T-Bana is short for the Tunnel-Bana, or tunnel road, or subway. Today we learned how to get around underground.

One of the big shopping streets in Stockholm is right outside our door. It’s called Drottinggatan and it runs straight to the central station. We strolled that for a while and then launched into our subway adventure. We bought day passes and took a train to Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm. In 1600 or so it WAS Stockholm, home to about 6,000 people. Now it’s but a small part of the city. The official royal place is on Gamla stan along with a bazillion post card shops. We had a really nice day walking all over, sitting here and there and at one point hanging out in Espresso House, a sort-of Starbucks here. The barista at Espresso House knew we wanted non-fat milk before we ordered – because according to her, all Americans order non-fat milk.

Last night our waiter brought us gluten free bread from a store called Friends of Adam. Today we visited the store and stocked up on bread and crackers for the next half-week or so. Adam is the ‘bonus child’ of the owner. That is the Swedish term for step-child.

It was a very relaxing day. We didn’t hit any museums or specific sites, just hung out together and took it easy.