Sweden

I probably shouldn't state too many "facts" about this country because, as Allison can attest, I'm a wee bit biased. But basically I LOVED Sweden. I've been wanting to go there for a while and, as if I wasn't excited enough, Olof (LSE friend) tells me on the eve my trip that we could eat reindeer while in Sweden (see below for reindeer consumption photo). And then of course the central parts of Stockholm consist of fourteen islands--loved that. Don't even get me started on Swedish children--so cute, so well dressed, etc. etc. We stayed with Olof's family in Uppsala, which was an awesome experience and probably added to Swedish bias. Last but not least, the Bjorkman factor tops everything off.