We arrived in Stockholm travel weary but with all bags in tact – although haven’t broken open the bike bags, so fingers crossed nothing has been damaged n transit.

Arrived in central Stockholm right in the middle of the Stockholm marathon so walked the last 200m (with our 64.5 kg of luggage ) as the road was closed to cars.

Funky little hotel right in the heart of Stockholm (thanks Olga if you’re reading this)- walking distance to everything.

Stashed our bike in the luggage store – room small so the bike or David had to go- dropped our bags off and headed off to explore.

Spent the afternoon and evening inOld Town – gorgeous cobblestoned original parts of the city. Mix of (slightly tacky) tourist shops and high class giftware/crafts. Reminded us of Salzburg only original rather than reconstructed post wW2.

Had dinner in a rustic pub style restaurant. Fabulous food and wine – only requiring a small extension to the mortgage.

Sitting here at 9pm in broad daylight- can’t believe we’ve been on the go for nearly 48 hours and still buzzing. Due to get dark here round 11 and light again at 3 – so let’s hope the curtains have good block out.