Fun, Fun, Fun

The past week we've been visiting with friends, shopping, and more. We even met up with Kat, a friend from when I was living in Columbia, MO who happened to be backpacking through Scandinavia! It's a small, small world! After several very expensive drinks at an English Pub in Södermalm (we're talking like $10 a beer!) it was early on Saturday morning (1am), and Jer finally found the perfect time for me to try my first tunnbrödsrullar. This is an interesting delicacy of Stockholm street food consisting of a hot dog, shrimp salad, mashed potatoes, relish, and various other condiments all rolled in a flat pita bread. I have never seen or tasted anything like it!

On Sunday Jer took me to Skogskyrkogården, which is cemetery south of Stockholm that was founded in the early 1900s. It was designed to blend architecture and nature together. It was a misty, rainy, cool day, which was the perfect atmosphere to take in the beauty and peacefulness of this site.

Yesterday we went on a day cruise to Åland, which is an island that technically belongs to Finland, so I can say I've been to that country too! We got up extremely early to meet Claudine, Kennett, and Maxze and drive over to the cruise ship. We all had a great day eating from a traditional Swedish smörgåsbord for breakfast and lunch, sitting on the sun deck watching the outer archipelago and the Baltic Sea float by, and squeezing in some tax free shopping.

Only a few more days to squeeze in final visits with friends, walks, and souvenir shopping for this trip!

Pics from our day cruise to Åland:







Pics from Skogskyrkogården: