Ice skating in Stockholm, Traveling to Salen- Stoten Ski Resort

Today I went ice skating at the Kungsgarden Square. Tuesday morning we got up and went to the Kungsgården outdoor ice rink to skate. That was a lot of fun! There were only a few people there and most of them left while we skated so we basically had the whole place to ourselves. After skating around a bit it was time to go pack up our things and check out of the hotel.

We went back to the Arlanda airport to pick up our rental car and then headed to Sälen, a 6 1/2 hour drive. Once outside of Stockholm and the area around the airport, "major" highways become 2 lane roads covered in snow. We drove through a snow storm for awhile, which was really pretty, but also a little scary. We didn't have any problems driving, it was just all snow covered and dark.

We got to the hotel about a half an hour after the reception desk closed, something they failed to mention to me when booking.  So no one was there to give us the key to our room.  There were a few envelopes there that had people's names on them, but not one with my name.  We called every number we could find and didn't get any answers.  Desparate, I grabbed a magazine and flipped to the back.  There were about 50 phone numbers for hotels, restaurants, etc. in the area.  I randomly chose one in the middle of the page, for a different hotel.  The woman that answered just happened to actually be friends with the guy that handles all of the booking at our hotel.  So she called him and he (or someone he called and sent) came to the hotel to give me the key.  How lucky and random is that? The hotel room is awesome! It has a little kitchen with a table, oven, microwave, dishwasher, etc. It has a living room and 2 bedrooms with bunkbeds in each. AND it's right on the mountain. We can step outside of our hotel and ski straight to the lift. AWESOME! Time for some sleep, first day of skiing tomorrow!!!