Stockholm day 2

I love Stockholm so much, that the cold doesn't even bother me. I now wish I had gone to grad school here when I was accepted a few years ago. I will definitely have to come back in the summer, the islands seem filled with magical places for camping. Today I visited the vasamuseet (easily the most incredible museum I've been to in years...check it out online), junibaken (Astrid Lindgren exhibit...she wrote pippi long stocking, one of my most favorite characters from childhood), the Nordic museum and Waldemarsudde, then finished the day off with a bit of shopping at h&m (I couldn't resist, sadly it's not at all different from the us) and dinner at my new friend, Anna's house. I've met so many interesting people on this trip so far, and Anna and her family were no exception, we had a delightful night of conversation and yummy food, while they enlightened me on daily Swedish life. I cant imagine a more perfect night.

Stockholm

Took an early morning train into Nuremburg to catch a plane this morning. I've long believed that all great journeys begin at sunrise, and today was no exception. On the train I created "fire" photos by shooting long exposure pictures of the sunrise from the moving train. After a grabbing a cup of coffee in the city centre I caught another train to the airport and we (my little friends and I) were off to Sweden just in time to see a Santa Lucia performance at the airport.

Berlin to Nurnberg

A four hour train ride through the countryside is nothing short of lovely. Even my little friends enjoyed the view. While snacking on some gummies, a little girl named Leony came over to meet them, we spent the next hour discussing ponies and SpongeBob with my elementary German skills. (Das ist SpongeBob. SpongeBob ist cool.) today's favorite German phrase is: Das hier ist kaput! (this is broken!).

Berlin day 3 - more gluwien please!

Today we walked all over Berlin, photographing the wall's east-side gallery, the brandenburg gate, walked for miles through the tiergarten, then drank enough gluwien to keep us warm until the new year. Somewhere along the path I found the coffee shop of my dreams, filled with cool artsy kindred spirits...great day.