EATS: Espression Lavazza - Stockholm's Arlanda Airport

A quick snack before we board a 2 hour flight to Amsterdam (flight from Stockholm to Amsterdam experience will come out tomorrow!) was spent at Espression in Stockholm's Arlanda Airport.






I had the Chocolate Covered Chocolate Muffin (diabetes!). It was good, but I expected more!!

My mom had the Blueberry Muffin together with a Hot Chocolate.


I didn't write anything down, so this is a really short post.

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Thoughts for Travelling PART 2: Daniele Grigaite

Thoughts For Travelling, my new series where I interview some of my closest friends about their experiences in other countries, and other stuff.

Click HERE to see PART 1, where I interviewed Stephanie Younan.

PART 2: Daniele Grigaite  -- One of my classmates from Lithuania, who has a twin brother named Mindaugas. 

1: What's you're favorite travelling experience?

"To try new food. I really liked going to Portugal because we went to the Lisbon Aquarium and I saw different species of fish, ate different kinds of food and got to see the capital city, Lisbon." 

2:  Favorite Stockholm tourist attraction?

"I really like the Stockholm Public Library. It's really amazing and interesting and I recommend you to go there."

• Click Here to see my post about the Stockholm Public Library! Daniele is right, it's truly beautiful.

3: What travel advice can you give my readers?

"When you have decided on where in the world you really want to go, you need to read or research about it first. For example, research about its tourist spots or culture." 

4:  If I go to Lithuania (Daniele's home country), where should I go?

"The city center or the capital city, Vilnius. In the evening, it's really beautiful and pretty. Also go to the tower of Gediminas (picture on the left). Highly recommended." 

Picture from www.wikipedia.org.

5: Where would you like to go if you were given the chance?

"I want to go to the United States of America, because it is a huge country and there could be lots of interesting stuff to visit and to do, and each of them are very unique and different." 

Thank you to Daniele Grigaite for answering my questions!

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Thoughts for Travelling Part 3 will be released on Tuesday, October 29.
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TRAVEL ADVICE for Sweden

Going to Sweden? Here are some useful travel tips for you to know!

1] Avoid sit down restaurants if you're budget travelling. Really expensive. A source tells me that one meal here does not cost less than USD 20. Try going to stalls that often have sausages, Thai food and ice cream. You can buy some stuff with half (or more than half) the price. 

2] Do sample some of its local cuisine. Try dammsugare (literally translated as a vacuum cleaner), kanelbulle, traditional meatballs or any of those cheap supermarket pastries. 

Sidenote: Read one of my many "Pastries from Hemkop" blog posts here. Tack!

3] Join a fika! A fika is a very traditional Swedish act where you and your friends sit down, have a coffee, maybe some dammsugare on the side and chat. Very, very Swedish indeed, ja? 

4] Go to the Vasa Museum and Skansen. The Vasa Ship sank in 1628, on its maiden or first voyage. Go to Skansen if you want to take a look at the Old Fashioned Nordic Lifestyle. Click here for my blog post about the Vasa Museum or here for our Skansen trip. 

5] If you will be staying in Sweden for a long time, you will eat something out of a tube. I think there's some cheese in a tube, caviar and other crazy stuff. Trust me. Not that appetizing, but you will do that if you will be staying for more than a month. 

6] Keep it "lagom". Loosely translated, "lagom" means not too much, not too little, but just right or in moderation. Clothes? Keep it "lagom". Food in a buffet? Keep it "lagom". Budget? Keep it "lagom". 

7] Enjoy their natural offerings. By that, I mean nature. Just enjoy what should be enjoyed in Sweden's natural world. Just don't cut trees, pollute or any kind of bad stuff that destroy the environment. I think it's illegal (if not, it should be). 

So I leave you with this funny but meaningful Swedish proverb: 
"Smaken ar som baken - delad"

My interpretation of this quote is that people can't always agree with each other on one topic. It is okay to disagree, as long as it can be resolved in an orderly manner. 
If you want the English translation of the proverb, here it is: 

"Taste is like a butt -- divided".

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