So in October, I hopped the pond over to Stockholm, Sweden for a week long conference in disaster medicine/graduation from my master's program in disaster medicine.
Stockholm was very cold...
Fortunately, I discovered serendipitously, the most delicious hot chocolate in the ENTIRE world! It comes in a small package as you can see, but is so potent they call it chocospresso...
I loved it so much...I had to go every day. Fortunately, I did limit myself to only one a day...
This is the genius behind the dream. It only took two visits till he knew I was a regular. The only question he'd ask was: to stay or to go?
At the end of each day, my brain would remember the luciousness of it all. My forgetful tastebuds, however, would be shocked into full recollection with the first sip of each day...
I even got my friend Cristina to partake, and successfully hooked two others who we would stumble into at the shop frequently
Yes, I did more than just drink hot chocolate. I received a very colorful diploma...
The final seal of completion!
And got to see a few sights: here is an island called Sigtuna, home to the first organized city in Sweden.
Ancient Viking runes are scattered across the island. This one was incorporated into one of the many churches, most of which now stand in ruInes...
I love random pictures of flowers growing out of rocks...
View from a hill on the island
Cheesy touristy picture with a Viking rune...
More cheesy touristy pictures...
As morbid as it may seem, I loved the cemetaries for the reason displayed below. They were beautiful and cheery because each grave had a small planter built into the headstone, all of which contained colorful flowers...
Beautiful fall colors in a church ruin...
More fall...
View from the shore..
A little bit of Stockholm..
The narrowest staircase in the city...or was it the oldest...?
View from a globe shaped auditorium...
More of the city from above...
The Goonies ship! Just kidding...not really. This is the Vasa - a 16th century ship that capsized in the bay killing just about everyone on board. It was recovered and restored in the 1950's. I sure felt like I was on Goonies when I walked in and saw this thing looming over me though...
Diving suit used to retrieve the Vasa...
And just beautiful!
