Stockholm

...meaning something like "stick island" in Swedish, which I managed to work out for myself before the tour guide on the boat explained it. She also explained that nobody is quite sure why Stockholm is called that (except for the island part, obviously). Well, obviously if you've ever looked at a map of Stockholm, that is. It's built on a whole bunch of islands. Which are located on the boundary between a lake starting with M and the Baltic Sea, and which are also part of the 300,000-island archipelago of which we were taking a boat tour at the moment referred to above.

We had a very nice weekend visiting the lovely capital of Sweden with two sets of friends, ate well, visited a classy nightclub, did a little shopping, see the loveli lakes, viewed wolverines and wolves and European bison (which I did not previously know existed) and baby wild pigs and brown bears (björn) in person along with various Old Swedish Farmsteads from all over the country and some art. Also we visited the Royal Palace and more or less ignored the changing of the guard. All in all a great success. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.