Nordic Ice

Sometimes we just need a bit of a change of pace and environment to see things in perspective again. Sometimes you just have to spend a bit of time with new friends in an exotic place to get the stress release needed. During our short visit to Stockholm we have had great weather so far and we have seen wonderful things. Mingling with a culture different from your own is always great and at a gala dinner in the Vasa Museum, we were fortunate enough to meet Keith and Karen Pollock from Vancouver.

Discussing all sorts of issues we soon realized that we all have the same things that delight and bother, it is just the intensity that differs! To celebrate the long day, we decided to visit the Ice Bar at the Nordic Sea Hotel. At the same time Sweden pulled off a 2-0 win over Greece in a soccer match, which had the whole of Stockholm celebrating like crazy. Chrissie had a great vodka drink called Diamond Dust: Vodka, lime and tonic and I went for Wolf’s Paw – no surprise there I guess. The drinks are served from ice tumblers in a very cold room at an exorbitant price, but who cares. We had fun.

Maybe all we need is a proper break from our environments to see life for what it can really be. So now I’m off to go get rid of that Wolf’s Paw taste and the after effects (which strangely include a rapidly growing beard and a keen sense of smell and hearing, and I find it hard typ........).