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a frolic! travel guide: 10 favorites from stockholm

I thought it would be fun to share a few of my favorite spots in Stockholm. I spent a couple of weeks staying at Joanna's beautiful apartment, then returned to the city for a few days on my way back from Berlin. If you've been following my blog for a few years, you'll remember I spent four months in the Stockholm Archipelago back in 2009 as well. Stockholm is a city I dream of living in someday. I really appreciate how walkable it is and I love that you can almost always see water! 

Rosendals Trädgård is a lovely garden/nursery/cafe. There's a cutting garden, an apple orchard, a shop, greenhouses and a delicious cafe. Check out my other posts about it here and here and here. It's on the beautiful green island of Djurgården where Skansen is also located.

Nytorget Urban Deli If you like good food in pretty packaging, you must check out this little gourmet market!

Skansen This living history museum is a must-see. Be sure and eat a donut at the bakery. If you happen to be there during Midsummer, the festivities are incredibly lovely!

Kottbären This restaurant is also a butcher shop. I ate the best meal of my trip here. 

a frolic! travel guide: 10 favorites from berlin

I spent about two weeks total in Berlin and still feel like I only scratched the surface of this city. Berlin is wild, gritty and incredibly intriguing. I spent most of my time in Kreuzberg so that's where a lot of these places are. This is not meant to be comprehensive, if you have a favorite, add it in the comments! 

Modulor This is a four-story art store/creative space. If you work on any sort of art/creative projects you will LOVE this place. It's so inspiring! In addition to the store there are also studio spaces, workshops, a bookstore, and a great little cafe. 

Prinzessinnengarten Right across from Modulor, is this urban community garden with a cafe. They have events here and the cafe is in a little grove of trees. It's totally wild and crazy but I love it. It's so cool to see how a bunch of people came together to create this green space in a crumbling corner of the city.

Türkischer Markt This market is so awesome! It was one of my very favorite parts of my trip. You'll find fresh vegetables, amazing Turkish nuts, fruit, bread, desserts, and other food, in addition to fabrics and other products. Grab some food then head to the river park, closeby and eat lunch with the swans!

a frolic! travel guide: spreewald, germany

I thought it would be fun to share a little guide to Spreewald, Germany, where I lived for a month this summer. It's not meant to be all inclusive, but rather a list of my favorite activities and sites. If you find yourself in the Berlin area, I definitley recommend a trip out to Spreewald. It's about an hour from Berlin by train. Spreewald is a biosphere reserve known for it's cucumber farms, canals, and forests. 

-Eat cucumber ice cream with a scoop of linseed oil/yogurt ice cream in Burg. There's only one eis place that carries this flavor, it's on the main drag across from a church and next to a bakery. It's the yummiest ice cream!

-Spreewald Therme I am not usually into spas but this beautiful spa features indoor and outdoor saltwater pools which are so fun to float in! 

-Check out the white storks! You'll see little towers with large nests for beautiful white storks everywhere you go! We don't have these birds in the US so you'll be totally charmed by these elegant birds. 

cutting garden bouquet

A few weeks ago, my friend, Juliane, and I went back to the lovely cutting garden to make a pretty bouquet. You can usually find cutting gardens and flower farms in most places and I think it's a great option for brides or anyone throwing a party. Make a field trip out of it by bringing friends and having them help with preparations. 

You can find the recipe for this bouquet and more flower arranging tips over at Project Wedding.

I am going to miss this lovely garden in Spreewald! 

Photos: Chelsea Fuss for Project Wedding. Flowers: Arznei- und Gewürzpflanzengarden Burg. Thanks to Juliane for assisting and modeling. Shirt: Mango.

spreewald boat tour

   
 

A couple weeks ago I went on a little boat tour through the canals here in Spreewald. It can be a pretty touristy thing to do but a group of us pooled our money together for a private tour one evening and their was no one else out so we just got to enjoy the beautiful evening light and scenery. The boats here are similar to gondolas in Italy but they are simple, long, black wooden boats with wooden seats and there's a driver at the front that steers with a long pole. He drove us past fields of cows, cute houses with lights on, under bridges, past little boat garages, and more. It was really so charming! I'll be sharing a few of my other favorite things about Spreewald soon!

Photos: Chelsea Fuss.

freilandmuseum lehde

On Saturday, my friend, Juliane, and I went out to Freilandmuseum Lehde in the Spreewald. It's a little museum that shows houses and farms of the area through history. I've always loved living history museums and often imagine myself living a modern-day version of this simple style of living.

On my travels this summer I've noticed a lot of gardens with natural fencing and trellises, simply made from found twigs. I love this idea!

Photos by Chelsea Fuss.