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| Turning Torso Skyscraper, Malmo |
We woke up early and after a delicious breakfast of even more Danish pastries and bacon we hired an old beat up Volkswagon bus and drove across the Oresbund Bridge into Sweden.
Amazing place - you need a map to make sure you don't get lost!
In Sweden of course they still use the Swedish Krona and with a population of just 10.3 million, there's plenty of space to go around.
But the main reason we chose Sweden is because it is of course the home of Minecraft and our son wanted to visit Mojang HQ since seeing Grian's visit there:
Sweden was awesome! But after all that walking we were exhausted and fell asleep as soon as we got back to our very homely home from home hotel, even before I wrote this blog post.
Wow! What a country. So much hotter than Denmark. Hard to imagine since they're so close together, but phew!
As soon as we left the hotel for our morning walk we bumped into a friend of my son's and I said, "Oh, Hi, I didn't expect to see you in Sweden!" He replied, "Coming out?" And I said, "Naw mate, we're going for a walk round Sweden. Maybe later :)"
Had a great walk around Sweden. Saw a bunch of butterflies just like the kind you see in Scotland, and a grey squirrel real up close like.
Some useful words and phrases in Swedish:
Hello : Hallå /Halloa/
Goodbye : adjö /Adieu/
Please : snälla du /Snella doo/
Thank you : Tak
one : ett
two : två /tvaw/
three : tre
four : fyra
five : fem
I didn't expect to see you in Sweden : Jag förväntade mig inte att träffa dig i Sverige
Today on a friend's advice we went to visit Skansen, which is a huge ethnographic museum on one of the many islands smack bang in the middle of Stockholm.
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As Sweden is such a long country, you can experience the warmth of the south and the coolness of the north.
Check out the national anthem!
Sweden at the moment is having a bit of a problem with the Corona Virus, but that doesn't bother us because we're only there virtually.
Have a look at this great video of 13 things to see and do in Sweden:
Looks pretty great, eh? Can't wait to go there for real someday!
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| At Vasa Museum |
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| In Stockholm's Old Town of Gamla Stan |
Tomorrow : Greece!
Its funny, I didn't know adjö. I was taught hejdå, which is pronounced a bit like hey-door! According to google this is the equivalent to bye! I suspect that they may have tried to teach me the more formal one too, but hey door is the only one that stuck. Glad you had fun.
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