Am I still in Scandinavia? Is this real life? We walked of our hotel today to something truly amazing: sunshine. The skies were all blue and, though cold, the air lacked the sting I’d become accustomed to. It was a beautiful way to end our stay. We first walked to Rundetaarn (the round tower), and… Continue reading Sunny day in Copenhagen!
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Christianshavn and Paper Island Food Trucks
To start the day, we thought we’d take advantage of one of the free-on-Wednesdays museums, the Thorvaldsen. A quick 30 minutes through was the perfect amount of time for me (I’m not the sit, stare, ponder type.) The menacing statues are both impressive in size and quantity. Hercules, in the stairway, is the best example… Continue reading Christianshavn and Paper Island Food Trucks
Ghostly Gamla Stan and Drottninggatan
We took the first half of the day to do a bit of northern exploration. Walking the busy pedestrian shopping street of Drottninggatan, you get a chance to do some people watching and touristy shopping. The best prices we saw for small gifts were on the most tourist-vibed street, a real surprise! There are a… Continue reading Ghostly Gamla Stan and Drottninggatan
Söder and Vino
We began the day on our way to Södermalm for the food free walking tour. Either they got moving promptly, or didn’t show up at all, because we arrived at 11:02 for the 11am meetup, with no food tour to be found. Making the best out of an unfortunate situation, we headed up to the Greasy… Continue reading Söder and Vino
Copenhagen Grand Tour
We began our tour at the Town Hall Square, filled with different colored umbrellas and very many tourists. The apparent orchestrator of the Copenhagen Free Walking Tours directed us to Rosie’s group who were just getting started. She gave us an informative tour with a lot of personality! The London transplant gives a great picture… Continue reading Copenhagen Grand Tour
Djurgården is My Garden
We began our Thursday with a free walking tour that conveniently met at the Gamla Stan T-bana station (a ~5 minute walk from Castle House Inn). With only a bit of Gamla Stan, and some great pointers for future visits along the way, our guide, Stephanie (a Chicago original, like us!), led a nice little… Continue reading Djurgården is My Garden
Sleepy in Stockholm
Well, we’ve certainly taken our Stockholm stay to recuperate from the busyness of Poland. Though, a girl’s gotta eat! So, we’ve got a couple restaurants that we’ve visited as well as the Royal Palace of Sweden over the past three days. The second night we made a rezo (the internet said it was necessary; it… Continue reading Sleepy in Stockholm
On to Stockholm
Our Ryanair flight to Stockholm-Skavsta Airport was quick and beautiful, flying over the vast archipelago of south-east Sweden. Upon arrival, we were delighted to have another arrival without border-control! Yay! Just one walk by a drug-dog, and we headed to the Flygbussarna we’d prepaid for on their app. It was an almost 2 hour trip… Continue reading On to Stockholm