Isabella's Day in Town

Ah... Isabella slept 8 hours straight (albeit midnight to 8am). Mom and Dad are starting to feel like normal people.

Today we took Isabella into Stockholm. We met Jessica's mom Bibbi at a Thai restaurant in our old neighborhood. Jessica was the maid of honor in our wedding. Her family lives just outside Stockholm.

Click the picture of Jessica's mom and then look at this picture of Jessica from the 4th of July...

We start our walk around the old neighborhood in Medborjarplatesen (the 'citizen's square'). Where we are standing becomes an small ice skating area in the winter.

As you can see, Isabella is so impressed with the city, she promptly falls asleep. She sleeps soundly, through cars, emergency vehicles, grass cutters and more through most of our walk!

We walk the grounds of Katarina Kyrkan... one of the most beautiful churches in Stockholm. This is just 3 blocks from where we used to live. It is surrounded by graves of some of the most famous people in Sweden.

This is Anna Lindh's grave. She was considered the future prime minister of Sweden until she was murdered on the eve of the vote around the Euro. This was pretty shocking in peaceful Sweden. We had been following her career for sometime.

There is also a special area for the children that died in the Tsunami that killed so many in Thailand a couple years ago.

On a more uplifting note... we next visit our favorite vegetarian restaurant. Here is that the sign says at the entrance.

Welcome in to enjoy our beautiful garden. We bake and cook with a lot of love and care. Baby strollers and dogs... this way.

Here is part of the view. This is looking into Gröna Lunch (the amusement park) and Skansen. Not shown in the picture to the left is Old Town.

If you are ever in Stockholm... find this restaurant. Here is their website.

Our picture of the beautiful buffe did not come out so well... but the deserts looked wonderful!

By the way, I noticed their website has a blog too with some of their recipes (in Swedish though)

They have about five dining area. The best are the ones at different area outside that look over the city. On the awning it says 'Best View' and it is...

And just as we are finishing our walk around town, Isabella wakes up... starved!