The Swedes have a new princess yesterda, Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, grandchild to the king, second in line to the throne, kind of exciting. Some scandal about the name, it's non traditional. Started the day with a walking tour, then a pilgrimage to the offices of Mojang AB, creators of Minecraft. Didn't go past the front door, though, we would have had to buzz to get in.
Then we tried a harbor cruise. I learned that there is no private rental market in Sweden. If you want to rent an apartment (not buy) you queue for that city. The queue in Stockholm is thirty years long. They know it's a problem and are talking about possible fixes. I was talking to the tour guide about it and coukdn't resist teasing her about it, "You wacky socialists." she protested most strongly against that classification, they'd elected a conservative government in 2003 and had even lowered the income tax, they were the most conservative government in Europe! I didnt have the heart to tell her that the American right trots out "going to become just like Sweden" as their standard line whenever someone dares to suggest in their presence that the government should have any kind of a role in public life at all. Sigh.
"This Means War", unexpectedly ennjoyable movie.
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