Stockholm: Blogger Heaven, Getting Added Info, Insight, per NY Times Story

From the New York Times travel section this morning, they have this headline: "Stockholm, and the Strangers Who Brought Me There" in a story that deals with bloggers who live there and the information that they share with outsiders. There are lots of interesting insights, tips, ideas, etc., from people who live there with one of these highlights: "I was sitting on the patio of the chic Hotel Skeppsholmen, which, located on an island in the middle of Stockholm, seems to embody all that’s good about a city that is roughly one-third water and one-third green space. I could see lawn, palisades, boats and ferries, very few tourists, Northern Europe’s best-preserved medieval city, an amusement park built in 1883, important shrubbery, ducks."

Here are a couple of other story highlights: "What would happen if you traveled to a country you’d never been to and relied on suggestions from blogs and online locals instead of those from friends and guidebooks? It’s not a huge surprise that this is a country where a certain percentage of the population likes to sit in cafes, lavishing their blog posts and restaurant recommendations with the kind of attention befitting a sickly dachshund. The average Swede drinks 4.5 cups of coffee a day. Cue frantic blogging."

The story is a little different than your typical travel review, but there are a number of tips for where to stay and eat, plus many little items of trivia and other "slices of life" there in Stockholm. If you have an upcoming visit to Stockholm, it might be worth reading this story. Our Baltics cruise ended in Stockholm and that allowed us to spend extra time here before flying back home.

Full story at:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/travel/stockholm-and-the-strangers-who-brought-me-there.html?pagewanted=1&ref=travel

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

Did a June 7-19, 2011, Solstice cruise from Barcelona that had stops in Villefranche, ports near Pisa and Rome, Naples, Kotor, Venice and Dubrovnik. Enjoyed great weather and a wonderful trip. Dozens of wonderful visuals with key highlights, tips, comments, etc., on these postings. We are now at 87,532 views for this live/blog re-cap on our first sailing with Celebrity and much on wonderful Barcelona. Check these postings and added info at:

http://www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1426474

For details and visuals, etc., from our July 1-16, 2010, Norway Coast/Fjords/Arctic Circle cruise experience from Copenhagen on the Silver Cloud, check out this posting. This posting is now at 73,095 views.

http://www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1227923

Thanks--the downside to our cruise is very limited time (Arr 7 Dep 2) in Stockholm!!!! I think our plan for the day will only be Vasa and Gamla Stan.