December 22nd - Stockholm

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So, this is the Nobel Museum in Old Stockholm. (Old Stockholm is a small island just east of New Stockholm...does that make sense?)It's kinda neat from the outside but when you get inside you discover pretty quickly that the outside is probably the best part of the museum. It's weird that the museum is so dinky. Considering the city goes into celebration mode every December when they hand out the awards and how prestigous it is to get one of the Nobels (not to mention the $1.3 Million US you get with winning) the museum is a huge letdown. There are only six tiny rooms - well eight if you count the coat room and restaurant. One room is dedicated to Albert Einstein, two others are video rooms, and the remaining three are exhibits of stuff like the hat that one Nobel Laureate wore every day to work...I know, I don't really understand the relavance either. I was told that the museum had the original Watson and Crick DNA model but when you look at the model and the pictures the colors of the molecues are different. I kinda think they're pulling a fast one.

Today is day two of Sweden and I've already done all the things that I had planned to do. Unfortunately, hockey is out since the teams are on a Christmas break. Djurgarden is the nearest team that's on an island just east of Old Stockholm. Djurgarden aren't a very good team this year (they lost about 12 players to the NHL this year) but their next game is against HV17, which happens to be the best team in the Swedish Elite League. Unfortunately, that game is on the day that I return back to England. I'm looking into getting to Finland tomorrow. It's weird, though, that it's looking like a pretty difficult task. I can't figure out how to get there by ferry because all the ferries work outside of the country for some reason. The train might be an option but I couldn't figure that out either. Easyjet, Ryan Air, and Airberlin don't fly directly to Finland from here and Blue1 and Scandanavia Air are really expensive. I'll try something in the morning. I may go to the Vasa Museum if there's nothing else to do but I'm 90% sure I'll be on my way out of Sweden tomorrow and 99% sure that I won't be spending Christmas in Sweden.