Stockholm, Sweden

After our short stint in Iceland (we definitely want to go back some day to explore more, we did NOT have enough time) we headed off to Stockholm. I just have to add two things before I go on that Nathan didn't mention in his post about Iceland.

1. Iceland has the most beautiful horses I have ever seen - they are so cool looking and they are all over the place. We didn't get any pictures of them because it was pouring the day we drove around, but I will include some google pics so that you can see for yourself. Also, they all have blonde hair like everyone else in Iceland; quite fitting.

2. I discovered something wonderful in Iceland called Cronions. We stopped at a 7-11 type store one evening for a lovely healthy dinner of hotdogs (we did this far too often in Scandinavia) and they put something called cronions on them...little tasty, crunchy, crispy fried onions. Okay, so it probably doesn't sound that exciting (kind of like the horses, you had to be there) but I am telling you, they are phenomenal and they are all over Scandinavia at the hotdog stands.

In fact, I just pulled this picture off the internet for your viewing pleasure and it was off of a post where someone was raving about them, so I am not the only one. Also, I tried to get Nathan to buy them so we could bring them back home to share, but he said no and tried to convince me that we have them in the US...not true. :(

Okay, back to Sweden...

In Stockholm we stayed with Lisa, one of Nathan's sister's friends and had so much fun! Her flat was so cute and she and her girlfriends were so generous and helpful. On our second day there, Lisa toured us all around the city; Stockholm is beautiful. The architecture and colors of the buildings is so pretty and the waterfront was gorgeous. We went to the Nordic Museum where we got a taste of all things Swedish - traditions, design, the people, etc. Lisa also made us a yummy homemade breakfast and traditional Swedish dinner with raw fish (we opted out of the rotten herring) and potatoes; it was really good! We explored the old city, visited the trendy hipster part of town, shopped at H&M (and bought things we don't have room for in our bags, we couldn't help ourselves) and walked through the parks and around the islands. We had so much fun exploring the city and were definitely sad to leave Lisa.

We had planned to see a bit of the coutryside in Sweden or stop in a small town, but we spent all of our time in Stockholm since we liked it so much...then headed straight for Copenhagen!