05 Oct: Stockholm

Yesterday Santos and I took the train from Sodertalje into Stockholm, a trip of about 30 minutes.  It feels slightly surreal being back in Sweden - everything is familiar yet unfamiliar, all at the same time.  While in Stockholm, I attempted to show Santos a few of the sights and introduce him to a few Swedish customs.  We wandered around the city, shopped for a beanie at H & M, saw inside Kulturhuset, took the tunnelbanan (subway/metro) to Gamla Stan (Old Town), wandered around the old nobility island, saw the castle and then walked back into the city centre along Drottninggatan.  We also had a traditional Thursday lunch of ham and pea soup with a side of pancakes and had cinnamon buns for fika.  After Stockholm we came back into Sodertalje and had dinner at my friend Erica's house, where I met her very soon-to-be husband Patrik.  All in all, it was a very fun (but long) day!

 Possibly parliament, possibly some other government building, possibly nothing at all.

 Evert Taube

 The old Ordnance Datum point - a silver rod locked behind an iron door.  Which Santos tried to open.

Santos running away.