Just felt like sharing the contrast and the incredible difference that 3,5 hours flight really mean!
Stockholm, Norrmälarstrand, january – 2010
Playa Barceloneta (the beach in town) with the Sunday surfers and the new Hotel W, January 2010
Please disregard the imperfection of the filming (what an amateur, the photographer..), and focus instead of the perfection of the context in the movie! Enjoy! And book the next flight to you know where! 
I just spent the whole last week in a snow white and crispy Stockholm!
This capital used to be my home base during 12 years ( I just counted and thought it was much more…Barcelona is closing in with its 9 years this year!), and now living in Barcelona still working with Swedish clients, I realize I have the best of two worlds! Stockholm has such an added value for me today when Im not living there anymore… Actually the best in visiting Stockholm is to know it is for a limited period of time! Don’t get me wrong, I dont mean to sound negative about this beautiful place, it’s just that I have found my flow down by the Mediterranean and feel priveledged to get a small dosis of the Swedish capital…small dosis of the darkness, the cold, the long winter, buying wines at Systembolaget etc…and instead an overdosis of sun, blue skies, the Mediterranean, cava- and wine country with looong summers and nice and mild seasons!
My fab home in Stockholm is actually not on one of the many fab sofas offered from friends and family living there, it is on my absolute favorite hotel all times – HOTEL DIPLOMAT! When I am on business and have to be full on with a clear focus at all times, it is of utmost importance for me to feel grounded, to have a private place to withdraw myself to, back into the silence, to my inner source. The ambience of Hotel Diplomat have all the ingrediences for me to really feel at home, like I have my own home still there on Strandvägen, the location, the cosy lobby with its reception and armchairs infront of the fire place, the restaurant and T-bar! One of my dearest and”oldest” friends, not that we are old neither one of us (!), only that we have been friends since 21 years when we used to work together in the Sheraton in Stockholm, is the Hotel Manager of Hotel Diplomat, Madeleine Barck, something that adds some golden shimmer durig my stays! But not all the staff knows that Madeleine and I are good friends, and yet they pay that extra attention to me asking if I need anything or have everything I want in a very nice way! A big thank you to Le Chef Benny who has put love in my “havregrynsgröt” that I ordered extra every morning! 
So if you ever doubt about where to book your hotel nights while in Stockholm, I hope the message is clear! There is no home away from home like good old “Dippan”! And exciting renovations of the restaurants is soon coming up! Keep you ears and eyes open!
