Stockholm

I'm leaving Stockholm today, night ferry to Turku so to update you as I've been wandering around quite a bit more. One thing I've discovered about Stockholm is that it's essentially built in two layers, roads down below then roads say a story or two up on bridges above the lower roads. And when you're up you might never realise there was more of the city beneath you quite honestly. Went on a walk with 4 or 5 other people in my hostel a couple of nights ago and saw a completely gorgeous view of the city below all lit up although the sun doesn't set till half eleven or so so it wasn't exactly dark! Then last night after a good meal cooked by an Australian girl with some of the unlimited free pasta -of which I've been having so much it's coming out of my ears beause it's free!- a few of us went out last night too. Found a really tiny jazz bar after wandering around but didn't stay very long anyway. Ummm...went to the Vasamuseum with the same girl -for free, still being a child apparantly lol- which is a completely preserved 300 odd year old ship and one of the king's at that which capsized shortly after it started it's maiden voyage. It was pretty amazing how well preserved it was but there were almost as many tourists as at the Eiffel Tower for goodness' sake! Craziness. It occurred to me in the last couple of days just how many completely amazing people I'm meeting and places I'm seeing all the time -admittedly probably because I've made so many friends in Stockholm, much more than . However did this happen to little Millie hey?
Oh and travel towel number one died a sad death last week (well what do you expect, twas like a giant piece of kitchen roll) so on to number two and I have shockingly actually managed to put quite a substantial hole in my really thick pair of american jeans just purely from the amount of wear they're getting so I'm down to my french supermarket pair and have invested into some capris for summer which amazingly are 2 sizes smaller than these jeans which were snug in Paris! Not that any of that is especially interesting of course but hey this stuff is part of my day to day life at the moment!
Now off to prepare for my dreaded 13 hr night ferry on deck as no cabins left :-( promise to blog agan before I leave Ljubljana (the dates are on here) but not sure if will have time/money in Finland.

Talk before I'm old!
Amelia
P.S. Hopefully Finland will be warmer, fingers crossed!