{"id":16136,"date":"2016-07-16T23:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T23:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=16136"},"modified":"2016-08-04T00:28:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T00:28:37","slug":"day-6-in-sweden-relaxation-mall-of-scandinavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/day-6-in-sweden-relaxation-mall-of-scandinavia\/","title":{"rendered":"Day #6 in Sweden: Relaxation &#038; Mall of Scandinavia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photos from Saturday\u00a016 July 2016, posted online 4 August\u00a02016. \u00a0Sitting on the sofa around midnight, and it&#8217;s dark outside, although the sky is still dark blue rather than black.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>After so many days of &#8216;doing stuff&#8217;, we tried to take it easy for one day. \u00a0Since it was a weekend, I in particular feared crowds in Stockholm proper, so we just hung around the house for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the day, me and Anna took off to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/mallofscandinavia.se\/en\/\">Mall of Scandinavia<\/a>, which was a 20 minute drive away from us.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the images below are screenshots from Anna going on a snapchatting-spree! (11 images total)<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_16137\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16137\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16137\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001.jpg\" alt=\"How's that for luxury?  Getting your cup filled with water from a watergun?\" width=\"660\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001-600x449.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How&#8217;s that for luxury? Getting your cup filled with water from a water-gun?<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16138\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132350-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16138\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132350-001.jpg\" alt=\"Mother on the sofa, trying to decide what to do today.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132350-001.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132350-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132350-001-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132350-001-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother on the sofa, trying to decide what to do today.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16139\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134144-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16139\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16139\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134144-001.jpg\" alt=\"Romantic as always!\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134144-001.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134144-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134144-001-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134144-001-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romantic as always!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16140\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134221-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16140\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134221-001.jpg\" alt=\"There were some pretty flowers in the garden.\" width=\"442\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134221-001.jpg 442w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134221-001-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were some pretty flowers in the garden.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16141\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134240-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16141\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16141\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134240-001.jpg\" alt=\"Bjarki moping over having nothing to do.  He was not a fan of our off-days.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134240-001.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134240-001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134240-001-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-134240-001-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarki moping over having nothing to do. He was not a fan of our off-days.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16142\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-172059-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16142\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16142\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-172059-001.jpg\" alt=\"Hugging time!\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-172059-001.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-172059-001-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hugging time!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16143\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_164228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16143\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_164228.jpg\" alt=\"It is our duty as Icelanders, stuck on an island with little selection and high prices, to go shopping when abroad!\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_164228.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_164228-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_164228-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_164228-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It is our duty as Icelanders, stuck on an island with little selection and high prices, to go shopping when abroad!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16144\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-4036032255112012979-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16144\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16144\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-4036032255112012979-001.jpg\" alt=\"Refueling stop number 1.\" width=\"402\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-4036032255112012979-001.jpg 402w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-4036032255112012979-001-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Refueling stop number 1.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16145\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_171554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16145\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16145\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_171554.jpg\" alt=\"I was surprised by the number and quality level of the restaurants there.  The sushi was good!\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_171554.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_171554-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_20160716_171554-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was surprised by the number and quality level of the restaurants there. The sushi was good!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16146\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-175632-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16146\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16146\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-175632-001.jpg\" alt=\"At home base, the little kids were playing 'shop'.\" width=\"441\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-175632-001.jpg 441w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-175632-001-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At home base, the little kids were playing &#8216;shop&#8217;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16147\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-5058045139333656192-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16147\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16147\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-5058045139333656192-001.jpg\" alt=\"More shopping!  Happily, we found what we were looking for, and shockingly, we discovered that brand-name jeans cost the same in Sweden as in Iceland!!!\" width=\"402\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-5058045139333656192-001.jpg 402w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Snapchat-5058045139333656192-001-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Also playing &#8216;shop&#8217;! Happily, we found what we were looking for, and shockingly, we discovered that brand-name jeans cost the same in Sweden as in Iceland!!!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photos from Saturday\u00a016 July 2016, posted online 4 August\u00a02016. \u00a0Sitting on the sofa around midnight, and it&#8217;s dark outside, although the sky is still dark blue rather than black.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>After so many days of &#8216;doing stuff&#8217;, we tried to take it easy for one day. \u00a0Since it was a weekend, I in particular feared crowds in Stockholm proper, so we just hung around the house for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the day, me and Anna took off to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/mallofscandinavia.se\/en\/\">Mall of Scandinavia<\/a>, which was a 20 minute drive away from us.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the images below are screenshots from Anna going on a snapchatting-spree! (11 images total)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16137\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16137\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16137\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001.jpg\" alt=\"How's that for luxury?  Getting your cup filled with water from a watergun?\" width=\"660\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screenshot_20160716-132234-001-600x449.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-16137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How&#8217;s that for luxury? Getting your cup filled with water from a water-gun?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/day-6-in-sweden-relaxation-mall-of-scandinavia\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sweden","category-us","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16148,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136\/revisions\/16148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}