Today marks the completion of my first Euro trip to Stockholm, Sweden..
I am warning you right now that there is a lot I can share with you about my trip. Too sum it up for those who don't prefer to read my post, I came, I froze, I toured, and didn't sleep. But it was by far one of the most breathtaking cities ever and I recommend it to anyone traveling throughout Europe.
Thursday morning was an early wake up call that included a 8:35 am flight. Bad timing on our part but it allowed us to experience as much of Stockholm as possible. CPH airport is Amazing, there is great shopping, many restaurants, and best of all for us duty free liquor stores. The reason why this was so important is because alcohol in Sweden is double what it cost us in the duty free store, not to mention you have to take a number at the liquor store where they retrieve your selection from the back. Weirdos. The best purchase was our miniature champagne bottles for the flight. Mix in a little OJ and 8:35am didn't see that bad.
Once we arrived in downtown Stockholm we had some time to kill. The beautiful thing about here is all the free wi-fi. We huddled in the warmth and figured out plans for the rest of the day. Our plans included checking into our hostel, grabbing some food and venturing the streets.
The day turned out to be quite interesting. Our hostel was pretty typical with the addition of our one extra roommate with cat sheets. Meow. We didn't get the opportunity to meet her, YET. We headed out to find food. With a group of 9 this was more of a challenge. We found ourselves upon a little cafe. Trying to be savy I ordered a panini which was cheapest on the menu. I guess over here a panini is not grilled and is basically a load of bread. Regretting my decision majorly I picked up the new attitude of YOLO (you only live once). This also means I will need to take out a few more loans..After lunch we ventured our way to a beautiful church and than down to the old town of Gamla Stan. It was a quaint little town and happened to be where our hostel was for the next two nights. We stumbled along to this place called "the palace," where a local swede offered to give us a free tour. It was basically one big Juliard for children. It was awesome. It was equipped with stages, movie studios, costumes, arts and crafts, books, imagination rooms and soo much more. It was an amazing place for kids to express themselves. Something you must see. After this we made out way back to our hostel to figured out dinner plans. Tripadvisor is so handy at this. We went to a place called Garlic & Shots. They were not lying About the amount of garlic. We wreaked. But it was hands down a great experience.i definitely used the YOLO mindset and spent a little too much money.
We went home to find our furry friend of a roommate. She was different. In the worst way possible. The boys we were with thought it was good to ask her sexual questions while feeding her booze. She became attached and thought she was along for the ride. Negative. We honest to god thought she was going to kill us in our sleep. She came home after we were all asleep. She turned on all the lights, played music, ran into walls naked, and was overall a nightmare. We were ecstatic to leave the next morning.
Friday was a day of big plans. We moved into our new hostel in such a great location but a tad more expensive. We managed to make our way to the Vasa museum that displays this amazing ship from the 1600's. I never thought a ship could be so interesting. After this we went home to make a family style dinner. Taco bar. Pretty easy for a group of 11 and a lot cheaper than eating out. The bis definitely underestimated us, but after tasting it could not deny how good it was, and also couldn't deny that we now missed chipotle. A little dinner a little nap and it was time to hit the town. WOMP. We decided to start a YouTube channel of all our womping to "Levels" by AVICII throughout Europe . I will post that link later. The club we went to was awesome, your cliche nightclub, where I also paid 20$ for a vodka soda. YOLO! This was by far the best night in Stockholm.
Saturday was another jam packed day. We woke up to see the changin of the guards at the royal palace of Sweden. It was quite the event. We than proceeded to take a tour of the treasury with all the cliche royal items and also of the royal apartments. Very beautiful pieces that never get used. One exciting thing is that a royal baby is expected to be born within the next month. After this we stopped at a famous cathedral that was also beautiful, such attention to detail in these places. Ultimately I think Europe is just churches, museums, and palaces. All things that I find pretty boring. We were exhausted so packed in a little nap before we went out for the night. Ice bar was on the agenda and honestly the most overrated thing ever. You pay for the pictures to make your friends "jealous", fruity drinks, and an ass hole of a bartender. The night also consisted of a bar called the laughing duck, skybar, medusa, and a Irish bar 10 ft from our hostel. It was a lot of running around. Early night for us.
We were awoken in the middle of the night to learn that our dorm had been broken into and several laptops were stolen as well as other electronics. Anxiety attack to the max. Luckily it wasn't my room but safe to say I couldn't go back to sleep. Me and my friend jenn ended up staying up all morning till the canal tour of Sweden. This was where we experienced some breathtaking views of the city. Sweden is honestly black and white with a splash of yellow in all the buildings. Picturesque. This was the last of our Ventures throughout Stockholm.
After this trip I would recommend it to anyone. It's somewhere different and has a lot to offer. I definitely want to go back in the summer to explore with out frostbite. Next week is Amsterdam and I couldn't be more Excited. So many more cool adventures to come.
Cheers from an exhausted Chels !
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