Reading and Roaming
AFTERNOON STROLL On our last afternoon in Stockholm, we strolled wide Strandvagen along the waterfront. This boulevard has trees in the middle and beyond them, views of elegant houses with fanciful turrets. On the water side, large and small boats are moored, some for sale; floating restaurants entice diners during the short summer season, while …
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MILLESGARDEN MUSEUM On the recommendation of our friends Mary and Joe, we visited the sculpture garden and house of Swedish sculptor, Carl Milles. We took a cab from our hotel to a suburban residential area where the entrance to MilllesGarden is boldly signed on a quiet street. Milles lived from 1875 to 1955, was in …
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CAPITAL CITY Stockholm is Sweden’s capital and largest city and is made up of numerous islands. The city with a population of around one million is located at the juncture between a lake and an arm of the Baltic Sea. Here, you are never far from water, and bridges and overpasses link some of the …
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CELEBRATING 80! Our friend Josh, a Welshman, came to Sweden more than 50 years ago after studying at Oxford University. He became a professor at Uppsala University and never left. Josh and the Chief Penguin collaborated on battery research projects over the years. In honor of his 80th birthday and his long and fruitful career, …
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