March 15, 2006

Hej Stockholm!

Filed under: Sweden March 2006 - mel @ 9:58 pm
looks like a cake!

4th March 2006 Saturday Blanket of snow covering the Swedish landscape greeted Eng and I as the aircraft approached our long awaited destination. The view was pure white, something I would have imagined of North Pole (minus the forest). Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) SK1530 descended at Stockholm Arlanda at 1030 as expected. Arlanda wasn’t busy at all; interior is contemporary and there are washrooms almost every 50 metres (exaggerating a little but this was what I thought). Most importantly, we did not have to wait for our baggage vis-à-vis my various unpleasant experiences at other airports. Just 2 weeks ago, my baggage was delayed from Bangalore and the staff didn’t know the status. emoticon I was so bengang as I accidentally put my Nikon in the luggage lah.

neat and well designed belt
impressive flooring for an airport
Without wasting any time, we took the airport coach Flygbussarna to S:t Eriksplan T-bana. The journey was 36 minutes; sights were spectacular along the way and we knew that we did made the right choice to discover Sweden. After alighting at S:t Eriksplan, we found our way to my dear old CBN classmate’s residence; Noreen. Noreen and her husband, Peter gave us a warm welcome, showed us to our room for the next 9 days and a tour around her cosy apartment. We chatted for some time before departing for an ice hockey game between Djurgården (Stockholm team) and Leksand at the Globe Arena. Peter and Noreen prepared yummy beef burrito for our dinner.

it wasn’t fun at all to find address with these luggages on slippery streets
national anthem in background
Close match, but Djurgården lost out at extra time
atmosphere was great, something i’ll never get on TV

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  1. Sounds like a great trip… nice views, envy sial!

    Comment by laymank — March 20, 2006 @ 3:44 am

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