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1st Stop -
Copenhagen, Denmark
2nd Stop - Reykjavik, Iceland
(Day 1)
2nd Stop - Reykjavik, Iceland
(Day 2)
3rd Stop - Oslo, Norway
If most of the people at Oslo that I ran into
were miserable, it was the total opposite in Stockholm. People there
were happy and, in a very chirpy way, they kept on saying Hej! Hej! Hej!
(pronounced Hey and means "Hello" to their friends, acquaintance or to us
when we asked them for directions.
Our bus from Oslo departed at about 11:30 pm
and arrived at Stockholm Central Bus Station at 7:00 am. Got ourselves some
breakfast and bought transport day pass via
SL. 24-hour pass
was SEK 135 ($21) that included the SEK 20 access card. The card was like a
credit card that is refillable and had a 6 year expiration.
Took the subway and we dropped our bags at
Hotel Aldoria which was literally on top of Fridhemsplan stop.
Check-in was 3:00 pm and we got there at about 8:00 am so we left our bags
in their storage room. From the hotel, we went to
Djurgården and strolled
for about 2 hours. We saw a replica statue of
The Thinker and
initially thought it was a Rodin original.
Went back to city center and walked through
the typical European street shopping center,
Västerlånggatan.
At the end of the street were The Opera
House, Riksdag (Parliament),
and at the center was
The Stockholm Palace.
After all those walking,
we went back to the hotel for a bit of rest and at about 3:00 pm, we went to
Millesgården. For some reason, we got lost at Ropsten station that
connected us to Torsvik which was the tram stop to Millesgården. From
Torsvik, it was a 15 minute walk and since we got lost at the Ropsten
station, we got at Millesgarden at about 3:55 pm and the sales lady was very
kind to let us roam for 5 minutes as closing time was 4:00 pm. Nothing
special about the garden except for the weird statues/sculpture.
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To
culminate our Sweden trip, Mom and I had 1 and half pints of beer for $22.
A celebration that we completed our trip to expensive Scandinavia.
Following day,
we took the Flygbussarna at the
Central Bus Station for the 45 minute ride to the airport. Fare was
SEK 99 ($15). Connected via Frankfurt back to Toronto. |
