This past weekend, my mom and I took a 3 hour train ride to spend the weekend in Stockholm. Oh my goodness, it was incredible!!! I love Sweden, and I think I love Stockholm even more. Now I just have to convince Andrew to move there with me. The city is made up of 14 different islands, so there are beautiful water views from almost everywhere. The architecture of the city is so pretty -- it reminds me of Venice. We took a tour of the city hall our first full day there. It was incredible! It seemed more like a palace to me. Here's part of a mural that the prince of Sweden painted inside one of the halls. It took him five years to complete, because he wanted it to be perfect and to be taken seriously as an artist.
Everything was ornate -- there was an entire hall with gold mosaics depicting Sweden's past and future.
The tiles were all so tiny. The artists only had two years to complete the whole thing.
It's inside the "Blue Hall" (even though it's not blue) that the Nobel Prizes are awarded. It was pretty cool to be standing there. My mom and I imagined walking down the staircase in beautiful ball gowns to accept our Nobel prizes.
After the tour of City hall, we walked across the bridge to Gamla Stan an island that has most of Stockholm's medieval city.
The buildings were so beautiful -- my mom and I were lamenting that they just don't make them so beautiful anymore. I suppose Howard Roarke would be satisfied.
The little winding alleyways were so charming. We even found an awesome antique store where we bought some tea cups and tea pots for the centerpieces of the tables for my wedding.
There were so many interesting plazas, cafes, and people. Don't let the flowers in this picture deceive you -- it was freezing cold!!
I love Stockholm!!!! If I didn't have to come back to get married in a few weeks, I might have just stayed :)
Everything was ornate -- there was an entire hall with gold mosaics depicting Sweden's past and future.
The tiles were all so tiny. The artists only had two years to complete the whole thing.
It's inside the "Blue Hall" (even though it's not blue) that the Nobel Prizes are awarded. It was pretty cool to be standing there. My mom and I imagined walking down the staircase in beautiful ball gowns to accept our Nobel prizes.
After the tour of City hall, we walked across the bridge to Gamla Stan an island that has most of Stockholm's medieval city.
The buildings were so beautiful -- my mom and I were lamenting that they just don't make them so beautiful anymore. I suppose Howard Roarke would be satisfied.
The little winding alleyways were so charming. We even found an awesome antique store where we bought some tea cups and tea pots for the centerpieces of the tables for my wedding.
There were so many interesting plazas, cafes, and people. Don't let the flowers in this picture deceive you -- it was freezing cold!!
I love Stockholm!!!! If I didn't have to come back to get married in a few weeks, I might have just stayed :)
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