Stockholm

For January 30th and 31st I was in Stockholm with my host mom! We walked around the city, rode the metro, and visited some great museum's and historical places.

THE CASTLE

One of the places in Stockholm I visited was the Castle, where the royal family (of Sweden) lived/lives. One part of the castle is open to visitor and the rest is closed off because they live in the other part. Here is a slideshow of pictures I took. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a history nerd and it was so amazing to have seen the castle and read all the facts that they had in the castle.

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OLD TOWN

This part of Stockholm has been here for many centuries back to the 1000's I believe. I loved how cute and vibrant everything was here in this part of town. It reminded me a lot of what Italy looks like in the movies. 

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GLOBEN

On our last day in Stockholm, my host mom took me to Globen! Globen is like a very mini London Eye, so you get in to this glass bubble type of thing and you ride up and you can see the top of Stockholm from it. It takes 20 minutes in total to get up and come down and it is a little over 400 feet up. 

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THE CHURCH

When we first arrived in Old Town the first place we went to was the Cathedral of Stockholm.

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Along with those places I went to the Nobel Prize Museum, which was such a fascinating place. I also took photo's in an old Swedish phone booth and in front of the Nobel Museum. I found out that 7/11's exist outside of the US (in many countries but Finland of course), it also brought back memories of home as Stockholm is on the waterfront just like Hampton, so the chilliness of the windy air made me think of home. 

 

Next Sunday I leave for Poland for Sport Holiday, thanks to my host parents I will be able to bear witness to Auschwitz

-Hailey