Drottningholms slott
Sunday in Stockholm. I’d read that Sundays can be a bit of a painpoint for tourists in Europe, because things close early (or don’t open at all) so that everyone can have a break. It’s a good idea, but when I verified this with my German roomie, she agreed that it kind of sucked, because you had to plan ahead of time.
Which is what I definitely did before even boarding my flight to Stockholm. For example, the city hall was closed on Sundays but not Drottningholms slott…
Western side of Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Staying in a hostel can be really unpredictable. There’s always the early risers who get up and start making a fuss so they can be out the door by 8am. This time, I was that early riser, but I had gotten up at around 9:30… hardly early.
For breakfast, I had my first kanelbullar (cinnamon scroll) from 7 Eleven, which wasn’t my first choice for breakfast! I was in a hurry, but it was actually really good. Heaps better than the ones I’ve had in Sydney.
Eastern side of Gamla Stan, Stockholm
A 7am arrival into Stockholm’s Arlanda airport meant that I had the whole day ahead of me to see some sights and take in the city.
The first thing I noticed was how cold it was (11C). Sydney was the same temperature not so long ago but I am really not one to get used to the cold.
Here I go again… but this time I get to type it out instead of physically writing on pen and paper. I have such shit handwriting and I’ve gotten really slow at writing anyway. But I think I’ll still go out and buy a notebook to stick things into it (e.g. boarding passes, tickets, etc.)
So I’m off to Europe and taking all my annual leave to visit a bunch of places I’d never been before - Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium. This is also a bit of a research trip but I will go into that later.
Welcome to our blog. There’s not much here at the moment but hopefully we’ll add stuff
in future.
Ippy took the above picture on our recent trip to Huashan (Mount Hua)
in Shaanxi Province, China. I’ll have to write more about it in a future post.
