Posted in Europe trip journal, Sweden, tagged Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm photos, Stockholm pictures, Stockholm videos, cars, Swedish fashion, etiquette, gender roles, alcoholism, summer sunlight, Saluhall, Swedish food, Swedish market on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sweden pictures
I only wrote two long entries in or about Stockholm. I’m dividing the entries somewhat arbitrarily into individual entries for each day we were in Stockholm.
We’ve been in Stockholm the last few days. If Slovenia was the land of plenty, Sweden is the land of beautiful people. Stockholm is definitely a typical European [...]
Posted in Europe trip journal, Sweden, tagged Djurgarden, fika, Nybroplan, Saluhall, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish architecture, Swedish cafe culture, Swedish dessert, Swedish food, Vasa on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The architecture is different – particularly residential. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it at first, but we figured out that the buildings are simpler with fewer balconies. There aren’t many balconies on older places (turn of the century), but more on the newer ones (50s/60s on.) The windows are much larger in Sweden [...]
Posted in Europe trip journal, Sweden, tagged Djurgarden, Fjaderholmarna, Goteburg ship, Karlaplan, lingonberry, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish architecture, Swedish design, Swedish food, Swedish meatballs, Swedish punctuality on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Swedes are obsessed with punctuality and have their own etiquette rules. When our flight was late, the Swedes were very upset! They are very polite, careful not to intrude or barge in. When our friend’s landlord stopped by, she didn’t set foot in the apartment but just chatted outside for a couple minutes.
We visited an [...]
Posted in Europe trip journal, Sweden, tagged American convenience, Coop, Fjaderholmarna, island, Nybroplan, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish food, T-bana on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really appreciate now that in the US you can get almost whatever you want from either a store or online and have it shipped right to your door. And store hours are long. Most of all, we have reliable essential services like health care. There is no slack in hospital emergency room care due [...]
