First visitors

The weekend before last, our first visitors came and we had a great time showing them around the city and celebrating a slightly late Christmas. It even snowed on Saturday evening while we were having 'Christmas dinner', so it really did seem like a White Christmas for us!

We spent Friday wandering around Gamla Stan, then for lunch at a great place on Gustaf Adolfs Torg near the front of the Opera house, called Naglo - highly recommended. We then headed over to the Hallwylska Museum on Berzelii Park, which was something of a treat. Wilhelmina von Hallwyl was possibly the ultimate hoarder - she kept hold of everything, right down to her children's milk teeth, a cutting from her husband's beard, and one year she kept all food receipts and recorded every meal that was served in the house. It was a pretty fascinating place. Dinner was in the basement of Den Gyldene Freden, which was a real treat.

Saturday was spent at the Vasa Museum in the morning, which never fails to impress any English people who have seen the disappointment that is the Mary Rose..., followed by semlor at Gateau, and then a belated Christmas dinner back at our place and present opening and watching the snow fall outside.

On Sunday, just before they left for the airport, we walked over to the city hall (Stadshuset), allowing me the opportunity to take a couple of photos...