Saturday’s Adventure

My quest for today:  walk a minimum of 10,000 steps and find some work clothes.  

So I headed to Stockholm City.  This is the 4^th time I have gotten off a train at T-Centralen (Stockholm city) and the forth different exit I have used.

You see, all three subways and a train all stop at T-Centralen, but at varying different levels.  Today I somehow ended up walking up through the various different trains and finding art.

The Stockholm subway system is known as the largest art gallery in the world since many of their subway stations have works of art on the walls and/or ceiling.  The only one I had seen before today was a series of the same picture painted 6 or 8 times down the wall.  The only difference in the pictures represented the amount of sunlight.  The first was dawn and the last was dusk with the day throughout the middle.  It was really kind of cool. 

Today I found more on my adventure.

This one made you feel like you were in the mine that was painted.  The lighting was dimmed and the walls were rough and pointy like in a mine. I thought it was very cool and was impressed.

 This one was done in small tiles and I enjoyed it with all its geometrical patters

These were on the other side of the same station. Not a fan.  

And yes I know I look like a geeky tourist taking pictures of subway walls.  But I don't care.  I find it fascinating.  Mind you I saw some while I was on a train today and I am not sure how anyone could call it art.  I didn't get a picture of it.  Maybe next time.

Well back to my quest.  I walked all over Stockholm city and went into over 7,000 steps of stores and all I found was a pair of black pants.  Which by the way were on sale for a steal…..75% off.  There are escalator entrances to many store which go either up to the second floor or down to the lower level.  ESPRIT has three elevator up.  I guess that is how you cram more stores into a small space.  All I can say is I’m glad I don’t have young children anymore. Every time Lucas saw an escalator he wanted to ride it…and later run up the wrong way.  

So back to the Subway I went and actually didn’t have to ask anyone for directions.  And I hopped onto a train that was a flashback to the 1980’s. A real antique will brown seats and speckled walls and limited grabbing on places.  The new trains have blue seats, no speckles and lots of things to hold onto.

Yes of course I took a picture.

I got off at Gammla Stan and wandered around there looking for work cloths but there were none to be found.  5,000 steps later I went home.  Where I now sit telling you my story.

Steps are currently 14,388.

I hope all of you have a terrific Saturday.