Arrived in port about 7 this morning. We are so far north that it barely got dark last night.
Sunset from our balcony. This was about 10:PM.
The passageway we came through was beautiful, many rock islands with trees and homes.
At 8:15 we again met in the Stardust Theater where we were assigned busses to go on our tour of the city. Our tour was cut a little short as there was a marathon in the city today and their route was most of the one we were to take. We did keep ahead of them. The morning was beautiful for our tour.
Views as we were driving through Stockholm.
The building in the background is part of the Olympic
building from when they had the Olympics in the 50's.
Modern along with the old.
Many canals and bridges throughout Stockholm
Amusement Park
Winter Castle
There are 60 museums in Stockholm. The most famous one is the Vasa Museum.
This museum is built around and for the sailing ship Vasa. The king was a very proud man and wanted the best and prettiest ship on the seas. If another ship had one row of decorations he wanted two. For this reason the ship was very heavy and sunk just a short way out of port on its maiden voyage. Many years later it was found and raised and this museum made around the ship and artifacts that were found and salvaged. There is a café, gift shop, water closet, etc. in the building.
Outside of the museum
Our guide telling us about his favorite museum.
For this reason he is very knowledgeable about the sailing ship.
The guide knows several languages. The next day he is to be an
translator for a Middle East conference. He knows a couple of the
languages but will translate in Pursian.
Starboard side of the ship
Back of the ship
Replica of the back,
The ship was very colorful.
Front of the ship
Port side of the ship.
Replica of the Vasa
National Museum.
Across the street from the Vasa.
This museum was to be 3 times larger than it is but
the king would not let a building be built larger
than his castle.
We did not go in this building as we had to be off
the island by 11:00 as they were closing it off then for the marathon.
We would have been marooned there and might have missed the
sailing of our ship.
Towel bat on our bed
Field of turbines in the sea.
Would have been interesting to watch these being built.
Glad we are on the boat this afternoon as it is raining quite hard. Feel sorry for the runners and those who wanted to watch them run past.
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