Knowing me Knowing you

I was informed that I had to rest on Sunday, no running allowed. So we did not get up very early as Linda needed her beauty sleep. Breakfast was again very crowded and so we ended up sitting outside, it was reasonably warm. After eating plenty of fruit we went out for a short walk, well it would have been but I got carried away and we ended up at the Abba Museum at Djurgården, which is another Island in Stockholm, the city is built on  14 islands and has many medieval buildings. We did not actually go in the museum, but saw it from the outside, it cost money, money, money to look round and  not being a supertrooper I did not want to spend the dosh but could say thank you for the music, before walking off.

We then caught the boat back to the centre and had a wander around the old town, the cobbled streets, old fashioned archways and shops. We did stop for a coffee, it was definitely old fashioned, 19th Century coffee shop as it did not have any internet access. After this we saw some buildings, Linda took some more photo’s and I just walked. We went to the central station to see where we had to get a bus from tomorrow, sorted that out, saw the first Starbucks in Stockholm, but just used their internet to check in for our flights, we had just had a coffee and it was even more expensive here. Then we wandered back to the hotel, it is quite quick with no diversions or alternative routes.

We were going to visit a friend of ours in the evening Mario and his new wife Demaris. We hadn’t seen Mario (apart from on Facebook) since January 2005. He had stayed with us for a few months in 1999, on route to Sweden from Albania. We had to get the tube to Akalla and then he met us there. They have an apartment near the station, on the sixth floor. We shared a meal together and it was good to chat about old friends, life and the Lord. Demaris is  from Kenya so there is a connection there, it really is a small world! We stayed for about four hours, before getting the train back to the centre and walking back to the hotel. According to my watch we have walked about 8 miles today. 

On Monday morning I got up early and went for a little run, as the sun was rising, I was under instructions not to go too far, so did a few miles along a scenic route. We had breakfast before it was time to pack and go and catch the bus to the airport. We have had a good time here, lovely scenery, good pavements to run on and of course nice coffee.