It's been a while since we've updated the blog... but we have had a few trips in the past month or so - starting with a weekend city break to Stockholm in September.
We've both been pretty busy at work and as a result felt like a very leisurely weekend. Although winter is almost upon us we were treated to a couple of stunning crisp sunny days.
Stockholm is of course the city of design - so a big part of the weekend was spent window shopping in the many designer stores - which ranged from exclusive homeware stores through to small quirky design shops filled with weird and wonderful gadgets - the perfect place to shop for that person who has everything!
The main 'tourist attraction' for us was visiting the 'Vasa'. This museum is built around a 70m 1620 warship which famously sunk about 1.3km into its maiden voyage (due to it being top heavy!). It sat buried in Stockholm harbour until 1961 when she was re floated and restored. 95% of the wood on the ship is original due to the fact that the Baltic Sea is not salty enough for wood worms to thrive. Seeing this immense ship is pretty amazing and it is hard to fathom that so much hard work and labour could be lost so easily!
Stockholm as a real cocktail culture (although drinks are notoriously expensive!) and we embraced this and enjoyed cocktails in all sorts of interesting places - notable were the Gondolen (great views from this bar at the top of a historic lift) and the Icebar - where everything is made of ice... the walls, the bar, the chairs.... even the shot glasses!
View from Gondolen bar
Our hotel (http://www.nordiclighthotel.se/en/) was very cool - labelled 'designer chic' in style. They employ a 'light manager' to control lighting in the rooms and hotel and the beds are the most comfortable beds ever - just what the doctor ordered!
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