I was looking forward to Copenhagen as it was the only place I hadn’t been to, out of the places we were going to visit during our trip. The city is beautiful in many places, but the amount of graffiti there is disgraceful. I suppose every city has graffiti, but the thing about the graffiti in Copenhagen is that it is almost everywhere you look. Normally you see it in some alley, or out of the way area where people aren’t going to easily spot you doing the graffiti, but there is a lot of graffiti in very public areas. It’s inconceivable to think that there weren’t a lot of people witnessing this graffiti being done in such open areas.

See this: [Link]

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Our trip to Copenhagen by train was the only thing we couldn’t book from Australia. We tried, but couldn’t. That almost prevented us from going to Ronneby at one stage, which would have been a huge shame, since we had our best time in Ronneby, and once we were in Ronneby, buying tickets couldn’t have been easier. Especially since Brinck bought them, with LittleB’s money, it was really simple.

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Day 1 at Ronneby started when my friend “Brinck” (not his real name ) picked us up from the airport with his Son, Erik. Brinck took us to Ronneby Brunn, the top resort hotel in Ronneby, which also was about the only accommodation available at this time of year. The room was small, and basic. We had no iron or ironing board and no bath (there was supposed to be a bath). The soap in the shower was in a wall mounted soap dispenser which LittleB wouldn’t touch. It looked like hand wash for public toilets, not soap to put on the body. LittleB was angry because the room was not what she expected, yet we were supposedly paying more per night than our room in Stockholm at the 5 star hotel. We found out when we checked out that we were given a cheap room instead of what LittleB booked. We got a basic room, and in the end paid a cheap price. Whilst a lot of people might be happy to do that, LittleB wants to enjoy her holiday in comfort, and that’s fair enough. The room we got made her feel disappointed.

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In an hour, LittleB and I will be checking out of our hotel and going to the airport and won’t be home for another day and a half. I didn’t get time to post my Ronneby post, even though it is almost finished. I’ll have to add it when I am back in Sydney, along with the Copenhagen and London posts. London will be a quick post, I have hardly any photos or videos. LittleB and I both find London to be a pretty uninspiring place. I have to get packing, I’ll write again when I am back in Oz!

Day 5 was our last day in Stockholm. We only had a couple of hours available for sightseeing, between breakfast and going to the airport (left the hotel at 11am).

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I haven’t updated for a while, this is a mini update to say we arrived in London yesterday, and it is 4.50pm now so our first full day hasn’t finished yet.

I’ll update the last day of Stockholm, then do the couple of days we spent in Ronneby in one post. Copenhagen will be a single post too, as there isn’t so much to say, but many photos to show. So, more updates very soon!

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Unfortunately Igor joined us in Sweden. Below is the video of how it happened. I refuse to post any photos of him on my blog, maybe some photos will make their way into the gallery in the future. It’s a real pest having him around.

On Day 4, LittleB and I went to the Vasa museum to see the Vasa Ship, which sank just 2 kilometres into it’s maiden voyage. It’s an interesting relic to read about, I suggest you click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

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LittleB and I have arrived in Denmark, and are staying at one of the Raddison hotels in Copenhagen. We have been having a great time. I haven’t finished the last day of Stockholm in my blog yet, nor written about our couple of days in Ronneby. I’ve been too busy. Those updates will come soon, but in the meantime, we are safe and fairly well, and having a great time.

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Day 3 is Christmas Day, and LittleB got the white Christmas she was after. In the morning we took the Hop On, Hop Off bus again, but this time we started the Blue Line route. We didn’t go far before we decided to Hop Off at Sergals Torg for a look around. Normally this is a very big, and busy shopping area, but on Christmas Day it was deserted. All of my photos from around Sergals Torg are in my gallery here: [Link]- Note the first few photos were taken from inside the bus. A lot of snow had melted, unfortunately, giving the area a dirty look.

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Today we walked around Gamla Stan again, and had a great lunch there in a nice cafe, that also had a bar in it. It was a cross between a restaurant, cafe and bar. It was very nice and the food was good. LittleB wanted to try Swedish Meatballs, and so that’s what she had. I had a thin fillet of beef with bearnaise sauce, with salad and chips which tasted a bit unusual, but it was ok.

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