Stockholm, Sweden April 24-29, 2008

I arrived at Arlanda Airport at about 10 AM Thursday. The flight from Warsaw was only three-quarters full, so baggage claim went quickly. I exchanged euros for crowns because it was about 1 for 1, whereas the dollar was half that. Anders from the Culture House met me, and we bussed the hour into Stockholm. We walked over to the comics and graphic novels library at the Culture House in downtown, where I met Kristiina, the head librarian and director of the SPX. The graphics novel library is separate from the regular library, and contains English and Swedish comics and albums. I wish we had libraries like this in the US!

Anders and I took a walk to see the cherry blossoms. It is said that there are three days of cherry blossom viewing. If that is true, then we were there on the third day. It was beautiful, with everything in full bloom. However, there were a few sprigs of green leaves just starting to emerge.


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