Stockholm

I didn't mention earlier how much of a party town Berlin is! When Christina and I were getting on the local metro to the airport at 530 am there were still young people out partying in the streets. We could hear the music from a club across the block still blaring. They sure know how to party in Berlin!
As soon as we stepped out of the plane in Stockholm (they do not have the extending arms for Ryanair flights, yah! low fare flights) there was ice on the ground! It has apparently snowed in the city already but luckily it did not while we were there!
It was around 3 pm by the time we got to our hostel and both Christina and I were ready for a nap! We decided to take a rest then clean up and head out to dinner. We walked along the "main drag" and found a nice Italian Restaurant with decent portions for a good price. EVERYTHING in Sweden is expensive!! We usually order a bottle of wine with dinner but the cheapest on the menu converted to over 50 US dollars! It was ridiculous. After dinner we decided to go for a stroll to see some of the city and sights that we planned for the next day. Our stroll turned into a walk and we were a tad lost but eventually we found our hostel.
The next morning we woke up and headed to the Vasa Museum. It is of an old shipwreck that happened right on the shores of Stockholm in the 1600's the ship was raised from water in 1960's and put into an exhibit. It was very interesting! The exterior of the building is also designed to look like a ship.

After the museum we went to an aquarium. I know it doesn't seem usual to go to an aquarium but they are Christina's favorite so we had to visit.

Afterwards we went on a boat cruise around some of the city highlights. We got to see the Absolut Vodka Bar Distillery, Stockholms neighborhoods and parks, some museums and the Opera house.  Stockholm is an archipelago so it is comprised of over 3,000 islands. On our two hour boat cruise we crossed under over 15 different bridges.

After dinner we headed to a local ice rink that we had stumbled on the night before. It was only 3 US dollars to rent skates for an hour. I am by no means a figure-skater and to go ice skating in sweden was pretty embarrassing. There were like 5 year olds lapping me!

After skating we went down to the Old Town part of Stockholm. There was the Royal Palace, Nobel Prize Museum, and lots of quaint little shops.

Dinner cost me exactly the 70 kronor that I had remaining in my pocket. 

I then had another sleepless night to look forward to at the Stockholm airport, before flying out Monday morning.

It was a whirlwind trip but a great adventure! It is hard for me to pick which city I like better because they're so different. Berlin was historic and fun while Stockholm was picturesque and unique.

I do have more Stockholm pictures to post but the uploader is being fussy again, so I will try again next time!