One lovely spring day

First, we took a ferry from Slussen/Old Town to Djurgården. It's a really beautiful ride, and since yesterday was the first time the weather permitted us to sit outside, I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the beautiful surroundings. Unfortunately blogger is playing up and won't let me move the pictures around, so the will appear in a bit of a random order.



Södermalm, the old working quarters. It may not look much to the eye, but to me it's beautiful. Walking down those cobbled streets, you can almost imagine what it was like living there a hundred years ago.




Once we reached Djurgården, we found a small bridge where we sat down to enjoy the sunshine and have some coffee. It was slightly cold, but the coffee did its best to warm up our frozen bodies.


I sure don't look very warm, and I felt rather like an elderly woman with my home-brewed coffee in a thermos and a home made sponge cake to go with it.

Ida preferred some tea... And left her mittens on.

The ice was still pretty thick, but was definitely melting. We had a good time trying to make holes with our feet, but were too scared to put our entire body weight on it. This little bird evidently was not.

Another picture taken from the ferry, of one of my favorite streets in Stockholm. These quarters are the opposite of Södermalm, this is where the posh and rich people live. And where I work. The street is called Strandvägen, and it's absolutely gorgeous. I like this part of town too, Östermalm it's called. As a moved in Stockholmer, I'm allowed to like all parts of town. If you're born and raised here, I think you have to take your pick. You're either a Söder och Östermalm girl. I'm both and neither.

The Vasa Museum and another museum which I believe to be the Nordic museum, but I could be wrong. Another picture taken from the ferry.

Also from the ferry. This is Slussen, the first part of Södermalm that you come across if you walk from the city to old town. It's worn down and dirty, but it has its charm. I like it, and I'm worried that all the grand plans that are being made for its future will take away its charm and history.

Unfortunately, days like yesterday are few and far between. Today got off to a good start, but the weather quickly deteriorated, and just as I was heading out to buy dinner, it started to snow. And as it did, the love for Stockholm that I felt yesterday quickly turned into utter disgust.

I think it's safe to say that you'd be hard-pressed to find a more depressing view than this right now: