We went to City Hall today! This is the place where the affairs of the city of Stockholm are handled by a governing body with more female representatives than males, where the architect has attempted to convince you the building is older than it actually is, and where the year's Nobel Laureates come to celebrate and eat with other important people.
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| City Hall (We can see it from our hostel window) |
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| Stone carving on walls leading into City Hall |
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| Garden by the water at City Hall |
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| Cartoon portraits of all of their important politicians. Pretty cool. Some are very old... |
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| Ceiling above the main room of the representative body. Stuff on ceiling supposed to be symbolic. |
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| Mural done by some Swedish prince or other... |
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| The Golden Hall, aptly named because the mosaic tiles indeed have gold leaf on them. |
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| Nobel Banquet place settings (for you mom) |
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| A small section of board covered with City Hall tour stickers. Very colorful. |
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| Double rainbow to end the day! |
Talk to ya later!
Have you done anything social with the local university staff/students yet?
ReplyDeleteThe university where we study is shut down for the summer. There's no one around for us to even TALK to.
ReplyDeleteWe did social stuff (a lunch) w/ the ppl at the University of Stockholm, but then thats a ways away…
Having trouble w/ that aspect/goal in this program.