We took a shuttle into Stockholm and decided to tour it on our own. It's a great city for walking around, people watch and sight see. We started out walking through a large luscious garden and then made our way over the main river through the city.
The Parliament Building and the Royal Palace reveal some of the
amazing architecture of the city.
We spent a good while visiting the Nobel Museum. Opened in 2001 for the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prizes it contained pictures and details of all 850+ Nobel Laureates as well as a lot of information on Alfred Nobel himself. It was a fascinating museum and well worth the visit.
After a quick lunch at an outdoor cafe we headed back to the ship for an early departure knowing that somewhere down the road we'll need to set aside 3 or 4 days to more fully explore Stockholm. The waterway from Stockholm to the Baltic Sea goes through a whole slew of small to mid sized islands.
To handle the amount of traffic, parallel channels offered some interesting picture opportunities.
For a long ways from town most islands were populated with summer cottages. Note summer only because the entire waterway is iced over in the winter.
Almost getting run over by the ship was a family of swans including 4 youngsters.
But finally the houses thin out and we quickly were in the Baltic Sea on our way to Helsinki.
And finally, after a long day, the happy cruisers set down for a well deserved dinner break.
Goodbye then until our next chance to post.
Beautiful!
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