Stockholm.

As this year comes to a close, I have to admit that I am woefully behind in posts. I had hoped to do 3 a week these past few months to catch up....but failed. This declaration and realization fits in nicely with my new year's resolution, "To do less, focus on the things that mean the most to me, and to be bored."

Over these past 3 years in London, our life has become a truly wondrous blur of trips, movement, new places, conversations spent trying to put in words our feelings about all we are seeing, connecting and disconnecting with friends and family and above all adventure. It can feel amazing, lonely, inspiring, energizing, exhausting, disjointed and both real and surreal.

I need more time to enjoy the city, to be a bit more quiet, to read the stack of books that has grown rapidly, to reflect and to capture a bit more of life as it happens.

I will wrap- up the final posts of 2009 in the next few weeks, then on to the year in pictures I hope to create! Now on to Stockholm.....

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A part of TJ's birthday present this year (ahh hem, yes it was back in January,) was a trip to Stockholm. Lured a bit by a promise of a Christmas market, we scheduled the trip. To make the trip even more fabulous, we were joined by his mom Kathy making the trip from Florida via London.



The city was perfect for wandering. There were not many 'must-see's' on our list so we just headed out each day to see different islands (of which there are 14.)






Lighting is very important to the Swedish, especially this time of year with just about 6 hours of daylight. Most of the apartments have unadorned windows, and beautiful lighting, candles and stars on display.





We rambled, shopped a bit, ate like kings, went for a few runs and soaked up the atmosphere in our modern hotel.



It is a city that we need to re-visit as I would love to see it in the full light of the summer. Posts on the food experiences to follow.