I arrived at Gothenburg rather late, though you wouldn't have known it by looking at the sky. I think that's one thing I'll never get use to, how late it stays light this far north. I was staying at the same hostel as Kristi and it wasn't long after unpacking my bags that I ran into her. She was just coming back from a large park near the hostel and lead me back to it. We spent a good half hour or more playing in the playground there. It was a pretty awesome one ...

My first day in Stockholm started nice and early at about 8:30am. The plan was to do both free walking tours (one in the morning in the new part of Stockholm and one in the evening in the old town). The morning one was guided by a really funny guy and talked a bit about the current royal family and took us to where the Nobel prize is awarded and gave us a bit of history on it. We also visited the smallest public statue in Stockholm. The evening tour focused mo...