8th August, Stockholm
So we woke up early, handed over the keys to Anita, loaded ourselves with our 18 odd kgs backpacks and walked to the tram station.
We got down near central station from where we have to catch our SJ high speed train to Stockholm at 6:35 AM. The train was pretty comfortable and as we had wi fi onboard, i caught up a bit on the blog which was neglected for a day or two. Pritha got on with her sleep. It was nice watching watching the fields and farms whizzing by, with a lake or two here and there. The conductor while checking the ticket reminded us that we have paid for our breakfast and we should go and have it at the lounge, so pritha did me a favour by getting me some and some coffee too.
We reached Stockholm Central exactly at 9:50 AM and Reine was waiting just there. It so happened that he didn't read my text properly and thought the train arrives at 9 AM and hence the poor guy was waiting for more than an hour. Stockholm as rest of scandinavia also have day passes which covers all transports in the city. Reine suggested us to take a 3 days ticket, which being a bit on the higher side we thought we will think over later and just bought a 100 SEK balance over his empty card. That was pretty stupid of us coz by the time we reached his house, that was over already.
We had to change trains once and then take a bus to reach Reine and Louise's house which was quiet some way from main city, in the suburbs. When we arrived Louise and vera, her 1 yr old daughter were waiting for us at the bus stop. We walked down to their beautiful apartment which so well decorated by reine and louise. We took over poor vera's room for the next few days. After catching up and taking some rest Louise and Reine decided to take us on a short tour around city centre.
We were also told about this secret party that was being organised by them the next day for us. We were so excited. So we along with vera in her pram strolled around Stockholm city centre, checking out the various parks with some or the other activities going on. We also checked out Sergel's torg which is like a central meeting area with wide stairs where people just chill out.
We also found out that in sweden all wine,strong beer or alcohol can be only bought at the state run stores called systembolaget which are open from 9AM to 3PM only. We thought it would be a nice idea to buy some beer and food from the systembolaget and grocery. So we barged into one and grabbed some Sodra pilsner(20 SEK), Nils Oskar God Beer(19.20 SEK) and hanna cider rose (17.90 SEK) to drink and some wraps for 50 SEK each and headed to the canal side. It was some nice time lying down on the grass, catching up over some beer.
After an hour or so Louise and Reine have to go back home, so they handed us an extra key so that we can come back home as per our will and enter without waking them up. We took a walk along the harbour watching some fascinating pieces of old boats harboured there, before saying goodbye to our friends.
Pritha decided to take a nap under a tree in the park next to the canal, whereas i decided to check out all the snaps taken till date. I could actually overlook the majestic chapman hostel harboured nearby which is actually an old ship. It looks fascinating and will recommend the experience to whoever visiting. After an hour we got up and took a leisurely walk towards the sergel's torg from where we were supposed to join the 6 PM Gamla Stan or the old town tour.
So we woke up early, handed over the keys to Anita, loaded ourselves with our 18 odd kgs backpacks and walked to the tram station.
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| The Lounge |
We reached Stockholm Central exactly at 9:50 AM and Reine was waiting just there. It so happened that he didn't read my text properly and thought the train arrives at 9 AM and hence the poor guy was waiting for more than an hour. Stockholm as rest of scandinavia also have day passes which covers all transports in the city. Reine suggested us to take a 3 days ticket, which being a bit on the higher side we thought we will think over later and just bought a 100 SEK balance over his empty card. That was pretty stupid of us coz by the time we reached his house, that was over already.
We had to change trains once and then take a bus to reach Reine and Louise's house which was quiet some way from main city, in the suburbs. When we arrived Louise and vera, her 1 yr old daughter were waiting for us at the bus stop. We walked down to their beautiful apartment which so well decorated by reine and louise. We took over poor vera's room for the next few days. After catching up and taking some rest Louise and Reine decided to take us on a short tour around city centre.
We were also told about this secret party that was being organised by them the next day for us. We were so excited. So we along with vera in her pram strolled around Stockholm city centre, checking out the various parks with some or the other activities going on. We also checked out Sergel's torg which is like a central meeting area with wide stairs where people just chill out.
We also found out that in sweden all wine,strong beer or alcohol can be only bought at the state run stores called systembolaget which are open from 9AM to 3PM only. We thought it would be a nice idea to buy some beer and food from the systembolaget and grocery. So we barged into one and grabbed some Sodra pilsner(20 SEK), Nils Oskar God Beer(19.20 SEK) and hanna cider rose (17.90 SEK) to drink and some wraps for 50 SEK each and headed to the canal side. It was some nice time lying down on the grass, catching up over some beer.
After an hour or so Louise and Reine have to go back home, so they handed us an extra key so that we can come back home as per our will and enter without waking them up. We took a walk along the harbour watching some fascinating pieces of old boats harboured there, before saying goodbye to our friends.
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