Stockholm Stories


Stockholm

The train ride from Lund was about six hours. The train had internet and seating was comfortable, giving me a nice journey. I sure do not remember my train route to my destination. That was detail deserving short term memory. Stockholm is another beautiful place. But I read its struggles in the history. As life began, it was relatively peaceful unti...


A fleeting visit

Stockholm My first trip to Stockholm will hopefully not be my last; not because I had such a great time there but rather because I didn’t, and I’m sure my first trip was not representative of what the city has to offer. I had been waking up at 3am each morning in Copenhagen since my arrival earlier in the week, so had no difficulty with getting prep...


The Ugliest Girl in Sweden Still Has Big Boobs

Scandinavia 2008 - Day 8 Part 1: My Friday began by riding the bus to the Swedish outdoor cultural center and zoo: Skansen. It was gray and rainy, but the air was fresh and it felt great to inhale large lung-fulls of air. After paying and looking out over the city from the rose garden, I continued up the hill to the collection of rural farm build...


A Two-Year Thirst

Scandinavia 2008 - Day 7 My main goal for the day was to find ProCenter Camera and purchase myself a new tripod. I walked all around in the rain for nearly an hour before I found it just a few paces from where I first started looking. What looked like an average apartment building was actually a high-rise office building; I guess sometimes advertisi...