Stockholm Near and Far

The Stockholm archipelago has, in round numbers, a bazillion islands. (Okay, around 25,000.) We took a 2.5-hour ferry ride out to Sandhamn, which is one of the furthest out. It’s so far out it’s a blast from the past with no paved roads and no cars. People get around on bikes, motorized bikes, and ATVs. […]

Cardamom Central

It’s easy to tell we’re in Sweden – everywhere we turn we find cardamom bread and cardamom buns: at the breakfast buffet, at restaurants and cafés. And it’s not the mild cardamom flavor of the cardamom buns in Oslo; they’re serious about it here. It tastes like they use the whole pod, not just the […]