A View from City Hall

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The annual Nobel banquet is held in the courtyard of City Hall. At this writing, I am one equation away from winning the Nobel Prize in Mathematics.

Waterway

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The city is built on 14 islands and connected by 57 bridges.

Sightseeing

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Veni, vidi, Visa. I came, I saw, I shopped.

Tre Kronor

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jul. 29 -- A Trinity symbol or not, the three crowns atop City Hall brought to mind a verse from John Donne's Holy Sonnet XIV, "Batter my heart, three-personed God."

Smog check, o captain, my captain?

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Bike on Boat

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Be Sure to Lock Your Bike

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The city was clean and seemed safe.

ForEx: Currency Exchange

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- One dollar = seven Kronor

Streetscape

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Sunflowers

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Counting Triangles

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The Bride

STOCKHOLM -- Away from the crowd, two street mimes became chatterboxes.

Royal Guards at Stockholm Palace

"Knock, knock."
"Who's there?"
"Pavlov.... just checking."

Time and Space

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Hands

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Horsing Around

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Baggage Issues

♪ Just do me a favor and check your baggage at the door. ♪ -- The Offspring, She's Got Issues

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- My luggage was lost en route to Finland, but SAS delivered it to my hotel the next day.

European Entanglement

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The Monroe doctrine has shaped America's foreign policy and kept America, for the most part, out of two World Wars.

Figures

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Stockholm from My Perspective