Stockholm August 4, 2006

Happy Birthday Holly!

We woke up on the ship about two hours from Stockholm and scrounged breakfast at the ships fast food restaurant. Choices were that or a buffet which we have had enough of lately. The fast food place had muffins, Danish, yogurt and fruit so it wasn’t too bad.

We docked on time at 10AM and it took about 45 minutes to get through the immigration line. Outside of the terminal we relied on the kindness of strangers to point us to the right bus that would took us to the Central Station where we caught the subway to Kista and our hotel. We boarded the wrong train that was headed in the right direction and after changing to the correct train we arrived in Kista at 12:30 to find that Holly had picked another winner. The Accome Hotel and Apartments is reasonably priced and our room has a small kitchen, internet connection, LAUNDRY FACILITIES and a TV with three English channels that are not CNN or BBC. As a bonus it is connected to a mall that has a movie theatre. In short everything that these weary travelers have been looking for. There is also a super market in the mall so we stocked up on breakfast foods which will allow us to keep things simpler and more relaxed while we are here.

Caroline Donohue had emailed us the name and number of her aunt who is a nurse and lives here. I spoke to her this afternoon and she suggested how and where to have my knee looked at. We will do that in the morning and I wanted to say thanks to Anga for her help and Caroline for the information.

Holly wanted a special birthday dinner but decided to put it off until tomorrow after carrying the packs around for half the day. We did go see a movie and had popcorn which all of you familiar with our habits know that this was a treat being the second time in two months. We hope to start exploring Stockholm tomorrow after the doctor’s visit but we plan to do this at a leisurely pace.