Scandinavia-May-2007

The video camera broke while we were traveling throughout Scandinavia (and Germany) so we decided to create a super cheesy video using only the still pictures, digi-cam based movies and our sweet wonderful voices.

The video includes pictures of Stockholm, Gothenburg, Kiel, Germany, Copenhagen and Malmo. We took over 300 or 400 pictures but only used about 30 pictures. To see the whole set, in full res, click over to the Gallery.

Enjoy! 

On our way to Stockholm, Sweden from Lubeck, Germany we stopped off in Malmo, Sweden to see the sleepy commuter town. Malmo, although once a big part of Sweden appears little more than a commuter town now.

We arrived by train yesterday. The train took 5 hours and it was an absolutely amazing journey. Sandwiches, marzipan (from Lubeck, of course), pastries and a bottle of wine all stretched out over 5 hours with nice scenery outside the window. I think this is the only way to enjoy a train ride.

Lubeck is the ferry tale city of Germany, honestly. The entire town could be (and in some cases is) the set of a fairy tale. The city begins with a two towered gated entrance that leads directly into a town center which holds an elaborate church set next to a bricked courtyard.

We had originally planned to travel from Gothenburg, Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark and then over to Hesinki, Finland. When we went to purchase our tickets to Copenhagen though we decided instead to go to Kiel, Germany. At the time of purchase neither of us knew what was in Kiel. In fact neither of us had even thought of going to German until about 5 minutes before we purchased our tickets.

It is currently midnight in California and 9am in Sweden (my current location) which makes me offficially 28 years old right now! Wow... 28.

I'm getting old.  

We arrived in Gothenburg by train yesterday. A 5 hour train ride from Stockholm that cuts right through the middle southern half of the country. It was a beautiful train ride filled with everything green. Green trees, rolling green hills, Green grass, blue water.. green, greeny things.

We took the train from Stockholm to Gothenburg yesterday. It was a 5 hour journey with several stop offs as it crossed through the middle of the country. The train ride was absolutely amazing. The seats were plush, comfortable and all had amazing views. The "bistro" car looked as though it were straight out of the early 1900s perfectly preserved.

We landed in Arlanda yesterday around 11:30am Sweden time; which is about oh-too-early NYC time. Flying time was only 7.5 hours but I spent time watching "Epic Movie" on the plane and eating my vegetarian dinner; which oddly enough had a chicken salad on the side.