After our long ride to the airport and checking in we were finally on the plane, tired and sweaty from our trek but we were excited for our adventure!
We were on Austria Air and they had GREAT snacks! We had this yummy fruity pudding type thing! I enjoyed it a lot as you can see... :)
After our long day of traveling to Sweden we had made it!!! It was night time and we had to get into Stockholm which is about 40min from the airport. We figured out it would be cheapest to ride the bus there so we got our tickets and off we went on the bus!
It was super cold!!! Stockholm is about the same latitude as Alaska so it was nice a cold when we got there! I was FREEZING! and of course just our luck it was raining! I got bundled with my scarf and gloves and got out my umbrella! Both Christina and Betsy are from Alaska so of course they didn't think it was cold but I was super cold! It was a short walk to our hotel but we finally made it!
Much to our surprise when we walked into our room it was about 7x6 feet... I thought I was going to DIE in there! SO TINY!!! and no windows! I literally thought I would suffocate... It was terrible... but we got ourselves together and off we went to find dinner! We found this little restaurant and didn't realize they were closing but they let us eat anyway! they server was really nice and we got MEXICAN!!! it was AMAZING! hadn't had it since I left home! I was super excited! After dinner we came back to the hotel and I had to register for classes so I got that finished and Betsy and I had a couple beers and watched the hills until we fell asleep!
The next morning we were up and going. We decided to go see this 17th Century Ship first. Betsy was extremely excited about it. And I figured it'd be pretty cool but our our way I got this funny sense that I was in downtown Seattle... so I mentioned it to the girls and they said the same thing! It felt so much like Seattle! It was weird! but nice! I felt like I was in downtown Seattle about to do my Christmas shopping! :)
We eventually got to the museum where the 17th Century ship was and that was pretty cool. It was kind of funny the way it went down though... it only went 1500 meters and then a slight breeze made it fall over and sink. Apparently something about the weight and what not made it sink so that was pretty hilarious. But its crazy how well they have kept it in tact!
After we saw the ship we went looking for lunch! We again found mexican food! yummy! We went to a place called the TacoBar and I had a the yummy burrito below! :)
Next we were off to see IKEA!!! The largest IKEA and of course their flagship store as it is in Sweden. It was HUGE!!! There was a free bus that would take us from downtown Stockholm right up to the steps of the store. It was great!
So excited to be there! :)
Betsy and I found the IKEA Family vests! :)
I may have been too big to go down the slide but I still felt like a kid! :)
GIANT IN THE BEAR CHAIR!!! hahahahaha
Just baking some treats! :)
Pretty lamp display!
After our adventure to IKEA we came back and decided to track down some beer/wine for the night ahead! We picked some up and headed back to our room to relax for a bit before we went out. At this point I was still sad about our super small room and my nasty beer that was 7.5% alcohol... sick! but I was still excited to experience Stockholm nightlife!
We ended up finding out about this Irish Pub that was called the Dubliner and we thought it sounded like fun. We got ready and headed out! We got there and it was PACKED! There was a great band playing and we had our first drink but then realized we were starving so we went to this place right next door that had all kinds of food! I ended up having some Turkish food that was absolutely delicious! And it was funny while we were eating in this food court type place this guy comes up to us and says he heard us speaking English and asked us where we were from and all this turns out he was studying in Sweden and he is from the states also but then he proceeds to tell us he is there with his mom cause she was visiting for the weekend and she told him to come talk to us... WEIRD? yes! haha but other than that he did well... hahaha! Anyway after we were pretty much kicked out of this place cause they were closing we headed back to the Dubliner where we got more drinks but there was no place to sit. We were standing there and all of a sudden Betsy says she'll be right back and runs after this group of guys. About 10min later she comes back and tells us she met some guys and they are going to come say hi later. Not more than 10min after that one of guys comes and invites us to their table. There were 4 guys and we had a great time the rest of the night drinking and learning more about the Sweds! :) Their version of cheers was Oi Oi Oi! It was great! The music was awesome! We pretty much danced all night! OHHH and at one point during the night this guy in a red shirt which I will refer to as red shirt man... anyway he calls me over to his table and asks me who my boyfriend is and I was like what? and he said that boy you were sitting with and I said well that's not my boyfriend I just met him tonight and he was like well I think you are cute sit down... and I was like uhhh what??? and he said do you speak english all the time?? and I was like ummm yeah??? haha it was hilarious anyway he went onto tell me I had to sit at his table instead of the other one and I somehow got out of it by saying I wanted to go dance and when he saw me dancing with some guy later that night he yelled at me and then later proceeded to try and kiss me when he was leaving but luckily I avoided that... it was quiet the interesting episode but definitely a story to tell the next day. Back to the guys we had been sitting with they kept asking us where out hotel was and we just kept saying close and they said something about how they wanted to come and we said no its too small then they said we could sleep in their car?? WHAT? noooooo we were not doing that! haha so at the end of the night we somehow just slipped out without saying anything and made it home! :) All in all it was a really fun night!!
The next morning we got up and headed to this place called Wayne's coffee to have breakfast. It is a lot like Starbucks in the states. We had yummy bagels and cream cheese with lattes! :) sooooo good!
After we had breakfast we decided to go explore old town Stockholm and we got a chance to see the royal palace which really wasn't much to see. We basically just walked around and took lots of pictures. It was a pretty relaxing day! :)
At one point we even fed some ducks!
After our day of walking around we headed back to our hotel and relaxed for a bit considering we were exhausted and it was dark out anyway. We hung out for a bit then again went out for dinner. We went back to same food court place from the night before and I got Mexican food again! Yes I'm addicted! but its just so delicious!! We decided to stay in that night because we had to be up and on our way to the airport around 4am. I only got about 3 hours of sleep before we were up and on our way again. We got to the airport and unfortunately our flight was delayed because there was a bunch of fog in Vienna where our layover was so we ended up sleeping on the benches in the airport for a bit before we were able to take off but turns out they held all the connecting flights in Vienna so we just didn't have a layover and we we got into Athens only 15min later than planned!
It was an absolutely amazing trip and I definitely plan on going back someday! Hopefully during the summer next time! :)
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