Since
I finished some of my classes early on I had a bit of spare time before
starting my placement so I decided to travel and see Stockholm the capital of
Sweden.
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| The white boat is our hostel |
Stockholm
is a beautiful city with lots of beautiful architecture, shops and history. I
was only going to be there for the weekend so I wanted to make the most and see
as many of the different sites as I could. So I got up early the next day to go
watch the changing of the guards. I have been to London and seen the changing of
the guards there so I was kind of expecting the same. When it was nearing the
time for it to star we could see some of the guards starting to gather. I was
taken back a bit when I see some of them smoking and chatting with each other
joking. I thought because of it being something to do with the Royal Family
that it would have been more serious. However this seems to be the running
trait within Swedish culture, laid back and relaxed not taking things to
serious apart from themselves.
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| Changing of the Guard |
I
got a guided tour around the Royal Palace; it was beautiful inside and was
great to hear a bit more about Sweden’s history. The next day I went to the
Vasa museum; which is the history of a boat that was built to big and on its
maiden voyage sank in the harbour. It was just amazing to see and how the boat
had been preserved in the water by the silt.
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| Stockholm |
I
really enjoyed my time in Stockholm walking around seeing the sites; I wish it
had been a bit warmer as it was bitterly cold. It is a great city but it is so
expensive so I would not want to stay too much longer, I still find the price
of things difficult and don’t understand how the Swedish don’t realise how
expensive things are but I suppose if it’s your culture and what you are used
to you do not see it as expensive.
Until next time Hej
då
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