gamla stan.

gamla stan is the "old" part of stockholm. hence the name "gamla" meaning OLD and "stan" meaning CITY.
it is something out of a story book. cobble stone streets, cafes, mom + pop chocolate shops, and sparkling christmas lights hanging throughout the streets.

i enjoyed a cappuccino and a tradtional swedish pastry, "bulle" [bun]. yes, the cinnamon and sugar ones! this one was with almonds spinkled on it! mmm! jätte god!

the weekend was wonderful.. went out and did lots of walking around the city. boston is the walking city..well so is stockholm! everything is so close and all within walking distance! i am becoming familiar with streets and subway stops. there is an h+m on everyblock, so i decided to go into one and found it so cliche i was in an h+m store in downtown stockholm while listening to lykke li in the store. [a swedish store playing a swedish artist for those who are unfamiliar.]

i went to the lovely arianna's place to meet her amazing friends and had the most delicious meal! HOME MADE BREAD! and carrot soup! i am so envious of everyone here knowing how to cook. but i figure, there is not a better time in my life, -OR PLACE- then to learn the tricks of the trade in kitchens in SWEDEN!

we ate, drank, laughed, sharred stories, listened to detektivbyrån and i was on cloud 9!

for those music fans out there, i have some interesting news! the song "heartbeats" that we know from the sony bravada commercial [bouncy balls in san francisco!..sheena honeycutt!] was ORIGINALLY by the knife. jose gonzalez [another swedish performer] COVERED it. oh! the drama!

oh sweden you are such a small world!

xoxo.