stockholm

The capital of Sweden. The country where your weirdly-named furnitures are from. We had our short trip to Stockholm when we traveled back to Sweden after we got married. It was my first time there and it was in March. I honestly wasn't expecting colorful flowers blooming, but I also didn't expect it to still be freezing. I think it was about 8 degrees when we were there, that's basically a December in Japan.

What I really loved about this trip was the hotel we were staying in. This smart-ass nanas here, found a cute boat hotel, so close to Gamla Stan (Old Town). It wasn't Titanic-ish fancy, but it was cute and cozy. We had a view of the city by the water.

Don't ask me what the boat name means

Since we arrived late at the hotel, and it was freezing outside. We decided to have dinner at the restaurant, also provided by the boat hotel. The price was, for me, pricey. Was still not used to the "Swedish price", everything here is basically at least 3x more expensive than Indo and Japan. We spent as much as we would treat 4 people to The Cafe, Mulia Hotel (in Indo), so my heart was a bit hurt when we paid -- zzzzzz.

Notice the "S" on the glass -- sick!

The next morning, our first priority on our checklist was to check out the Royal Palace. But since we literally live just by the old town, we had to just stroll around first before we get to the Royal Palace, which was a bit of a walk. Lucky us, the weather was really good for traveling that day. It was sunny, so even though it was a bit breezy, at least we got a bit warmed up by the sun.

Google Maps first

Actually, what I love most about this city (and country), is that, it's got very few people! We don't like people *insert angry emoji here*, umm except for our friends of course, we like them and a very few people we know, we also like them. But most of the time, we avoid being around too many people. It's just...overwhelming. And besides, we've been around a lot of intelligent people in our lovely, clean, organized, and pollution-free country, Indonesia :) We definitely needed a break.

We found cute cafes, restaurants, little corners, and pretty buildings. Definitely cannot wait to go back here again. There are a lot of souvenir shops, which I think my mom would be crazy for.

Ok, now it's the holy time. Visiting the church. But first, check out that butt!

So close to the church, there is the Nobel Museum.

I love this sign so much. I've seen it around Gamla Stan, and I think Indo must have these. But to think of it again, I don't think signs work in Indo. So it'd be a huge waste of investment.