Firstly, thanks Marcus for the room and Claire for the hassle!
HELSINKI. Transit was smooth, and no luggage was misplaced by Finnair! Big news alright.
STOCKHOLM. Had a good feel of how Lappis is like since I got to stay in Marcus' room, courtesy of Dian for distracting him away to London. Wasn't easy getting from airport to the hostel but was aided by Claire's (and concierge in the airport and Stockholm centrale) directions to find it in reasonable time.
Unloaded our stuff and went out for the free tour that showed us around the old town and told us its history, but most importantly, the place to get the "best" ice cream in town (inverted commas cos it really isn't very impressive now on hindsight). Nice way to past time but the tour was... normal. Highlight of the day: potato salad and cherry tomato (also sets the "mood" for more tomato in the first half of the trip, and more to come I suppose). Back to topic, the potato salad was really impressive though simple (relative to price) and I'm guessing it'll be my go-to during exchange when I need to save up on dinners.
VAXHOLM! Awesome island amongst the archipelago but only because we found this near-perfect sanctuary by the waters that not many people visited though it's along the path recommended by the tourist centre (near perfect cos, well, everything's pricier in Sweden).
Back to civilization, had some time to chill in the city's park before we left for the airport. Flight at 6 in the morning meant sleeping on airport couches, which was quite an experience but I guess it's also one that Ms Blur didn't particularly enjoy, haha!
