Stockholm, Sweden

So let's start off at the beginning. The morning of our departure I had a meeting with John Cater from my internship with British American Business Inc. (Chamber of Commerce). The meeting lasted a little longer than expected, but all of the news was good, so I didn't mind the sprint to the EasyBus that I had to do. The flight to Stockholm was beautiful, and for the first time I had the question answered: what happens if the runway is completely iced over? They still land!

We were greeted by mounds of snow, and found out quickly that we were going to have to take a bus into the city because the trains were not operating. Funny enough, the buses probably shouldn't have been either, because right as we were about to get to the drop off location at central station, the uphill drive proved to be more than the coach bus could handle and started sliding backwards. After many failed attempts, the busdriver asked the men in the back of the bus to help push, which seemed somewhat ridiculous because they had all been partying the entire drive there. After one minor crash, we made it and eventually made it to our hostel.

The next day we spent the majority of our time sight seeing in the old city. It was beautiful to see how the original architecture had been preserved throughout wars and advances in technology and such. Another amazing thing that we were able to do was take a bus tour that just allowed us to see the city from a new perspective. Although there was an audio recording that went along with the tour, it in no way compared to the beautiful scenery that we were able to see.

We had our first encounter with horible hostel roommates who arrived at 5am in the morning, turned on the light, and wouldn't leave us alone, but we all made it through the night and got out as soon as we could, without letting it spoil our amazing weekend. We had a slight layover getting out of Stockholm, but overall the city itself was one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been and I would go again in a heartbeat if I could!