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Published: September 22nd 2009
Took a boat to the Royal Palace to see the changing of the guard, but we had a wonderful surprise and an experience of a lifetime. We saw a simple changing of the guard - not the usual pomp & circumstance show and watched as King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, their children Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine walked to the opening day of parliament. What a lovely family. Secret service everywhere with those little earbuds, walkie talkies and guns were around them - just like here with our President and his family. We met a lovely woman from Sweden who had taken her son to see the guard ceremony and she was pleasantly surprised to learn the King & Queen would be coming out. She has only seen them 3 times in her life. Just think, how many times have you been near our President? Probably not many, if at all! Then we got back on the boat and went to Skansen, which is an open air museum with old structures that have been moved to Skansen such as homes, schools, farms & churches from all parts of Sweden. Then we tried to get back
on the boat to go back to the ship. Well, it was a different boat than we had been on and that captain would not allow us to put Roger’s electric scooter on the boat. So Roxie and I went ahead and Judy called a cab for them to get back to the ship with the scooter. Worked out ok as they got a mini guided tour of the city. Went to dinner and Judy and I went to the Motorcity show. Very good- old Motown songs.
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chad
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awesome
I am happy you enjoyed your time in Poland!!!