weekend in düsseldorf

The girls and I are off to a long weekend in Düsseldorf, Germany to meet up with an old friend. We were able to get a good deal on Ryan Air which is a British discount airline that offers dirt cheap flights throughout Europe. (I have heard it used as a verb as in, "His friends ryanaired over from London for the wedding...") Ryan Air flies out of lesser airports which means that we're in for a logistically interesting travel day. Our day will involve the following means of transportation:

• Subway from our apartment to the Central Station (2 stops)
• Train from Stockholm Central to Nyköping (1 hour)
• Taxi from train station in Nyköping to Stockholm Skavska Airport (7 km)
• Ryan Air flight to Weeze in Germany (1 hour, 50 minutes)
• Bus from the Weeze airport to Düsseldorf (1 hours, 15 minutes)
• Car from bus stop to my friend's house (unknown ... only a few minutes, I'm hoping)

Wish us luck!

kaknästornet

No visit to any city is complete without going to that city's highest point for a panoramic view. The views from the Kaknäs tower of Stockholm and the archipelago did not disappoint.

daylight

In the eight weeks we have been here we have seen the days get shorter. When we arrived in June, right after midsummer, it got dark around 10:30 and was light again by about 3:30 in the morning. (We know this because we were so jetlagged and were waking up at all hours.) Now it gets dark around 9:00 and the sun rises, according to one website I consulted, at 5:00.