Stockholm, Sweden, Fri 30 May 2008

A full day at conference so pretty draining. Have to give a mention to the yummy food we had in Sweden. There were a lot of tasty breads and cheeses and the like for breakfast and it seems for lunch and dinner all they eat is fish and steak! We had steak for every meal we were there and usually a fish entree, incl caviar which I made the mistake of eating not quite realising what it was! Sorry to say I'm not that posh, caviar just aint my thing. but the steak was incredibly delicious though!

After the developer conference we met up with those that had been on the partner conference (we had split in two for the day) at a restaurant on the waterfront. There was a human foos game set up but I wasn't quite game enough in high heels (damn them!), still a lot of fun watching though.

After dinner we headed into town to a club called Cafe Opera. We were meant to stay there for the night but it really wasn't my scene, I need music with lyrics and more chilled out environments, so a few of us took off to an Irish pub. It turned out to be a great place with a live band and a good atmosphere. Strange thing was the band was scottish (at least that's what I took from the guy in the kilt and the bagpipes they pulled out on one of their songs!), so it was an interesting experience being in an Irish pub in Sweden listening to a scottish band play Irish music... hmm... that's unique! We stayed there till it shut at about 3am.

One of the crazy things about Sweden (and i imagine a lot of places in the north) is that at this time of the year it doesn't get dark! So at 3am it was as light as it is at dusk. The sun never truly sets. It was the strangest thing. I've added a photo of stockholm at 3am so you can try and get a taste of what it's like.