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Now it IS the last day in Stockholm

After the Nobel Museum visit, we got back into the limo. At the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC's Nobel Day on Dec 1, one of the after dinner speakers was Steve Chu, the Energy Secretary, a prior Nobel winner. He regaled us with various funny tales, among which was a story about a Nobel winner who went home, needed to go somewhere, and got in the back of his car. Having a driver and car at one's beck and call (but we only took it twice non-officially, once to dinner and once to tennis) is quite the luxury. I'm not sure I'd mistake my car for a limo though.

Anyway, we got driven back to the hotel from the museum (a 5 minute walk otherwise), but ended up back in the area slightly later (walking there minus dad) because in the square outside the museum, there is a Christmas market ... a bunch of little stalls selling various holiday related merchandise and consumables. First though, was lunch. We went to a place called the Livingroom, and had Swedish meatballs (yes, again!) They were slightly different. Elk, moose and reindeer meat in them, apparantly. Good stuff! It was another late lunch, and by the time we were finished, it was dark again. But the mood in the square was festive, with lots of people. We bought some marzipan cigars and a reindeer antler keychain.

Then it was back to the hotel for a little rest. And then it was dinnertime. It was only the 2nd day there, and we were already eating up a storm.

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