Stockholm

O.K Hit and Miss - next Tuesday Stockholm?

Old town, Stockholm

part of the old town

guard at palace - think he dressed in a hurry, still has pj bottoms on!

Stockholm harbour

On the ferry to an island

The boat that had been underwater - the Vasa

 

A model of the vasa - you can see why it overturned!

old Stockholm

thought of you Faith and Quentin!!

Stockholm

Stockholm is a fantastic city!  We went by T-bane(underground) from the camp site to Gamlestan (old town) which is a warren of streets on an island.  Stockholm spreads out from here onto other islands.  Quite walkable and we did spend about 8 hours doing so!

First we looked around some of the streets of Gamlestan and had a coffee and a Swedish 'Danish'.  Then we looked around a museum about Stockholm's development and life in times gone by.  Next we got a ferry to another island ( a bit like Venice) where we went to the museum that houses the ship Vasa.  The Vasa was built in 1628 for the Swedish King, it was gilded and ornately carved - a showpiece - but as she set off on her maiden voyage she turned turtle and sank.  In 1961 she was refloated and is 98% original after 333 yrs under water.

Then we had lunch in the spirits and alcohol museum bar.  We couldn't afford real lunch so had another coffee and Swedish Danish.  Stoneleigh Sav was for sale there at 385 kr a bottle or 87 kroner a glass.  The exchange rate is 4 kr = 1$.  So we weren't tempted to have a glass!!  Jacobs creek red was the same price and they weren't the most expensive!

back on the main island I trod in the footsteps of Daniel Craig.  Well possibly.  Fans of Steig Larsen's Girl with the dragon tattoo etc will remember it's set in Stockholm so we checked out some of the places featured.  While wandering up a back alley we found a film crew filming a costume drama and had to wait while they filmed a scene.

We did one more museum (the medieval one) before getting the train back to the camp site.  It is much warmer here (around 24 today) but it gets dark much earlier - we have been in the light at 10.30pm but it was dark here last night at 9.00pm.  Last night we had Thai (with wine/beer) at the camp site restaurant as our camping gas cooker meals are getting a bit repetitive!  Very nice - and for entertainment the armed offenders squad plus dog raided the restaurant!  Don't know why I'm sure Malcolm didn't run any red lights!