After getting a late start in arriving in Stockholm at midnight, we were all looking forward to exploring the city the next day. The area by our apartment was a more mellow part of the city, with several pastry shops and bagel cafes sitting around. Across the street was an extremely convenient 24-hour 7-Eleven. Yes, there's a 7-Eleven here. And one crummy hot dog from the place costs 29K. Kronum, the Swedish currency, is one fifth of the US dollar, which basically means that everything here can be extremely overpriced. Coffee and croissant costs around 75K, and a dinner on average costs 150K. So while you feel overly cautious but also slightly pimp-like for taking out so much cash in one time, we realized it was really only twenty to forty US dollars.
This place was beyond beautiful. On the way to the museum, we found this bridge along the stretch of the harbor and walked around the snowy docks. There was ice just starting to break up, but for the most part the harbor was frozen over. We walked along to see all of the different boats, all with great names like 'Aphrodite II' & 'The Matilda'. It was surprisingly warm given the snow on the ground. Even standing on the pier, the wind wasn't even remotely as cold as we thought it would be. Great afternoon.
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