I know it's no excuse, but Travel Tuesday has taken a nosedive amidst my efforts to weed through and edit seventy-three billion six hundred and nine kajillion photos of Stockholm, Sweden.
What can I say? The two days Josh and I spent in Stockholm were absolutely magical (despite the fact that I was in the middle of one of the longest and most intense IC flareups of my life. What does that tell you?) Stockholm is one of those places you love to just be. It doesn't matter what you're doing. Just taking in all of the colors, the culture, the crowds--it makes the experience worthwhile.
Title is from this fabulous Swedish pop song "Stockholm I Mitt Hjärta."
This is what the Swedes dress like.
I'm kidding. Of course they don't :-) This was a traditional Swedish festival that was going on downtown right as we arrived in Stockholm. Talk about luck! Josh and I even stopped to pose with a beautiful older couple in traditional garb. Who knows? Maybe this is how their parents dressed when this couple was growing up.
There was also a street dance festival going on while we were in town. What a weekend to pick, huh? There also happened to be a marathon going on. That wasn't so great. Lots of roads blocked off.
Anyway! The art culture of Sweden is just so vibrant. The crowds that turned up for these dancing street performers where so thick I literally couldn't get a single picture of the actual dancing! Plan on more than just a handful of posts about architecture, sculpture, decor, and street art out the wazoo.
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| A guard at the royal palace |
Most Swedes practice a daily ritual called fika. While it's not unusual for the average American to have a cup of coffee in the morning and then head off to work in an office that keeps a pot of coffee on hand, a Swedish office will actually close for about 15 minutes in the mid-morning and again mid-afternoon so that everyone can take a break and fuel up on caffeine and a pastry of some kind.
And I thought the Spaniards were big on coffee!
More gorgeous pics of the most special city in Europe after the jump!
I love Stockholm too. I was there beginning of june but the weather was really bad. luckily i have a sister who lives there which is a perfect excuse to visit, and another sister in malmo which is gorgeous too :-) love your photos.
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Thank you :-) That's great that you got to visit and that you have an excuse to keep going back! We totally lucked out on the weather while we were there. Hope you get some sunshine next time!
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