in glorious sunshine. That doesn't mean it's anywhere close to warm. Five layers of clothing were still warranted, but look how beautiful the city is with a little light on it.
The excellent weather called for outdoor activity--Skansen was the perfect place. Billed as an outdoor museum, Skansen also houses a wonderful small zoo with beautiful "natural" habitats for animals more lively than any I've seen at any zoo anywhere. Even the turtle rushed back and forth in his sandy habitat.
I loved watching the monkeys and sloths picking out their eats from a large vegetable tray. Sloths move slowly. And yes, I stood there the whole time watching it. (It got as far as the plate, but didn't manage to pick anything out in the span of twenty minutes.) But the best part was walking through the uncage-cage of the ring-tailed lemurs.
Those dudes were sunbathing and laconic when we approached--within inches.
We did a quick escape when we saw one lemur jump on the shoulder of a very scared visitor. These were gangsta lemurs like the rampaging pizotes of Costa Rica last month.
Okay, so it's ridiculous to travel across the world to admire the non-native species and environs at the zoo. But really it was fun; and the zoo/park provided fantastic views of the city-scape.
The rest of the day: the Nordic Museum, the necessary fika pause with coffee and a cinnamon roll, the Vasaa Museum (displaying the unearthed 17th century ship-wrecked Vasa), and the beautiful Modern Museum with its Andy Warhol exhibit.
And Professor, yes, the food here is fantastic. Stockholm--definitely at expensive prices--boasts some excellent food: the Food from the Sea entree at Mathias Dahlgren, and the turbot at F12 thus far. And you know how I feel about the breakfast possibilities: for me, (unfortunately for my cholesterol and waist), you can't go wrong if there is good dark bread, cheese and leverpostej at the a.m. meal.
One more day in Stockholm, then off to the home of Jens Lekman.
