I lied

Yes, I'm a bad person, but I'm guessing you already knew that etc etc. Sweden has many lovely looking people but they do all seem terribly tall. And, unlike Finland, the men don't seem like the ugly cousins of the women. They are also striking confident and handsome. Apparently Finnish women dye their hair dark to make themselves appear more intelligent (or less dumb if you are cynical). Full of educational insights, me.

It is a stunning place. Very well-to-do, clean, consistently themed (as if everything was built in keeping with some unspecified tone), green (with parks that seem to go on forever) and friendly. Stockholm is yet another wonderful place. Please don't ask me to choose favourites...


The Koskenkorva Salmiakki has had exactly the predicted effect on Tingo. He is now scared of the drink. I have no idea how we'll get through it. The Faser mints (the chocolate of heaven: a buit like After Eight mints but fatter and better) haven't made it and the future doesn't look rosy for my lingonberry dronk, but the Salmiakki looks like travelling on from here.
There was something else I was going to say about Tingo, but I can't remember right now.No doubt he'll be grateful for that.