getting around

Mostly we get around on foot. Other means of transportation include:

• Bus: there is a stop right outside our building and we rarely need to wait more than about five minutes for a bus to show up. Kids ride free with a paying adult.
• Subway (or Tunnelbana as it's called): the Rådmansgatan stop is "our" stop. We don't really ride the subway that much. I prefer to see what's going on outside.
• Train: of course, we have to take the train to get out of Stockholm proper.
• Taxi: we took a taxi when we first arrived and once again when it was late and Leah was exhausted. Funny to see taxis that are Volvos and Saabs; we even saw a Prius taxi.
• Trams: there is a historic tram line that has been restored. We can pick it up right outside Keith's office. Probably -- like the SF cable cars -- only tourists ride it.
• Ferry boats: We took a 10-minute ferry ride from Gamla Stan (Old Town) to Gröna Lunds Tivoli amusement park on Djurgården Island. Stockholm sits on an archepeligo and sometime before we leave, I'd like to take one of those touristy cruises that goes along the Stockholm waterfront and the nearby islands.
• Bike: then, of course, there's Stockholm City Bikes (see our July 9 entry).