Since the clouds were not too low we opted to try to see the city from up high. Our first stop was the top of a 'rock quarry' or high rocky hill overlooking the Malaren Lake and parts of the city north and west of there. This hill was located in a very nice, quite park where the sounds of the city faded off and we could hear the birds singing in the trees.
A short subway ride away on Sodermalm Island we went to the arena complex with the Ericsson Arena, two other small arenas and the Globe Arena. The top of the Globe is 130 meters (340 feet) tall and is considered the largest hemispherical building in the world. It is the home of Sweden's hocky team, The Kronor. The unique feature we took advantage of was the ride to the top of the dome in our own small globe that rode up the outside of the big globe. The views of the whole city were amazing. Its too bad that our camera could not capture that span.
We strolled along the main shopping center of Sodemalm and found a very nice place to eat lunch before exploring the Fotografiska or Photograph Museum. The exhibit we enjoyed the most was by Nick Brandt and his pictures of East Africa's endangered natural world. He does not use a zoom lens so the pictures of lions and elephants were amazing given that he was really that close to them.
One last museum and we were done for the day. We did a really fast walk through the Moderna Museet or Museum of Modern Art. This is really not our cup of tea - in and out in 45 minutes!
The best part of the day was a front row seat at a bar along the waterfront, basking in the sunshine (finally got some sun!) and drinking wine. Thousands of people walked past making for some fun people watching!
Sweden bade us farewell with this rainbow late in the evening after one more rain shower.
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