Day 11 - The Royal Palace (JR)

On Friday, the group spent a day at the Royal Palace. We explored the different attractions at the palace including the Royal Treasury and the Royal Apartments. After the girls and I  left the palace, we walked back towards the hostel and stopped at the mall. Chloe and I tried Max, a Swedish fast food chain for dinner. 

Vanilla Brownie Muffin

     On Friday, I had my alarm set for 7am but I pressed snooze and woke up later than I wanted to. I ended up leaving at 8:30am for my interview. The tram station was about a ten minute walk and then I had to wait a couple of minutes for my tram to arrive. When I got off at my station, I started walking towards the organization I was visiting, but the walk was about ten minutes and I was going to get there with about ten minutes to interview. I reached out to the director and let her know that I was running late, and then I reached back out to let her know that I was not going to make it. She told me that we could reschedule and do it over Skype next week.

     I  got back on the tram to head back to the hostel to meet the group to head to the palace for our 10:30am tour. I got off at the station closest to the hostel, grabbed a muffin at 7-Eleven, and realized that I needed to get back on the tram because I did not want to walk for forty minutes total to the hostel and then to the palace.  I got back on the tram, and walked six minutes to the palace. Dr. V was already there and the group arrived ten minutes later. 

     The tour of the Royal Apartments lasted an hour and then we walked around to see the rooms that the tour guide did not talk about during the tour. After the apartments, everyone split up because our tickets included three other attractions. The girls and I walked around the Royal Apartments for about thirty more minutes before heading to the Royal Treasury. 

     After finishing up everything we wanted to see, we headed back towards the hostel and stopped at the mall for smoothies. We walked around and Chloe and I found cookies and cream milkshakes. *face palm emoji* We sat down to rest before heading back to the hostel. Later on that night, Chloe and I went out to try Max since we had Hesburger in Finland. It was okay, but I preferred Hesburger.