Early in December, I packed up all my winter gear and prepared for the freezing temperatures of
Stockholm. I had been invited to attend the
Google Teacher Academy, so the timing of this trip was not my personal choice. But, I was thrilled to be part of this small, selective group.
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| a beautiful view of the city |
I arrived in Stockholm after 15 hours of travel. I'm quite sure I could have made it all the way to the States in the amount of time it took me to travel from Milan to Stockholm, but at least I made it on that first day. I had allowed only one day for sightseeing in Stockholm and losing that would have been truly disappointing.
On Monday, my roommate for the few days, Stephanie, and I headed out to check out the major sites and do some shopping. Stephanie and I had "met" on Twitter and I asked her to share the hotel room I had reserved. She had arrived earlier than I had and was able to show me some of the places she had checked out already. We found lots of great places to shop and spend all our money since Sweden is definitely not cheap. I found it comparable to Zurich, which also stood out as above standard European expenses.
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| checked out the Christmas markets in the Old Town |
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| the Royal Palace |
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| Brrr! But it wasn't as cold as I expected it to be! |
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| Please notice that it's 3:30 and the moon is fully visible. |
The 2nd and 3rd days of my trip were spent in
Google Stockholm. I met a lot of great people and was able to make some new connections with people in jobs similar to mine. At the end of our long first day (about 12 hours) a large group of us headed to the
Ice Bar. I had never been to a bar like this before and felt like this was an appropriate location to have this experience. It was cold! And cool! And only necessary for one drink.
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| Now one of about 1,400 in the world! |
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| celebrating at the Ice Bar with Stephanie and Anne |
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