Monday, 29 July 2024

Day 2 28 July Stockholm

 Happy Birthday to Mum, Grandma, Great Grandma. Many happy returns.

Leaving in the very early hours of the morning in Singapore we continued on with a stint in premium economy to Frankfurt. It was very nice, and it must have been about 2 am when the economy passengers got fed as the staff had to sit down during the numerous bouts of turbulence, but they were not white knuckle and probably quite tame for turbulence. The food was nice but the toilet queues still not great. It was a 12+ hour flight from Singapore so we actually arrived here in Frankfurt about 6.30 am. We also successfully flew across part of Ukraine!

Catching our next flight to Stockholm, we arrived at our hotel just before 3.00 pm. It had been a journey of 30 hours. We went for a walk to orientate ourselves in central Stockholm and take a few snaps.  Some guy in the street asked me for directions. I apologised that I didn’t speak Swedish. The same thing happened in Paris 2015. We must look like locals. So, after three changes of planes, nine times through security and immigration, 22 hours sitting on planes, and 8 hours sitting in airports, we completed the very first part of our travels.

Some threatening clouds over the Old Town. We did get a few spots, but fine weather is forecast for our stay.


A view of their Parliament House.

The Royal Palace behind us which we will visit tomorrow. We look forward to sleeping in a bed tonight.





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