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1½ days later, we've made a gallant effort at seeing as much as possible. Today was fun-filled, but as usual, just not enough hours in the day (actually not enough hours that places stay open). The night in the hostel was good. Quiet, fun, clean. The showers were GREAT (those big Euro rain showers). We started the day at the Nobel museum in Gamla Stan. Something different... Alfred Nobel is actually from Stockholm, and when he died he had no children, so (with the massive fortune he'd amassed from numerous inventions, especially dynamite), he established the Nobel Prize. The museum was small but actually kind cool.
From there we ran over to see the Changing of the Guard. This one came with a cool marching band. Supposedly, little groups of teenage boys in their local unit come in each day to do the changing of the guard -- like a field trip. From there we went to the Royal Armory museum. That was right up my alley. Blood-stained clothes from Sweden's bloody history of king-deaths, the preserved skin of one of the king's horses, and little mini-gowns for child royalty.
That was a hop, skip, and a jump
The udders!
This is how they put ketchup and mustard on the hot dogs (that are sold almost every 10 feet!) This city has more hot dog and ice cream vendors than anything else!to the Taste of Stockholm festival. Stopping there for a quick bite to eat of some traditional fish sandwich, we made it over the Tourist office to find out we need to go to the train station to get an overnight train -- Stockholm's almost completely booked for the night! At the train station we bought 2 overnight tickets in 6-bed cars to Malmo leaving tonight at 23:05 for about 70 bucks. We took the metro from the train station -- that was cool! A few of the metro stations are so decorated inside they're like their own museums! Cool wall-art and random statues.
By that time it was around 4:30, so we walked around, got an ice cream (their soft ice cream here is awesome! It's like soft gelato! Love it...mmm....). With our Stockholm card that gave us free admission to all the museums, we had a free boat tour too. That was about an hour and was a nice overview of the area. Not quite the archipelgo tour (which takes about 2.5 hours and is not included with the card), but still cool. Then we hopped on a public bus (suprisingly easy!) and made our way towards
Ikea sweets?
They make look like those yummy little poof balls of marshmallow they sell at Ikea, but they're not. Filled with some kind of chocolate butter cream. Good but not what I was looking for... Skansen (a lot like Williamsburg). We made it there so late that only a few things were open, but it was a nice walk around. They have a zoo in the back (with reindeer!) and tons of little homesteads with staff dressed from that era doing things from that era (knitting, making wool, chopping wood). It had been SOOOO cold during the day (a REALLY strong wind!) and very overcast, but by 7pm it was getting nice! So even though most of the place was closed, it was really beautiful. Great views of the city! And there was one little shop open selling waffles. mmm... I finally had cloudberry jam, apparently some kind of jam specific to this area. It's yummy!
We wended our way back down to the bus and made it back to the hostel to pick up our bags, shower, and here I am now using the free internet for one last time. 😊 We leave soon on our next adventure to the south of Sweden (a stone's throw to Copenhagen!). Not sure what we'll do down there, but I'm sure we'll have fun! Stay tuned for the next edition...
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SOUNDS LIKE YOUR HAVING A GREAT TIME, I AM ENJOYING READING ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PICS OF YOU HAVING FUN I SAW ONE PIC OF YOU. BE SAFE!!!