This week I was lucky enough to spend a long weekend in Stockholm, visiting my friend Marie and soaking up some culture. The weather was cold but thankfully the sun shone and the only time rain fell, I was safely inside a little cafe, warming up with a hot chocolate and a cinnamon bun.
I spent lots of time exploring the city alone, as Marie was teaching, and got to know the traditional Gamla Stan particularly well. It was here that I was able to enjoy the beautiful buildings of the Royal Palace and to experience the welcome given to the Portuguese President and his wife at the beginning of a three day State Visit to Sweden.
Stockholm is also packed full with museums and galleries, although unlike London (I do think I am lucky to live in such a great city!) all of these charged an entrance fee, usually of around £10-£13, which meant that the cost of entertainment/culture in the city soon added up. I didn’t want to visit museums that I could visit in any major city and so I headed for what were billed as Stockholm’s best and, I hoped, most unique museums and galleries.
I will write more about these tomorrow but, because I know that you’re dying to know 
, I visited:
, I visited:
Stockholm is small and perfectly formed, if not somewhat expensive. I was shocked, to say the least, to discover that a glass of house white started at £10! Because of this, other than visiting the above museums, I spent most of my time enjoying the outside beauty of the city by foot. (This is despite having invested £30 in a 7-day travel card. What can I say? Not being able to decipher any of the station signs made me feel nervous!)
As well as Tre Kronor, I also explored the buildings of Riddarholmen,
City Hall
As well as some of Stockholm’s other pretty little nooks and crannies.
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