snaps and then taking bad pics in the train station.
Sarahs at the Ice Bar. Our bevvie of choice was the “Wolf Paw,” which was made with lingonberries and Absolut Citron.
It’s tourist time.
1.) The Vasa Museum. A Viking Ship lifted straight out of the Stockholm Harbor, now housed inside one of the most amazing museums I’ve ever seen. The ship itself is totally jaw dropping and I could have stayed for hours reading about all the people who died on the ship whose skeletons are intact and on display.
2.) Junibacken. A museum devoted to Astrid Lindgren and other Swedish authors of children’s literature. Hey Pippi Longstocking hey.
3.) Saluhall food market. Never seen anything like it. Full on foodgasm.
Highlights:
Two old ladies sitting on a bench sharing a pastry.
Lots of wooden gates and fences that looked like a gnome could pop out from behind of one of them at any second.
Monstrous trees with faces.
Dipping my feet in the Baltic Sea.
Happening upon an art museum in an old mansion and eating at the quaint cafe.
Fields of daisies and tulips. We are certain that’s where the fairies live.
Gallons of sunshine.
Here comes the good stuff. We rented bikes and the city was ours. We rode around Stockholm’s national parks for hours.
Sarah said this is what her imagination looked like.
So you may be able to tell by now that we pretty much ate our way through Scandinavia. If I had to guess, I’d put our total cup of coffee intake somewhere between 30 and 50.
Our first day in Stockholm, we found an amazing veggie Smorgasbord with a huge outdoor courtyard overlooking the harbor. We were pretty stoked to finally get some veggies after days of mayo sandwiches in Denmark.
We spent the afternoon browsing a lot of boutiques with merchandise we couldn’t afford and stopping for coffee and sweets whenever possible.
Oh hey girl hey Stockholm. Our first day here, we walked around taking in the sights and quickly realized this city was much more spread out than Copenhagen and the people were very different. It seemed to be much more of an international city and people weren’t obviously drinking Carlsberg at all hours of the morning.
As soon as we reached Stockholm, our host Agnes met us at the apartment to show us around. We immediately fell in love and felt so at home. We decided to buy the apartment from Agnes and stay in Stockholm forever but then we remembered we have dogs and cats in New York so that plan kind of fell through.
We were sad to say goodbye to Copenhagen but also super excited to get on the train to Sweden. Our 6 hour ride to Sweden dropped us off across the bridge in Malmo, then we grabbed another train all the way to Stockholm. The ride itself was one of our fave parts of the whole trip. The countryside looked like a fairytale… tiny Swedish homes, all brightly colored and farmland with horses, cows and tiny goats. We were forced to ride in the backwards seats, so we were a bit queasy by the time we got to Stockholm, but it was still a great ride.
We took a break from our backwards first class seats to chill in the bar car (Can we face forward in there?) where we met two Swedish chaps who were convinced we would love the shopping in Stockholm, especially the Louis Vuitton store. Obviously they were good with context clues.
The most gorgeous day we had in Copenhagen involved spending a lot of time in a cemetery and soaking up as much sun as possible.
