Stockholm Part 2

Stockholm Part 2

23 Jul 2010

Well here I am, back again with part II of my trip to Stockholm. The weather was absolutely gorgeous during my stay and there were crowds of people out during their lunch breaks enjoying the sun.

Although I didn't have time to do a shopshoot in Stockholm, I did find time to do some shopping and bought some goodies from Granit and Ahlens. I visited Asplund as well, which was filled with gorgeous things, most of which unfortunately were too large to carry home with me. In my wanders I found and took a few photos of Restaurang B.A.R, which has already been featured on many blogs.

I visited the Skansen open air museum and walked through the villages. I loved the rose garden and was blown away by the smell of cinnamon buns baking in the village. Skansen also has a great store which features some of the items made on site and I bought a wooden butter spreader, similar to the one I'd admired at the breakfast buffet. When I get a chance I'll take some photos of the goodies I purchased on my trip. At the moment, I haven't had time to finish my unpacking.



To continue with my sightseeing theme, I also visited Drottningholm Palace. Once again I'd hoped to tour the palace but it was shut so they could 'clean up after the big party' following the Royal wedding to quote one of the ladies in the git shop. Not to mind though, because the grounds of the palace were magnificent.

I know it sounds a little weird but one of the nicest places I visited in Stockholm was a cemetery, the Woodland Cemetery also known as Skogskyrkogarden. I arrived very early in the morning so apart from the gardeners, I was the only person around. It was such a serene place.

So there you have it, my take on Stockholm. I'll be back next week with some images of Gothenburg and maybe some baking. I hope you all have a great weekend.

See you all next week,

Jillian

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Stockholm Part 1

Stockholm Part 1

21 Jul 2010

Greetings from Brisbane. Yes I'm in another city so that meant I had 6 days at home before boarding yet another plane. Another flight means more packing and after 5 weeks carrying 10 kilos of camera gear on my back and dragging another 15 kilos of luggage behind me, I decided to leave the laptop at home and have travelled to Brisbane with just a small carry-on. Bliss.

Today's images are from Stockholm. I've prepared so many images I'm going to spread them over 2 posts so you won't go into image overload. I stayed at the Hotel Hellsten which was nice and close to the t-bana. I bought a 3 day Stockholm Card and zoomed around all over Stockholm using public transport. I tried to visit as many museums as I could and I also walked miles and miles.




The ferry from Helsinki arrives really early in the morning, so I dropped off my luggage and headed into Gamla Stan (the Old City) to visit the Royal Palace. I'd wanted to visit the Royal Apartments but unfortunately they were closed for the week. I'd read how busy Gamla Stan gets and busy it was and for the first time in weeks I heard Australian accents amongst the tourists.



Wasn't the light fantastic in this shot?



I'd read somewhere that the best time to photograph Stockholm was very early in the morning so one morning I caught the earliest train I could into Gamla Stan so I could capture that golden light without too many other tourists getting into my shots.



Stockholm is a beautiful city, filled with beautiful people. Coming from a city built by the water, I found many similarities between Stockholm and Sydney minus the ancient palaces of course!



I couldn't stop taking photographs!

When I was going through the images I noticed a few were missing. It was in Stockholm that my graphics card went into melt-down and I'd failed to download one of the cards. Thankfully I realised my error before deleting my cards. I have a strict rule not to delete my cards until they've been backed up on an external hard drive and burnt to a dvd, which I followed.

Come back Friday to check out Part 2 of my Stockholm images, which are just a small sample of those I took.

Bye for now,

Jillian

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Travel Tips - Stockholm and Gothenburg

Travel Tips - Stockholm and Gothenburg

21 May 2010

Today was my day off so I went clothes shopping. I had a fairly succesful day for a change and now have some clothes to see me through my holiday and a Sydney winter. We've had a gloriously warm autumn here which ended suddenly about 10 days ago. In met a friend for lunch last Sunday and when I looked through the wardrobe, all I could find that could be classified as winter clothes consisted of one pair of jeans, a skirt and a pair of boots but plenty of sweaters. I do not like the cold so I figure if I don't have any winter clothes then winter simply doesn't exist. If only.




I dropped by my travel agent Kurt to collect my travel documents. The trip is very close now but I'm still not excited as I have 2 more weeks at work to get through. Today I'm asking for some help to find the insiders' tips to Stockholm amd Gothenburg. I've not been to Sweden before and I'm excited about finally getting there. My photo once again comes from the Bentours website.

I've downloaded a guide to Stockholm from emma's designblogg but if there are any places not on the list you recommend, I'd love to hear them. I know little about Gothenburg except it's a University town and a vibrant place. I fly from there to Glasgow so my stay is a short one, unless volcanic ash intervenes. I'd love to hear from you so if you have any suggestions please email me info@jillianleiboff.com

Have a great weekend and I'll be back next week.

Jillian

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