Stockholm. Busy city! Trains every 20 seconds in some parts! So many beautiful old buildings your eyes hurt. Churches so huge and old they look spooky and like they are out of a dodgy gothic movie. Waterways roaring out to sea with meltwater that keeps on coming. And its constantly below 3 deg. Food tour was 5 stars. (Susan) i can see why this scandinavian city made of fourteen islands is repeatedly voted the world's most liveable city or at least in the top t...

This was our first leg of the european leg and were a little excited. I had visited the land of lego and the little mermaid about 20 years ago. The main thing I recall from that trip was the $8 beers! Luckily my drinking habits have changed since I was 22. We were staying in the Norrebro central district which was a community focussed multicultural hub full of cosy cafes, restaurants and a micro brewery (norrebro bryghus). This is where we enjoyed our first ...

This relatively new city does have an element of artificiality yet as a visitor we do find it enticing. Does one really need fake ski fields in the middle east, or a building nearly 1 km high? I think not, but if it drags in the tourists, why not? After spending much of the day gazing upwards are oddly shaped skyscrapers and watching dancing fountains, tonight we are heading out to celebrate john's birthday where there may be more fake stuff (perhaps the foun...

My Birthday! (John) first time in an A380 . Bloody big plane!