{"id":507,"date":"2005-07-31T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T01:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefangeens.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2005-07-31T18:23:31","modified_gmt":"2005-08-01T01:23:31","slug":"how-to-spend-48-hours-in-stockholm-abridged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefangeens.com\/2001-2013\/2005\/07\/how-to-spend-48-hours-in-stockholm-abridged\/","title":{"rendered":"How to spend 48 hours in Stockholm (abridged)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rhian Salmon<\/a> paid Stockholm a visit this week in a futile quest to use up the vacation allowance she accrued during her 18 months on Halley, Antarctica<\/a>. She and fellow Antarctician Liz had just gone on “holiday” by mistake: Crossing the Baltic in a 21-foot sloop without engine or GPS in one of that sea’s rainier weeks in living memory. They seemed to have enjoyed it, perhaps by channeling Shackleton<\/a>, but were eager to hit Stockholm town.<\/p>\n

\"bas_stockholm.jpg\"Liz on the left, Rhian on the right.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There is definitely a circuit for showing Stockholm to visitors with time constraints. We went to Pelikan<\/a> the first night, where I ran into my friend James the expat ER doctor, who was entertaining family friends in exactly the same manner. Pelikan has three things going for it: It serves great honest Swedish food, the locale is an old-school classic, and it shuns pretence. Ironically, in Stockholm, this can also mean there is room.<\/p>\n

Over raw herring appetizers and Sk\u00e5ne snaps<\/a>, Rhian told some flattering news: Beaver Me First<\/a>, that masterpiece of a short film which Matthew<\/a> and I had made back in 2002, turns out to have had a public showing in addition to the premi\u00e8re — on Antarctica, no less, in front of 16 Halley base winterers. They had been enthusiastic, apparently — as would be anyone if the alternative is watching The Thing<\/a> for the twelfth time, but why parse compliments overly?<\/p>\n

The next night, nearer to home at Lokal<\/a>, we discovered why it is unlikely the Kungsholmare cocktail<\/a> will ever take off. The bartender couldn’t\/wouldn’t make it for us, as it included vodka and pear cider, both of which are alcoholic, and this apparently presented a problem. He had fewer qualms selling us the ingredients separately, so we ordered pear cider with a dash of lime cordial and a shot of vodka on the side. It made for a rather expensive drink, however. Best to try this at home, then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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