Katia’s apartment in Stockholm was incredible. The windows look out on the harbour from one viewpoint and the square in Gamla Stan from the other. The location couldn't have been better -- on a quiet side street in the city's oldest area -- it was a easy stroll to groceries, espresso, pastries, restaurants and bars, all on winding cobblestone streets and amid picturesque goldenrod and ochre colored buildings. With our daughter along, this was a win in so many ways -- we could amble out to find food, drinks and marketplace activity, all while still staying close to the apartment for the inevitable moment when energy levels dropped to the breaking point. :) The apartment itself provided a cosy, clean and restful home base. It had a great kitchen, a main room, and two side rooms that yielded privacy and respite from the overwhelmingness of traveling with a six-year-old. It is a very short walk to the ferries as well, to get to Skansen, Vasa, everything!