- Oh my bobble's in you face, you're eating my bobbles!
- Good morning, I am on a train,
on my way to Gatwick Airport with
the lovely Melanie Murphy.
- Hello
(quiet talking)
I am.
- We're going on another holiday together,
but this is a very special holiday,
because we've no idea where we're going.
This company, called Surprise Trips,
are sending us on this trip,
and the way that it works is that
they just tell you what time to show up,
at what airport, and then when you're
at the airport, they send you an email,
being like "This is the destination you're going to!"
Oh wait, it's like a video! Where are we going?
It keeps changing!
- I wanna know!
- This is really nerve racking. Where are we going?
Stockholm! We're going to Sweden!
(cheers)
(upbeat music)
We have arrived in Stockholm!
(cheers)
and we have checked into our hotel,
which is the cutest little thing,
with all these weird decorations
- The aesthetic.
- I have a done a load of research into
loads of your suggestions on Twitter for things to do,
and because I am the organized, anal one,
I've come up with an itinerary.
- I'm the messy bitch, all my stuff's everywhere,
and Hannah has a nice little list of places
she's going to bring to feed me.
- Basically.
- That's basically us. That's how we work.
- That's our dynamic of when we're traveling together.
I'm like, "Melanie do you trust me?"
She's like "Yeah.", I'm like, "Okay, we're going here."
(laughs)
So, the first stop that I've taken Melanie to is the palace!
- I love that it's "I've taken Melanie to" it's like
"Hanna taking Melanie on tour of Scandinavia."
- Yeah, and literally the first thing we were like,
"This just, everything, with the
waterfront and everything - Oh, beautiful.
- It just looks like we're in a Disney film.
- Yeah we feel like we're in Frozen.
♫ Let it go, let it go - Yep, basically, and I just
keep singing First Aid Kit songs.
I don't know what that is, but it's very pretty.
I like it, we'll probably Google it later.
Our hotel is in the old town,
which is like this tiny little island thing,
and we are heading to this area which is
the rampant beat, the hipster, cool area,
full of cafes, and bars.
- Cause we're cool, we're the coolest.
- Gonna go try and fit in.
We went for a little walk and just look,
look at this city! What?
- I'm sweaty.
(laughs)
- [Hannah] You just ruined it, you ruined the moment.
Good morning. So, Mel had a bit
of a family emergency, and so really early
this morning she had to fly back to Dublin.
I am still here in Stockholm, and I'm still
going to go through my itinerary,
of all of the things that I have to do in Stockholm.
Mel did get to see some of Stockholm last night,
we had drinks along the waterfront,
and it was absolutely stunning.
Then we went to this cool restraunt
with like, the bar, and we ate at the bar,
and got meatballs, obviously.
I think the waiter was laughing at us,
because when he put the meatballs down,
he was like, "Here, meatballs, just like in Ikea."
I just felt really embarrassed, cause I just felt
like a cliche tourist, but hey, when in Sweden.
I'm a bit nervous, because I've never
really explored new cities before on my own.
I go traveling on my own a lot,
but then I always like, meet friends and other people there,
so I'm never really doing stuff on my own.
So, I'm gonna try and vlog in public,
(whimpers)
but I'm really excited for today.
I'm gonna go to loads of museums and galleries,
that's the plan.
They've been following me, it's my entourage.
(smooth pop music)
So, a bunch of you on Twitter recommended
coming to this place called Skansen.
I'm really sorry if I pronounce everything wrong.
The way you described it, I was like,
"This is exactly what I love."
(smooth pop music)
I just learned a whole bunch of stuff about reindeers.
Such as that they exist. I genuinely thought
that they were a mythical Christmas creature.
(laughs)
(smooth pop music)
So I've left Skansen, oh my god, it was amazing.
Okay, so we're moving on to the next museum,
which is the Vasa Museum, which is
a big old wrecked ship, but...
you probably can't hear this,
because it's really quite quiet,
but there's just ABBA music playing,
and I'm not going mad, I swear I'm not going mad.
When I walked in, my mouth just dropped open,
it was like...
Look at that, oh my god!
Wow, that whole thing is just very
overwhelming and very overpowering.
That ship has been sunk on the bottom of the sea
for like 333 years, and human brains and technology
got it up, got it up to the surface,
and now it's in a museum.
Like, what? I love that! I love that!
There is one more thing I want to go to today,
which is the Modern Art Museum,
and it seems that this island is just Museum island,
there are so many museums on this island,
but the Modern Art Museum is on the next island along,
and there's apparently a boat that I can take there.
So, let's go find this boat.
(upbeat island music)
The lesson learnt from today is that
you can't do three museums in one day,
because by the time you get to the third,
you are so not with it mentally,
and also your feet really hurt,
that you can't really take it all in.
You can just about muster the
energy to take some good Instagrams,
but then you're like, "Peace out, I gotta
go crash in my hotel for a bit."
It was so good though, I'm glad I went, because that
exhibition, the Kusama exhibition, was amazing.
I still need to figure out what I'm going to do tonight,
because I'm on my own, and I need to eat,
and I would quite like to explore
some of the night life and bars maybe.
Okay, I've had a little rest,
I uploaded a video, and now, I'm going out!
I have had some recommendations
of foody/drinky places from some friends,
I'm just gonna walk in that general direction.
I'm so nervous, I'm genuinely, really nervous.
I wouldn't be like this in London,
I would just like go and find
somewhere and sit down, and just eat,
It's just the unknown, you know?
Alright, let's do this, let's go out
for dinner for one, in a country
I've never been to before, in a city
I've never been to before, okay.
Maybe I'll make friends.
(smooth music)
Hey, so I've made some friends.
This is Phillip, and this is Emily.
- Hola!
- She's learning Spanish.
Phillip served me in the bar that I was just in,
and then he was leaving work as
I was leaving the bar, and then we made friends,
and now I'm joining them for drinks.
That's how it works! Okay.
- Cheers.
- [Hannah] What's that in Swedish?
- Skål!
- [Hanna] Skål!
(laughs)
(upbeat music)
So, my new friends have taught me some Swedish.
(laughs)
I'm gonna say it now, you ready?
This gonna be so bad.
(speaks in Foreign Language)
(laughs)
Yeah? Did I get it right?
- You did, yeah.
- [Hannah] Yeah?
(laughs)
I just got back, and I'm sorry I didn't film much,
but I was with a group of strangers,
and I just wanna say, I just wanna have
a few moments to reflect on this evening,
because I was so nervous going out.
So, we went to one bar, and then we went to another bar,
and then we went to a karaoke bar,
and they were just the most wonderful people.
I just feel like, so many people are suspicious
and skeptical of strangers, and there is a reason to be.
You always have to take precautions,
but also you also have to put yourself out there.
You just talk to people, just talk to people,
and we live in such a digital world,
that we like, don't just talk to
the people that are there right in front of us.
We don't talk to our bartender,
we don't talk to our taxi driver, like...
Anyway. I've been drinking, and I'm ranting,
and it's my last night in Stockholm,
and I'm gonna go to bed, and tomorrow morning
I'm going to go on a walking talk. In theory.
I did not think I was gonna make this walking talk,
because I snoozed my alarm for so long,
and I had to check out of the hotel.
So, let's go learn about Sweden and Stockholm.
(upbeat string music)
(fanfare)
I learnt that from the main train station,
there is a free shuttle bus, that will
take you to Ikea. I love that, oh my god.
I learnt about where the term
"Stockholm Syndrome" comes from,
and we saw the bank where the
robbery and the kidnapping happened.
Another thing that I did not know,
is that Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway, and Denmark,
and then the Nordic countries,
is Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
I think I've got that right, but, like, why?
I don't understand, what is the criteria to be Scandinavia,
and what is the criteria to be Nordic?
It's so beautiful here, I think I'm just gonna
end the vlog here, I'm just gonna hang out,
and read my book, and then go to the airport,
where I'm going to go to Berlin for a few days. Woo!
So, thank you guys so much for watching,
please give the video a Thumbs Up if you enjoyed it.
Big shout out and "Thank you" to Surprise Trips
for organizing this trip and surprising me with
the wonderful city of Stockholm. I love it here.
I will leave the links to Surprise Trips
in the description if you want to
check out what they do, and maybe you want
to one day just turn up at an airport,
and have no idea where you're going.
You guys know I love traveling,
and I love visiting new places, so let me know in the
comments where you think I should try and get to next.
What should be top of my travel bucket list?
Don't forget to subscribe because I
make new videos every week, and I'll see you soon!
I'm going to enjoy this beautiful sun and
this beautiful water, and these views, and my book.
Okay. Bye!