30th April’s night is Walpurgis in Northern Europe. Sweden is not an exception and many bonfires can be found everywhere.
But the weekend had some more news. 4 friends came to visit me (and Stockholm, by the way), so we did some tourism, and for first time I went quite far away in the Archipielago, were you can find small islands, together with huge cruises. O_o
And, to finish with this short post, two photos taken in the same position… Yes, the amount of boats is so high around Stockholm that you can find two petrol stations competing with each other.
This week, I had couple of hours free in Helsinki, and they were more than enough. As far as I could see, it is really beautiful the surroundings of the city: lots of islands and forests, but the city was not that beautiful.
I didn’t know that some of the big cruises in the world are built in Helsinki.
I knew that Finland was part of Sweden until beginning of last century, and that many people there speak Swedish, but I didn’t expect to see the street names in both languages.
Last weekend I went with a friend to Copenhague. It’s just 1-hour flight far from Stockholm, and we were interested in knowing other scandinavian capital. It happened to be an beautiful city and with a very interesting mix of Scandinavia and continental Europe…
… and with a real open live sea, apart from many channels…
… with an overvalued Little Mermaid …
… with some funny situations, like these guys with a living room on a boat (please, pay attention to the details) …
… and where you can always find your place for relaxing.
Today is Saint George’s day, and it is celebrated in many places in the world. For me, it is special, as he is the patron of my town, Alcoy, and the local festivities are in his honour.
Another weekend with a visitor, which means, the whole weekend out doing stuff: sightseeing, walking, party, etc. And it was a great weekend, with a really nice weather. Spring seems to be here…
Furthermore, this time the visit included some typical Stockholm’s musts. First of all, the Ice Bar, a bar where everything is made of ice: tables, walls, bar, glasses. Quite interesting for a Spaniard, so to say.
Vasa Museum was also part of the visit. It is still impressing me this huge boat more than 300 years old, so well preserved. Nobody should visit Stockholm without spending couple of hours in this museum.
