Last Days in Stockholm

Our last 2 days in Stockholm have turned out to be pretty busy. Here's a quick rundown of what we've been up to:

Yesterday (Thursday):

- Meandered up through Östermalm to browse the neighborhood that's home to many of Stockholm's fashionistas.
- Spent at least an hour perusing fabric samples at one of many local department stores.
- Made our way to Cafe Saturnus, home to the most outrageously amazing pastries I may have ever seen (more to come on that).
- Wandered down to Djurgården to see some swans, sheep, rams and Swedes playing strange lawn games.
- Took the shortest ferry ride of my life from Djurgården back to Skeppsholmen, where our hostel is located.
- Walked over to Sodermalm to meet college colleague for dinner at a traditional Swedish restaurant (More on that to come as well).
- Walked back from Sodermalm, through Gamla Stan on my way back home to see the most spectacular urban sunset at about 10:30 PM.

Today:

- Visited the Modern Art/Architecture Museums in Skeppsholmen and thoroughly enjoyed the gift shop. Inside the museums was an exhibit of the items nominated for the annual national design competition which included motorcycles, ski goggles and cathetors, believe it or not. Oh, there were also poo bags. Just reporting the facts.
- Took one last walk through the Östermalm Saluhall to get a look at the gourmet treats on offer for the day.
- Walked a hell of a long way into an urban residential neighborhood on the recommendation of Lonely Planet to try a soup place out for lunch. Literally had the best bowl of soup I think I've ever had (more on that to come).
- Walked back along the pedestrian shopping strip to check out a yarn store for Mom and eventually make it back to the only internet cafe we found in Stockholm so Mom could make a conference call via Skype.
- After several days of seeing Wayne's Coffees on practically every street corner, walked around for an hour trying to find one on the recommendation of random old man that they had excellent ice cream. Wound up at the Panorama Cafe in Kulturhuset for a mediocre bite but an excellent view of Swedish modernist architecture.
- Back home to the hostel to pack up and get ready for an early morning departure.

Tomorrow we're training to Trondheim, Norway via Östersund, Sweden. It's meant to be a 6 hour trip to Östersund and then another 3.5-4 hours from there to Trondheim. So, it'll be a day spent on the rails. We're looking forward to the scenery passing through central Sweden over to the Norwegian coast. Will update some more from Norway!