Our last day in Sweden saw us trying to get a bunch of stuff done. So we whittled our list down to the place we really wanted to check out and attempted to cover them all. First we went to the area known as Sodermalm. We looked at a few boutique and quirky stores we had heard about and Katerina Kyrka (I have just realised that I think 'Kyrka' means church).
Katerina Kyrka
We then headed to the cemetery of Skogskyrkogarden, which Lonely Planet recommended to us. It was peaceful and quite pretty but we also now assume they meant it was a sight to see in summer.
Skogskyrkogarden cemetery
After leaving Skogskyrgogarden, we made a detour back to Gamla Stan as Sarah had discovered a rubber stamp store online that she wanted to check out. It turned out to be a success since we both bought some things.
Gamla Stan, now with added Christmas lights
Finally, we went in search of a few more shops but unfortunately many of the ones we went looking for throughout the day turned out to be a let down or not even there at all. But oh well, what can you do... We also checked out the train stations of the blue line metro because we had been told it had some pretty cool art painted on the walls. This confused us a bit as it just looked like we were underground in caves, which we were...
The blue metro line is surprise surprise, a cave...
With the day feeling a lot like a waste, we finished by getting some touristy souvenirs before heading back to our room to try and pack up all our purchases for our flight the next day. Oh it also ended up raining all day :(
Some days are just like that. Oh well.
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