Almost like, it almost smells like liver.

Rub that in the sauce.

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Good morning everyone,

it's Mark Wiens with migrationology.com in Rome, Italy.

We had a quick breakfast at the hotel.

Ying is already taking a nap.

(laughing)

We're all packed up and we are checking out.

We're gonna walk over to the metro,

take the metro to Termini station.

Then we're gonna take the bus to the airport

and today we are flying to Stockholm, Sweden.

(peaceful music)

Thank you to the Marriott Grand Flora here

in Rome for hosting us.

This was a very short, short trip to Rome.

It barely even a taste of what Rome

and of course what Italy has to offer.

But it has definitely wet my appetite

and I am really hoping to come back to Italy

in the future to travel to many of the other regions

in Italy for the food.

But that was a really good short trip.

(upbeat music)

That just took about 15 minutes.

We have arrived to Roma Termini Station

and the buses, actually they're exactly where we got

off the bus when we came from the airport.

It's kind of on the side of Termini station.

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- (speaking in foreign language)

You just kind of choose the bus that leaves the quickest

and so we got on a bus, put our bag downstairs.

You buy the ticket right before you get on the bus.

It cost four Euros and our bus leaves in about 15 minutes

to the airport.

(upbeat music)

That's the check in for the other airline.

We got checked in to our flight but it was complete chaos.

We're flying with SAS but they have been

kind of completely unhelpful, not really helpful at all.

She put a tag on our bag but

then said to bring it to the elevator

and then just continued talking

and didn't tell us any information.

Finally, after standing in the wrong line a number of times,

we finally got our bag to the elevator,

and I don't know where our bag went,

and now we are trying to get through immigration

but it's just out of control.

This is just extremely hectic.

Basically everything that can go wrong is going wrong

and so we got to our gate

and now they've changed our gate

somewhere like kind of far away,

so we're going to our gate now.

This is such a disorganized airport

and everyone's just running around

like they don't know what they're doing,

including us (laughs).

- [Flight Attendant] Welcome aboard,

when you have found your seat.

- This is gonna be about a three hour flight

from Rome to Stockholm.

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We sat in the plane for about an hour

before we took off.

I guess the airport was really backed up with planes,

but we are now in the air

and it is time for lunch.

This is quite the fusion, little lunchbox.

Sesame chicken with apple kimchi,

black rice, and ginger creme.

Oh and then it does say taste of Scandinavia inspired

by the world.

Got the lid.

Open my utensils.

I'll begin with this chicken.

Oh that's pretty cold.

I'm not sure what this is.

It's like, oh I think that's the creme.

And then a lot of salad down here.

Oh and that's mixed with rice.

That's like the consistency of whipped cream

but it kind of tastes like cream cheese.

It's like a whipped cream cheese,

is what it tastes like to me.

And then I'm not sure,

I guess that's all salad.

Salad mixed with rice, maybe cabbage.

Mmm, it is actually quite refreshing.

It does taste kind of good

but I am also really hungry.

That is oddly quite refreshing.

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With the exception of being awake

for a few minutes to eat that small lunch,

I basically just dozed off and slept the entire flight.

Welcome to Sweden.

This is my very first time to be here.

We have decided to take the bus,

which will take us very close to where the hotel is

but there is also a train option

and lots of bus options to get

from the airport to Stockholm center.

Will you pass to Fridhelmspan?

- Yes.

- Okay, can we buy tickets on this?

- Love your videos man.

- Oh thank you. Alex, hi, nice to meet you.

- [Ying] Nice to meet you.

Right as you exit from the terminal

there are a bunch of buses

and they all go to different parts of the city.

We are going to an area that's called Fridhemsplan

which is, I think it's pretty close to the center,

but this bus will go directly there.

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That bus ride took just about 30 minutes

and we are at a bus stop called Fridhemsplan.

I think I was pronouncing that wrong earlier.

Fridhemsplan.

I think that's how you say it

and our hotel, we are staying

at the Courtyard Marriott in Stockholm,

should be about a five minute walk from here

if I can figure out how to get there.

Let me check the map.

Oh here we are.

I think we need to just keep on going straight.

Stockholm is a really nice city.

It's so clean and also it looks so well-functioning,

and also it's so green as well.

- I just gonna stop my car, I wanna take a picture.

- [Mark] Yes, definitely.

- I love you!

- Definitely, nice to meet you.

- I'm gonna stop here. - Yes, sure.

- I watch you all day.

- [Mark] Thank you.

- [Ying] Hello, nice to meet you.

- Shout out to Danny. Nice to meet you.

And we're almost to our hotel now.

Yeah, service is great. Friendly.

Everything in Sweden is so spacious.

There's so much space.

An awesome start already to our time in Stockholm.

We checked into the hotel.

Dominica was very nice

and we got all these welcome snacks.

They gave us all these welcome snacks.

This is a bag of potato chips

and Ying and I are so hungry.

We haven't really eaten much today.

(chips crunching)

Oh yeah, those are really good potato chips.

Nice, spacious room.

I think everything is spacious in Stockholm so far.

Check out our view, we're on the 11th floor.

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And then over here into the bathroom.

Oh, I will be needing this coffeemaker pretty soon

or immediately.

And then, bathroom.

It's so spacious (laughs).

They got us a bottle of wine, a bag of fruit,

some macaroons, and I'm gonna try the next bag of chips,

some Swedish sour cream and onion chips.

Oh yeah, sour cream and onion.

One of the best flavors of potato chips.

(chips crunching)

Yeah, I'm really hungry right now.

Sweden is so stylish.

(coffee brewing)

- [Ying] Is this okay?

- Thanks to Ying, she finally figured

out how to use the coffee machine.

I need that espresso.

And we are really, really hungry

as I've already mentioned,

so we're gonna go out to eat now.

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(beep)

We are walking back to the metro stop Fridhemsplan

and we are gonna take the metro to a restaurant.

I thought for dinner tonight we would go

to a restaurant called Pelikan.

It's a little ways away but a couple of you recommended it

for awesome Swedish food

and for classic home style Swedish food,

so I thought this would be a fantastic idea

and a great first meal in Stockholm.

So that's where we're heading now for dinner.

We're gonna take the green line all the way to Skanstull.

So we ended up, we're at the metro now.

We bought the access card and the man

at the information desk was really nice and friendly.

He said we could just buy one of these cards

for both Ying and I and then we just have

to go take the metro on a group access

and then we put six rides on the card

and I think it's 20 per person per ride

if I heard correctly.

(funky music)

We just got off the metro at Skanstull station

and now walking over to the restaurant.

The weather here is amazing.

It's very cool, I could almost use a jacket.

Roasted reindeer and pelikan meatballs.

This is an awesomely classic heritage restaurant

and on the menu it says

that they've been serving Swedish cuisine since 1733.

How long at this location?

- From 1962, but this one has been restaurant

from the beginning from 1904.

- Oh, okay.

This restaurant, Pelikan restaurant,

they've been serving food since 1733

but they've changed a number of locations.

They started off in the middle of the city

and then in the middle of the 1900s,

sometime, they moved to this location.

This location, though, has been a restaurant since 1904

and I don't think much has changed since then.

This is beautiful, everything from the tiles on the floor

to the tables and the chairs.

The chair that I'm sitting on,

these arm rests are wonderful.

And then it just has a really high ceiling

and it almost has like an open hall,

kind of cafeteria feel to it.

But retro and authentic.

I'm gonna start with a cracker.

Is it butter?

Spread a good dose of this onto that.

Mmm.

Wonderful cracker.

It's like grainy and starchy.

The starter has arrived

and I saw it on the menu and I just had to go for it.

Steak tartare, the minced meat is on the bottom.

The raw minced meat, an egg,

and I think that's mustard on top and then surrounded by,

I don't know what this is,

but diced up onions, capers, some herbs.

I'm going to just sort of break that yolk.

Oho, steak tartare.

Oh, yes. I love it.

Mix it up, mix up that meat with the egg and the herbs.

Oh yes.

Oh, I'm a huge fan of any kind of raw meat.

Okay, I think that's good.

I'm not even totally sure how to,

maybe I should just mix in the onions and the capers.

Think I should just mix it all?

- [Ying] I guess so.

- I think so, and this white.

I'm just gonna mix it all up.

I can't wait any longer.