Today was an interesting one. Firefighters 24 hour strike was over so we could use the underground station near our house. We went north to look at the Estoric Collection showing modern italian art and then went south again to the Victoria and Albert and Natural History Museums. More museums to look at. Most of us are museumed out. I really enjoyed the nature photography at the Natural History Musuem. They had a cool exhibit on called Earth From Above. It was just amazing looking at pictures of the earth and nature like Mt. Everest. One final day of class left. Tomorrow is a free day and we can do what we want. I know a group of us might go see Rent tomorrow night but it’s all still up in the air. Mom and Dad come back on Friday and then we leave on Sunday for Minnesota again. Hard to beleive it’s almost over.
London, England
Monthly Archive for January, 2003
Today was a fun one for our class. We went around town to several small galleries similar to Duncan’s back in Minneapolis. For those non-family members on the list, Duncan is my Mom’s cousin who is an artist. The work in these galleries was more Post-Modern instead of the Modern and earlier works we were focusing on. I really enjoyed these a lot. While I was at the gallaries, Mom, Dad and Paul had a private tour of Big Ben and were there at noon when it struck and they heard the bells up close and personal! Dad said it was fun. Back to our group though, Silvia, the cook and housekeeper at our house cooked us a fabulous meal for dinner. Lasaugna, FLan, Ice Cream, Sald, Wine, and garlic bread. It was so nice to have a cooked meal instead of the pub food. After dinner, Mom, Dad and I went to see Mamma Mia!. This was their first tiem seeing it and my forth. Still as good as the first time. Our seats were in the second row so it felt liekthe singers were singing to us. Tommorow Mom and Dad are going to York with Paul and we are going to more museums as a class. Time is ticking down. Wish I could go back to Stockholm for longer. They don’s have the rain we have here!
London, England
Well this morning I didn’t go with my class to the glass blowing but instead joined my parents and their friend Paul for a tour of parliment. Parliment was cool to see. Much cooler than the US Senate I think. YOu can really see where history took place here in England. And the other cool part is you can go right
up close where in the US Capital, you are way far away. I got to touch the box Tony Blair speaks from. Afternoon event for class was cancelled but I joined up with a few of my friends and walked around. Stoped in at Starbucks to use the T-Mobile HotSpot to post some more pictures to the web. New pictures are mostly from Stockholm this past weekend including the Ice Bar! See below for the address. Tommorow we are going to 4-6 gallaries depending on time. The focus is now on contemporary art. Back to FL in a week from Tomorrow and MN on Sunday. Kind of a strange thought.
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London, England
Well, this morning was a chance to sleep in. Most of Stockholm doesn’t open until 12:00 on Sundays. I walked around the town doing some last minute shopping and site seeing before boarding the Arlanda Express back to the airport. I arrived back in to london at 19:40 jsut as scheduled and back to the house at 21:05. Met up with mom and dad and then went to the pub for a pint before coming here and letting mom and dad go to bed. TOmmorow I will be joining them for a tour of parliment and then join my class again for some contemporary gallaries. It’s been a long travel day so I am off.
London, England
Hello from lovely Stockholm again. Today I walked around a lot and was busy. I started this morning off with a visit to the Telecommunications Museum. This museum is dedicated just to the mobile phone and is sponsored by Ericsson. For those that know me well this place was totally up my ally. From there, I took the bus back in to town and walked over to Gamla Stan where the palace is and the old city. Pretty neat stuff. Then just across the bridge back to the mainland is the city hall. This is where the Nobel Prize is awarded every year. Like last time we were here, I missed teh inside tower but got a good walk on the outside. From there it was up and around Drottninggatan and some of the other shopping areas. On the way back up to Odenplan where my hotel is, I stoped at the Nordic Sea hotel and checked out teh famous Ice Bar. This bar is completely made of ice. The tables, cups and bar are all made of teh same ice as the Ice Hotel in the north. You pay a small fee to go in and are outfited with a heavy coat and special drinking gloves before you enter. Once you enter, your fee includes 1 free drink as long as it includes Absolute since they sponsor this thing and are a Swedish company. For those that want to see more of this unique place, it is featured in the new James Bond movie, Die Another Day. Well it’s 16:40 and most things closed today around 16:00. Relaxtonight and then get up tommorow to check out of the hotel and get some last minute gifts that I’ve been looking at. Flight back to London is at 18:00 and I will be back in London at 19:40 so I can meet up with mom and dad. Well that’s the update for today.
Stockholm, Sweden
Well for those that weren’t aware, I left London today for a nice weekend in Sweden! I arrived here around 14:00 today just as the sun was starting to go down. After getting situated in my hotel, I took off on a short walking journy around the area of town I am in. Made it all the way down to City Hall and the Shereton where we stayed the last time I was here. Tommorow I am going to walk over to the palace and then go hunting for that ABBA museum I have heard about. Also, tommorow night I plan on checking out this place called the ice bar. It’s a bar that is all made of ice. The chairs, cups, bar, plates, etc are 100% ice. Should be a cool stop. It is almost 18:00 here and it looks like it is like 22:00 at home. The sun sets so early! Well, I am going to go get some dinner and then take it easy in the hotel for tonight and make plans for tommorow on the map. This is such a beatiful town and I love it so much already. I will talk wtih you soon.
Stockhom, Sweden
