I hate packing. I will always hate packing. I packed badly for Sweden and that’s for two reasons. As far as clothes went, I took my light ski jacket. It’s warm but it also fits properly (which, to be honest, I don’t like). If I’d known how cold it was going to be, I’d have … More Packing for Sweden
It’s almost always worth getting out of the centre of a big city – it’s where the people live, it’s where real life rather than tourist life happens. I went out to the Stockholm suburbs because that’s where I was staying. We did spend most of our time in central Stockholm – Esther likes playing … More Getting out into the Stockholm suburbs
It’s just too easy to title this “Art on the T-bana” or something along those lines. But it’s true, some of the stations on Stockholm’s metro system, the Tunnelbana or T-bana, are indeed works of art. I didn’t notice them at first. The green line, which I used on my first couple of days, is … More Cave paintings in the Stockholm metro
Without my native guide (read: best friend from school who moved there last spring), I would have totally overlooked Skansen. It was certainly mentioned in my guidebook but it wouldn’t have caught my attention and even if it had, I probably wouldn’t have gone there. But Esther, who has three children under ten, has a … More I saw a moose in central Stockholm!
I Am A Polar Bear 