Aussie in Sweden (and other places)

Hey,

This is just a really quick update before we leave Sweden for the last time and fly to Amsterdam in a couple of hours.

Last time we updated (which we know was a while ago, apologies for that) we were in Gothenborg. We spent the day with Emil, we visited Slottsskogen which is huge park in the middle of the city, where we again saw moose and various other animals as well as a great view of the area. Attached to it is the Natural History Museum which has almost every type of animal stuffed and claims to have the only stuffed whale in the world. Here’s a photo of it.

The next morning we caught the train down to Copenhagen, where we spent the next two nights. The weather was pretty miserable: cold, raining and windy but despite that we walked the main streets of the city, saw the Palace and made our way to the Little Mermaid Statue which is said to be the most photographed woman in the world. Here it is.

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On Monday we decided to go ice skating as we had seen many people doing the day before. When we arrived there were only 3 other people on the ice so we had plenty of room to muck around. Here’s a photo of us, the rink and surrounds were really picturesque.

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That afternoon we flew back to Stockholm and again stayed with David. The following days David went to work and we had a veryrelaxing time sleeping in, browsing the city shops and exploring the surrounds. The highlight was our trip to the Vasa Museum which houses a restored ship which sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628 and they brought up 333 years later. It was really incredible to hear of the sinking, the restoration and to see how well preserved the ship is. Here’s a photo of it.

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When we woke up on Thursday morning there was snow on the ground and cars!!!!! But we didn’t get to see it actually snowing. Fortunately at midnight on Thursday we looked out the window to see snow actually falling. Sam and I went out and stood in it for a while and were so happy that it actually snowed when we were here. Here’s a photo of Sam just outside David’s door.

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And here’s his backyard.

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Last night we had Andreas’s party which was a gathering of Swede’s from all over the country and a really good chance for them to catch up as most had not seen each other for a few months. Just like it was in Australia Sam and I were the Australian minority and attempted to have them speak English as much as possible. Here’s a photo that includes a fair few of the Swedes we met in Australia.

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We got home at 4:30am this morning and have a bit of sleep, but now we are off to the airport. We are staying in Amsterdam for the next two nights, we then fly to Edinburgh and stay there for two nights and continue on the UK leg of our trip.

We will be home in two weeks so we will see you all soon.

Sophie and Sam

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