rachel m hardwick: Dear Stockholm, I think I love you. xo rach

One of my very good friends Amber was visiting Berlin my first few weeks in Germany. We decided to take a weekend and go explore somewhere other than Berlin.. because, you know, Europe!

Hellooooo Stockholm..

Top Five impressions from a weekend in Stockholm:

1: these are the nicest, warmest, most genuinely welcoming people on the planet

2: people here happy.. in a well balanced, amazing quality of life, radiate wellness and authentic contentedness in a way that my brain cannot completely grasp kind of happy

3: yes, it really is as expensive as they say. HOW MUCH IS THAT CINNAMON ROLL!? ok fine.. take my money.. it's totally worth it.

4: Stockholm is clean, beautiful, filled with museums, history and culture, and has to be one of the top three most picturesque cities in all the world. cities surrounded by water have a certain beauty about them, but there is something about Stockholm that makes it a bit more vibrant than the rest.

5: damn the men in Stockholm can rock the man bun. and it totally works.

A few random shots from walking around the city (I think we clocked around 24,000 steps on Saturday, maybe 22,000 steps on Sunday)..

Along the waterfront

love the architecture

Stockholm... look at my junk!

meandering around old town

funny Swedes...

mmmm.... meatballs

I found VOD's little brother!!!

Adorable food truck court outside an amazing modern art museum.. had really good mac and cheese served by an American/Swede couple.

Flags! Boats! Flags on Boats!

very cool display on Russian propaganda in the Moderna Museet

The Vasa

little viking troll doors!

had dinner here one night.. cool surroundings, not so great food. the Swedish meatballs tasted nothing like the ones I've had at Ikea... (and I am totally kidding by the way.. well, not really, they weren't that good but I don't eat Ikea meatballs!)