Monday, June 18, 2012

Stockholm for Beginners

The destination was Tällberg and therefore the stopover in Stockholm was only a few hours on Saturday.

It rained.  Oh well.

So the best choice for a beginner was to get into one of those touristic red buses and navigate the city from the second floor.  It was worth it because one gets a visual tour of the city without getting your socks wet.

Stockholm is has handsome buildings and the water makes the city very appealing.  I can imagine how photogenic it would turn on a sunny day.  There was no point in making photographs with so much rain.

I found it very cool that bicycles have conquered a good portion of the city.  They had traffic signals only for bikers.



There was a surreal moment where I saw horses passing with soldiers (?) wearing smart blue uniforms.

I borrowed this photo from here to give a sense of the city layout for those of you who have never been there.