Stockholm!

Stockholm has been my favorite city thus far. It was an adventure of epic proportions. The city was absolutely beautiful and was so much fun. I went with my friends Jordy and Maddie and explored the city for 3 days. The first day we went to a couple of cool restaurants and had a few drinks and hung out in the sauna in our Hotel in Oden Plan. 

The view from our hotel room

On one of the days we were there, it was -18 Celsius which is about -1 Fahrenheit, so we stayed inside for the most part and went on a little shopping spree. Sweden's not as expensive as I thought it would be. It was way cheaper than Switzerland anyway. 

Stockholm Center at night

And on the Sunday we had a day of tourism. We visited the old town, Gamla Stan and saw the Swedish Royal Palace and the view of the rivers. We even went to the World's largest IKEA and ate Swedish meatballs for lunch. After that we saw an exhibit of David LaChapelle's photography at a photography museum. And of course after that, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe in Oden Plan, ate some burgers, had a Sam Adams and watched the Superbowl playoff game between Atlanta and San Francisco. Way to be American...

The Swedish Royal Palace, Kungliga Slottet

My friends and I found that because we spoke German we could understand a bit of the written language, not to say we know Swedish at all other than "tak" which means thanks and "baste" which means sauna, but we could figure some of it out. I also found that the people in Stockholm were super friendly and hospitable. I would recommend anyone to go there!