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
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