Storming Europe!: A beginning and an end.

Now we are in our last city of the trip- Stockholm, Sweden. It is a gorgeous place, made up for 14 islands and a lot less city for once. I miss home in that sense, the trees and open space! I never really knew what it was like to live in a city until this trip, and I have decided I do not like it very much lol. Not being able to see a tree outside the window or fresh water is hard. And now we are 8 days away from this trip being over with! Well, for most of the other students at least since I am continuing on my adventure for another month :) But it is still hard believe that it has been also three months in Europe! I have had so much fun and learned an incredible amount about people, information, history of places, and myself in general. I plan on writing another blog soon to conclude my trip but this one is for my first few days in Stockholm!

We got to have a boat tour instead of a walking tour this time! It was pretty chilly without the sun but it was really nice to be out in the fresh air, enjoying the scenic view for once. It was a 3 hours tour and we saw many of the islands, most of which I couldn't spell if my life depended on it, but it was awesome. Some were so small you'd think no one would live there but then surely enough there would be a cute little house out there. I even got to see a seal swimming in the water! That was a great surprise to me not even knowing seals were here haha.

Today I went with a group of girls to City Hall and around Old Town Stockholm! This consisted of Riddarholmen Island where the oldest church,Riddarholm Church, is still standing in Stockholm and where the tomb of King Magnus Ladulas is who founded Stockholm. We couldn't enter due to construction, or something, but we tried to open the doors! We also visited the palace and got to see some cute guards on petrol walking perfectly in-sync even up the stairs. I want to try and visit Drottnighom Palace while I am here too because this is the place where the royal family lives, and I gotta meet the prince ;).