Rubber ducky!

Was at Uppsala Castle on Saturday and was amused to find a rubber ducky by the fountain in the castle garden.

Hooray for a public holiday

Met my friend S in the city today and paid a visit to Ladurée Stockholm, which opened last weekend.



Then we headed to Mood Stockholm where I got a pulled pork sandwich, potato salad and rhubarb nectar at Vigårda.

Still alive

Have mostly been cooped up at home, working with spreadsheets and waiting for the ethics committee to approve the research project.

Took this photo when I was out running errands on Tuesday.

Christmas shopping done

Now eating at IKEA's Christmas buffet before heading home.

Sightseeing during lunch

There's a site for locating graves in Stockholm. Checked it years ago and found out that the ancestors are buried at Norra Begravningsplatsen. Wanted to visit, but never got around to it. Only realized pretty recently (while looking for McDonald's) that that cemetery is just across the road from Karolinska Solna.

At Heathrow

Just finished snacking at Yo! Sushi.

This is the closest I'm getting

...to celebrating Midsommarafton.

Poor Pippi!

Guess those gold coins couldn't last forever.

My not-so-balanced diet

I only ate half of the chocolate mousse, so that makes it 1.5 --- and not 2 --- desserts.

The cheese and spinach pancakes would probably have tasted better if they were hot. Only ate one.

Took the IKEA bus from the city for the first time. One woman kept giving a family the evil eye because a little kid was laughing...sheesh, and I thought I was a misanthrope.

Brunch at Connect Hotel in Kungsholmen

Bought a 2-for-1 gift card via Groupon a few weeks back and then invited a friend to come along. Read a negative review on a blog the other night and that got me a bit worried that this would turn out to be a dud. It turned out well though. The selection was somewhat limited, but the food was good.

[Photo taken at 1405.]

The store with no shelves

First visit to H&M Home...

Instead of getting products from the shelves and putting them in your shopping cart, you stick little product magnets on a metal "shopping cart" card. Fun idea!

Movie time!

I finally get to watch The Deathly Hallows (1/2).

In other news...this morning, I dictated my first journal and examined a patient while my mentor observed. We usually fly solo, but he has to observe each of us once this semester and it was my turn today despite my wheedling. Jitters!

First leg complete

Am going around the city today before the touristy places close for the season. Am now aboard one of the new trams to Djurgården.

[Photo was taken at Konserthuset which is where the Nobel Prize Ceremony is held.]

My City Day

Bought gift certificates for a facial at half off and lunch from MyCityDeal several weeks ago.

Got the facial this morning and am now having lunch. Paid SEK 57 for it but the regular price was SEK 142.

Can now strike that off my bucket list

Finally rode a ferris wheel. It was a kiddie one, but that still counts and that is why you should always bring a kid with you to the amusement park. Thanks Big Niece!

Also, this is my first visit to Gröna Lund. It only took me almost three years of living in Stockholm. :p

Thesis trolling

Spring is really here!

Where's Waldo?

Isn't this cozy?

Why do people do that?

I was working on the crossword puzzle while on the train when the girl seated next to me urged her father who was sitting across from her to do the crossword because OMIGOSH SHE KNEW WHO THE GUY IN THE PICTURE WAS!!! Recognizing Robert Pattinson isn't really that great of an achievement especially for a tween.

They then started to solve the crossword aloud and I eventually decided to move to another seat. The encircled words are the ones I overheard them say before I'd written them. When I changed seats, the girl had yet to figure out the R-Patz clue.

Don't deprive me of the sense of achievement that solving the crossword puzzle gives me, darn it!