From Stockholm To Helsinki By Sea
Our group of 24 headed out 2pm in the afternoon for Helsinki, Finland from Stockholm, Sweden by sea. We hopped on the Viking Line m/s Gabriella departing at 4:30pm, with a 10:10am arrival the next day. The process, like on DFDS, is...
Stockholm Syndrome
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS PHOTOS DEPICTING NUDITY (IN THE NAME OF ART) Despite however we tired we were after an overnight bus from Oslo to Stockholm and 16 hours of nonstop walking, the 15 of us still went out on a Wednesday night: We...
Sweet As Stockholm
The group arrived into Stockholm from Oslo at 6:30am, bleary-eyed and one hour earlier than scheduled. For some, this would be 2 overnight buses in a row, with nary a shower to help them cope with their first monsoonal madness. The 7 other returning monsooners...
Oslo In 12 Hours
Looks like someone else in Oslo knows how to baby freeze! He should've changed his plans and joined us: After arrival into Oslo from Copenhagen, we promptly disembarked from our ship at 10am and headed out into the chaos to find...
From Copenhagen To Oslo By Sea
Our 3rd day in Copenhagen led us to the eastern Christianshavn side of the city. Directly across Danhostel is Islands Brygge Havnebadet, an outdoor pool complex in the city's main canal and a place to see and be seen. Complete with lawns, a diving deck, BBQ...
A Trip To Louisiana, Copenhagen
Because we had already seen most of the sights in the main part of Copenhagen, we decided to head to Central Station and venture into the suburbs for the highly recommended Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. From Central Station we took a half hour...
Essentially, The Odyssey
The following is a guest post by twice monsooner Ambrose Chu, who graciously asked if he could contribute to the Monsoon Diaries adventures. Ambrose first discovered us when googling how to obtain a tourist visa for Iran. He reached out and met me in NYC to see if we...
Copenhagen By The Canal
How the 17 of us got to see most of Copenhagen's City Center in only 7 hours. We arrived today at around noon into Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport, south of the city's center, about 30 minutes earlier than scheduled. Good job Norwegian Air Shuttle....
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
