Dear Old Stockholm

Argh! I've been planning to write about me trip to Stockholm since forever, but never had the chance. The pictures are pretty self-explanatory. The trip as a whole was pretty uneventful, yet very relaxing at times. Two ten hour boat trips in under 48-hours means a lot of down time. I didn't realize there would be SO much downtime.

While I was packing for the trip, I thought I might have a little time to read, so I packed the first thing I could find, which unfortunately for me, happened to my friend Nart's copy of Thomas S. Kuhn's 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'.

It made for some very intense reading sessions amoung the Finnish seniors on their annual cruise to Stockholm and the newly graduated drunk teenagers. In all, I read the first 50 pages. It seemed a little strange to read such a book on what should have been some sort of vacation, although I can't think of any other situation in which I would have actually gotten through those 50 pages!

So yes, here are some pictures featuring all the regular touristy things you would expect on a one-day trip to Stockholm. I really have to go back; one day was NOT at all enough for such a great city.


On the boat, around 3:30 AM



Inside a really cool diner, converted from what seemed to be a basement dungeon.



The Nobel museum. They didn't have my Prize ready yet.


It's a long road to a Nobel Prize...


Salla and Astrid hanging out for drinks.


My great buddy Dennis, his cuter than cute daughter Elsa and his wife, another Salla


Some Stockholm-y street. Once again, really was not there long enough.


Best buds: Spring 2006 (sorry, Phil, it appears that the paradigms are indeed shifting!)