back from stockholm. mimi is here now and hanging out in barcelona til thursday night. it's very nice because now i am getting to do all of the touristy things that i either did right at the beginning of my time here, or that I haven't done yet. Yesterday I took her to a couple cathedrals, La Boqueria, and La Rambla, and tomorrow we're checking out the Modern art museum (finally!), Park Guell, and Palau Guell, one of the Gaudi houses I have not yet visited. Yes, I am still attending my classes, fear not. Anyway, the rest of the week promises to be good, with those things, plus dinner at a nice place with Mimi and some of the Barcelona friends tomorrow night, plus debate watching on Thursday night with Barcelona Democrats Abroad (if any Tufts Dems are reading this: be proud!), plus Sarah's birthday weekend. Good times.
But anyway, I spent the weekend in stockholm with Mimi and Sarah. It was great, and wonderfully cold. Our flight got in Friday afternoon (me and Sarah), and Mimi was delayed, so we basically wandered around Gamla Stan- the old city, found some food, etc. Mimi finally joined us, and the next day was a full day: started at the Royal Palace where we got to see the changing of the guard, a very elaborate ceremony complete with a band that took about an hour. From there we went to a chocolate festival, which was probably the best decision ever. So many samples. I have never seen or eaten that much chocolate in my life- good thing? Maybe. After, we were pretty beat, so we headed to Sodermalm- an island south of the main touristy area (Gamla Stan) where there are more cool stores, less touristy, etc. An early night was had once again.
Sunday we went to tour City Hall in the morning, which was beautiful and very interesting. A guy on our tour kept asking if he could buy tickets to the Nobel Prize Banquet, even though our tour guide kept insisting it was kind of an exclusive affair. Anyway, afterwards we went to Parliament, although we didn't take a tour, and then to Skansen, this amazing open air museum. Basically, go to Sweden. There was a lot more that we didn't do, but our three days were great- everyone is so friendly and the city is just beautiful.
So that was me trying to be as succinct as possible. Hasta entonces...
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