saturday in the city

we took it easy last night after our long day out and about yesterday at the zoo/park/chill location. Calling it a zoo doesn't quite do it justice. We took a boat to this 'zoo' Skansen and luckily had Stephan as our personal tourguide. As we arrived he told us there was a whole facebook group devoted to how the Werewolf at Skansen doesn't really exist b/c it is so hard to see. Guess what? We saw it. He couldn't believe it. He has laughing so hard about how much we didn't even care about it and everyone in Stockholm would die to see this thing. We also saw the lynx, bears, bison, pigs, and owls and more that I'm forgetting right now. It was quite an adventure. The bears were wrestling and playing which was really entertaining and funny.

Swedes are sooo much quieter than Americans. That's what really makes us stick out. So we'll have to work on our library voices ;)

Stephan said there weren't many (any really) great Mexican restaurants in Stockholm so we decided to make burritos and guacamole for him. It turned out great. We had a blast cooking together, the three of us, and then we spent the night trading stories of our young adult lives on the balcony over a box of red wine. (Mom, box wine is much classier over here than it is there, don't worry!)

It was a really lovely night all in all and then we slept in today. Stephan isn't feeling too great so he is going to take it easy for a little while. Lauren and I got up today and made coffee, heated up cinnamon rolls, and hung out on the balcony. I went for a run down towards Stephan's bike shop. You just take this "alley" all the way down about 10 minutes and you are there. The alley is nothing like what you picture an alley in America. It's a gorgeous, quiet courtyard. The run was awesome, listening to music and taking in the normal weekend afternoon here. Lauren and I are going to go find a cafe now and grab some lunch.

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