We were sad to leave Lyrestad but after 4 days of wonderful weather it was time to head to Stockholm. We left early for the 3 hour and 300km journey north and east to the capital. Or to be more precise we headed for Arlanda airport as we needed to drop off out hire car first. The journey went like clockwork and a minute after leaving our hire car, the taxi arrived to take us into the centre of Stockholm and out Hotel Skeppsholmen on the island of the same name. Our driver had some problems as several of the streets he wanted to take were closed due to road works and after several diversions we arrived safely at our hotel. Hotel Skeppsholmen has wonderful views over the waterfront and a peaceful garden in front with roses blooming!
We then spent a few hours walking around our island Skeppsholmen, Kastellholmen and Gamla Stan (the old town). The city is looking stunning today and is busy with tourists and locals alike out enjoying the weather.
The LLW had decided that it was time for a change food wise and had instructed Ray to seek out a suitable Thai restaurant close to where we were in Gamla Stan. Restaurant Siam was located only 0.1km away, we sat outside and enjoyed a very good meal.
The walk back to the hotel seemed a long one and we were very tired when we arrived there. Hotel Skeppsholmen is a modern conversion of what was originally a military barracks and the conversion is of course in the typically Scandinavian style of quite basic and very quirky.
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