Last week I presented at Digital Health Days in Stockholm. This was my first speech at a conference with a large audience. I was extremely nervous, but was so thankful that I had prepared (for hours) the night before. I didn’t realize the magnitude of this speech. There were to be 400 people in the […]
So our food journey started with lunch on the train while traveling to Stockholm. I’ve never been on a train with a dining wagon before so this was a first for me. We both ordered the pasta bolognese. It wasn’t gourmet, but filled us up for our adventure! While in Gamla Stan or Old Town, […]
We are ready for a drink! Where else to go but the famous Ice Bar! Built in 2002, Ice Bar is the world’s first permanent ice bar. At -5 degrees all year round, the interior of the bar is made entirely of ice from the Torne River in northern Sweden, including the glasses the drinks are […]
After a morning touring the museums, it’s time for my favorite part, shopping! NK is a luxury department store in the heart of Stockholm. It reminds me of the stores back home like Neiman Marcus or Saks Fifth Ave with similar high end designers. Ferdinand Boberg, Sweden’s leading Art Nouveau architect, designed the building. He […]
After spending the morning seeing the Vasa Museet, we headed over to Skansen. Skansen (the Sconce) is the first open-air museum and zoo in Sweden. It was founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era. On our way to Skansen, […]