Touring Stockholm

The hotel had a really nice buffet for breakfast. Featured were Swedish meatballs, all kinds of herring and salmon, eggs prepared several ways, dried meats, cheeses, fancy breads and fruits.

Rosita & John arrived, bleary eyed from Hawaii, and we sat with them while they ate breakfast and got oriented. After breakfast, we all went on a bus & boat tour of Stockholm—very informative. After the boat trip we had a lunch of salad with shrimp in the park near the dock.

Back at the hotel John and Rosita's room was ready and they wasted no time heading there for much needed sleep. We wanted to see more of Stockholm so off we went on a self-guided walking tour of Gamla Stan, Stockholm's medieval old town. This was their original walled city, so homes and cobbled-stoned streets were compact, around squares having a local well. It was all surprisingly similar to what we've seen in Italy.

Later, Rosita and John had awakened so we were ready venture out again. The concierge at the hotel said all the restaurants we looked up on the Internet were tourist traps. He suggested KB, popular with the locals. The appetizer was a herring ("sill" in Swedish) assortment. Barbara had a seafood stew. John choose lamb. Rosita and Nick both adore calves liver, and as it's is rarely seen on a menu, they ordered and enjoyed that.