It’s a beautiful day in Stockholm, Sweden! We had a hassle free trip and I even slept a bit here and there. The two-hour layover in Iceland at 1:30am EDT kinda disrupted the sleep schedule.

We made the mistake of eating “Mexican” food at the airport forgetting how substandard it is in Europe! We will try hard to seek out good local food from here on. 🙂

We opted to take the train to city center then walk to our hotel. It was a long walk, but it gave us a sense of the city. It feels so good to be back in Europe again! We’ve missed it so much!

During our walk to the hotel, I remembered that Dick and I are not always in harmony when we travel. We don’t quite have the same strategies or preferences and that can cause friction. The stress of traveling now just adds another layer. We always realign and I can’t think of a trip where the friction points outweighed the shared enthusiasm of what were experiencing. So whatever jet-lagged short tempered incidents flared up today have been resolved!

After a quick wash up and change, we headed out to do a little shopping. I planned to buy a new Fjallraven tote bag for this trip and then use it for a work bag. But guess what? The stores close at 5pm on Saturday. Apparently the Swedes like to enjoy their Saturday evenings rather than toil away at retail. 😏

We opted to walk along the water in the old city and caught what will likely be the last of the sun for this part of our trip.

Our belated anniversary dinner was at a restaurant with floating pavilions. I had marinated mussels — Moules! — and they were delicious! Dick went for the iconic Swedish Meatballs.

The jet lag set in after dinner and we both zonked out around 9pm.

Curious siting of the day: many weddings! We were often in city centers on Saturday’s and would see a bridal couple exiting city hall where their civil ceremony took place. But we saw as many as ten bridal parties around Stockholm city hall this evening!