In England it was wet while we goit 18 hours of sunshine in Stockholm!>>Hej hej!
That's the the traditional, enthusiastic warm welcome in Sweden. That's about as easy as it gets... Swedish has a handful of nouns that are truly mesmerising to someone who only spends ten days there. We really enjoyed the Swedish language, Danish was just about as incomprehensible as a language could get to an English speaker.
Anyway, it has been a while since our last blog entry, no excuses really but we have been up to stuff... Scandinavia and the jewel that is Sweden.
In all we spent 8 nights in Sweden, including 5 with good friends Lisa and Nick Piper and there two little fellas in a 'quaint' little village (sorry about the use of that adjectives Lisa but it really is quaint) named Vellinge in Sweden's southern most tip. The town is conveniently located 15 minutes from Malmö - the main metropolis in the area.
Malmö is great city, not bulging at the seams like a lot of cities around Europe and directly across the water from Copenhagen. Both cities are linked by the Öresund bridge (Öresundsbron) - 8km of bridge, 4km of man-made island and 4km of underground. An awesome sight, it's bloody hard to photograph so go 'Google' it yourself if you're interested.
We spent three nights in Stockholm, Sweden's capital city, and had a thoroughly splendid time there. I really do urge anyone reading this with an inkling towards European travel to go to Stockholm. In summer you get real value from the sun - 18 hours of sunlight time - sun streaming through the windows at 4am is utterly perplexing.
Stockholm has all the uniquely Swedish style of design on show, a truly magnificent harbour and a quaint old town (there's that word again) called Gamla Stan. There you'll find all kinds of stores, old buildings and the Royal Palace. Gamla Stan is also home of the Nobel Museum. It's a happening place built to a large extent on water; the Baltic Sea and a handful of lakes (something of which Sweden has 96,000 of).
Copenhagen rocks... in all we spent three days there and were inundated with things to see and do the whole time. There's plenty to see in the history and architecture department as well as the world famous Tivoli amusement park and a handful of popular museums. This includes Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, National Museum and the Erotica Museum, which, by the way, Fred did not happen to visit (maybe next time). The rollercoaster ride at Tivoli was truly exhilirating and photo evidence shows Lisa really loved it while Fred appeared to be preparing to soil himself. Visiting the Royal residences of Copenhagen is worthwhile - Rosenbourg palace is an awesome sight complete with Crown Jewels and moat.
Copenhagen is a little more 'free and easy' (laissez faire) which is exemplified by the longest pedestrian shopping strip (Strøget) and the Nyhavn canal harbour, which was home to Hans Christian Andersen for ages. If you go to to Copenhagen, do a canal tour and see the sights, it is an impressive city from the water.
Well that's our waffle... thanks again to Lisa and Nick for having us at their house and for jacking us up some great accommodation in Stockholm and Copenhagen.
Hej då and see ya
Fred & Bron
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