Sweet Stockholm

Complete with Swedish guides.

The next day Hannah and I arrived back in Sweden. We met up with her friend, Sebbe, who lives just outside of Stockholm. After depositing our luggage and a train ride back into town, we met up with a few more of Hannah’s friends.

We spent the afternoon and into the evening strolling around Stockholm with our Swedish guides.

Apparently guard duty isn’t as prestigious as it may look. The Swedish boys told us that it’s more of a punishment than an honor when you’re serving military duty. On top of that, the only thing they are really guarding is their own weapon. They’re not allowed to make contact with visitors.

I guess they aren’t as disciplined as the Buckingham guards because Sebbe launched into conversation with them at every opportunity.

We headed over to Gamla Stan, the old part of Stockholm. It has the cobblestone charm, plus all the tourist shops.

We took a long, chilly trek out to a vegetarian restaurant. The place looked amazing but turned out to be a bit too expensive for us. Plus, the prayer circle happening in the adjacent room was a little unusual… I thought their message board that said, “Lettuce pray.” was just a joke. At least we were afforded a beautiful after dusk view of the city.

xo, jill