Where Are the Sedins?!

We arrived in the port of Stockholm early morning. I got up early enough to get a workout in and also, a good breakfast (three fried eggs hard over with milk, sausages, and toast). This was the homeland of Henrik and Daniel! 

The port was about a 20 minute walk outside of old town Stockholm, and being on a mission to get more fit and lose some weight, we decided to walk. When we got into town, we started hitting all the sites. We knew that we did not have the luxury of taking our times to see the sites like we have had for the last couple of months, I had all the things to see marked and ready to check off!

We started with the Swedish Royal Palace. The palace was nothing too spectacular, as it looked just like a concrete block sitting on a hill. The gate to the palace though was quite nice. What was also nice is how close you can get up to the walls of this palace. Try touching the outside wall of Buckingham Palace... you need to pay to get into the gate first. There were guards around the palace, and was definitely nice to see a woman in uniform on duty. 

We were lucky enough to also catch the unique changing of the guards here in Stockholm, and it was definitely a memorable one. Please pay your attention to the manner in which the guards came forward.. quite comical. 

We then toured around the old town, having found some wireless outside a 7-11, we set up camp and caught up on some emails and Whatsapps messages (Ya, the cruise had internet but at a cost of $0.65 per minute). 

Directly across from the palace was the Swedish Parliament. And within the old town, the Nobel Prize Museum. The Nobel Prize Reception is held annually in the City Hall of Stockholm. 

To be honest, we did not stay in town for very long. With the time we had, we walked around and of course, did some souvenir shopping. At one point, we came across a Swedish woman working in the tourist area handing out brochures and such, and Matt asked "where can we find the Sedins?" To our surprise, she answered "well, they live in Canada now". I think they are a big deal here, no?

What would a trip to Sweden without some good Swedish Meatballs?! Mmmm street vendor meatballs with very creamy mashed potatoes.