Sweden 2011: The Ice Bar

The guards getting ready for the presentation

I woke up early in the morning and rode the train downtown to my new hotel at Crystal Plaza, then i took a nap untill 11am. After i went to the Royal Palace to see the changing of the guard at noon.This time it was different because they have a whole presentation with marching, trumpet playing, drumming and a little background on how people join the Royal Guard.

Marching with guns and swords

After watching the changing of the guards i went to the Dungeon for lunch and coffee.

The Dungeon Coffee Bar

inside a jail cell eating lunch

After coffee i went shopping for souvenirs and took lots of pictures. Check out my picasaweb for photos.

they still have telephones outside in booths! Weird!

My new hat! Just kidding, i only tried it on for a picture

Downtown at sun down

riding the lion!

After shopping we all met at Malin & Erik's house and went to a pizza and Kabab place and ordered pizza. We hung out for a while then went downtown to the Ice Bar. Everything here was made of ice, except for the floors and ceiling. They gave us giant coats that looked kind of like garbage bags, but were super warm. They also had gloves attached to the coats. We were given a coupon to get a drink at the bar, and had a little map of drinks we could choose from. The drinks were served in solid ice glasses, and the drinks were fantastic! There were really cool designs around the ice bar all in a aquarium theme with plenty places to sit. Apparently every year they do a new design and there are several Absolut Vodka Ice Bars all around the world. I ordered one more drink, it ended up costing $15. EVERYTHING here in Sweden is super expensive for people from USA and Canada- so i have been watching what i have been spending. You can definitely go broke here.