Sweden
I got to Stockholm, Sweden and met up with Carolyn and Cynthia. I ate quickly and we head to our place of stay. It happened to be someone from coachsurfing.com and was all of our first times doing it. We got there and Helena was amazing. Recommend it to anyone traveling on a budget. She greeted us with some snacks and drinks. Great experience! We went to slept and woke up to breakfast. It never ended! Once we were done with that we hit the town and saw a lot. We headed for Old Town (Gamla Stan) and decided to make a left. Ended up in the middle of the changing of the guards ceremony. YES, Sweden has a royal family as well. It was interesting and included a band. Afterwards was a ton of just walking around and looking for stuff. Some important things to mention that we found include the Noble museum where the Noble prizes are given out, the tomb of Mr. Noble himself, and Old Town which has the royal palace and such. AND by the way, Stockholm is known as the "Venice of the North" so you could imagine how much water, islands, and beauty there was. For lunch we just had a sandwich by the water and enjoyed the sunny day. For dinner we went to a bar and I had Swedish meatballs. Amazing meal I must say! The next day we attempted to see everything we didnt see the first day which includes the Globen (largest spherical structure in the world), museum campus/island, and walking around enjoying the Viking culture. We had dinner with Helena and her friends who were very interesting people. Next day we were off to Kopenhagen by bus. The ride was serene but the best was fording the river (Oregon Trail style) on a massive boat from Sweden to Denmark. Incredible view and experience! Got to Kopenhagen and my fraternity brother picked us up and took us to his place to rest...
Denmark
We had one full day in Denmark so we needed to see and do the most we could. We saw some castles and went to the top of a round tower to see all of Kopenhagen. Afterwards we saw the royal palace of another royal family! Afterwards we went to Christiana which is known as a mini Amsterdam. Very liberal and free fallin' people around. We enjoyed the amazing graffiti and had a beer on the roof of a bar. Truly memorable! Before the sun went down we headed for the Little Mermaid which is supposed to be the original. I enjoyed it. The area around it is a park so got some amazing shots around there. Ended the day there and prepared to head home the next day...
Photos can be found at:
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