She lives in the city of Uppsala, about an hour north of Stockholm and we had a whole day in Uppsala, just walking around, enjoying the sights and sampling the food.
My friend is also an avid knitter, so our wanders happened to take us right past the doors of her favourite two craft shops, however the spoils will have to wait until tomorrow.
We saw the cathedral...
The old University library (Uppsala is first and foremost a university town)...
The castle (very different in style from anything I've seen in the UK)...
and the castle gardens.
The area around the river (some lovely individual little shops etc)...
and a very cool road-sign that has no explanation nearby but apparently is a reference to a famous children's story set in the cathedral area of Uppsala!
A very enjoyable first day to a holiday.
2 comments:
Hi I just found your blog because of "uppsala" and "knitting". I have just recentlz moved here and only found the yarn store yll o tyll so far. Do you by any chance remember the craft stores you went to?
I'm afraid that I don't know which shops I visited. I was visiting a friend who lived there at the time and she piloted me round the places she thought I'd like and I didn't really keep track. Hope you've found some more yarn shops now.
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