Our last couple of days in Stockholm were nice and relaxing. After flying down from Kiruna we had the best meal we had eaten for a long time. It included salad, fresh vegetables and a noticeable absence of fried food, butter and bacon. Marcus was very fond of saying that bacon and butter had all the vitamins you need and his cooking reflected this philosophy.
The next day we met up with Sapna and walked around together until she had to go to the airport. In the afternoon we went to Skansen, which is marketed as Sweden in miniature. It consists of all these cottages and buildings built up to 400 years ago and transported to one location. In each building it is set up as it would have been in that era and there is a costumed actor to explain what the building was used for or how people lived in that time period.
The next day we spent time with Christiane. We had planned on going to the Royal Palace, but on discussion with some of the local press who were hanging around, we found out that it was closed for the funeral of Princess Lillian who had died the previous week. Having seen most of the places we wanted to, and feeling like we had done little physical activity we decided to go rock climbing! We did feel rather silly, but the centre was amazing and we felt so much better for it.
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