Friday, August 1, 2014

Sveeeeden

I am already halfway through Sweden, which stinks because there are only
2 countries left after this! After 2 days here, Sweden has made its way
into my top favorite countries. It might have something to do with the
fact that we gained 2 hours coming here. It is so beautiful here and the
people are very friendly and it just feels like a safe place to walk
around. I also have learned that the candy Swedish Fish originated here,
but they call them pastel fish because they are different colors instead
of all red. JoEllen and I have been trying to find bags of legit Swedish
made Swedish Fish to bring home. All we can find are big buckets of
candy were you scoop it into your own bag and we cannot bring food that
isn't pre-packaged onto the ship.

Our first day and the last day of July (how did that happen?) was spent
at the Vasa Museum and walking around Stockholm. So the Vasa museum is
actually really interesting and cool. Long story short: Sweden built an
impressive ship and it sank on its maiden voyage after 10 minutes in
1628. The ship stayed in the Baltic Sea for 333 years before being found
again. After 333 years it was brought up and still intact due to clay
and the water in the area. They built the museum around the ship and
ta-da. It was amazing to see this insanely old ship in really good
condition. The science nerd in me was fascinated with the skeletons of
the people that were found in the ship. They had each body of bones laid
out in a different case. I was in anatomy heaven. Yet another moment to
solidify that I am in the right major. After the museum, JoEllen and I
got on one of the buses and found a huge street of shops and
restaurants. When we decided to go back to the ship we got on the wrong
bus. Our tour guide in the morning told us a thousand times to make sure
we got on the 76 bus on the opposite side of the street. So we got on
the 76 bus on the wrong side. It was a fun half hour of riding buses
back to get on the right side. After dinner, Becca, JoEllen, and I went
back into the city for drinks. Unfortunately I had a killer migraine,
but it was still a fun day.

By some Christmas miracle, we got to sleep in today because our program
didn't start until 3pm. We first went to the ABBA museum. It was really
cool. We got to see equipment, instruments, and their costumes. JoEllen
and I also got to record a song. We chose Mamma Mia and we will get to
look at that gem on the website when we get home. After we went to
Stockholm's Ice Bar. Probably one of my top best experiences in a
country. We got our little parkas on and went into the bar! Everything
was all ice (obviously) and it was only about 19 degrees in the bar. It
was so fun and we each got one drink with our tickets. Our cups were
even made out of complete ice. It was a great feeling to get out of the
there though and have some warmth. I would love to go back to an Ice Bar
again sometime.

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