Quality Globe Stockholm

... Volvo's in the car park) still with massive offices and factories on the site. Now the island has the highest density of people in Sweden, all living in what the boat tour referred to as "exclusive apartments". They are definitely very gorgeous and modern.
What really is noticeable is the number of young families in the area. I mean you literally get mowed down by the young mums with buggies. One cafe we walked past had no less than 20 buggies parked outside clogging up ...

... Put down the luggage and went out for a walk to find some food. Took a T3 for the body aches and headaches before heading out. Lots of grocery stores so stopped along the way to look at them. Learned that I'm loving the grocery stores here really fast! They don't spray their produce so it's awesome to see real food and it's really fresh! The herbs are beautiful and the fruits are looking scrumptious! The ...

... schedules and the underground proved to be easier than we thought. After a day on the underground our only main issue seems to be remembering to hold on when the train stops. We had a few near falls (even one from Linda), but a few the girls have organized a plan to hold on to each other in the trains to avoid falling. Our first outing of the day was to the Nordic Se Hotel Ice Room. Today was supposed to be the last day ...

... years, but in 1975 it was sold because the inheritor of the castle, Rose, could not afford the taxes. Much of the inside was auctioned off as well, which is kind of sad, so now it is decorated in legiatimate items from the time periods, but they are mostly on loans from various museums. Seeing the coast of Ireland on the way back was beautiful. We had a great tour guide who liked to sing Irish songs all along the way. We went through ...

... which was, at the time Swedens bigest. It was the pride of the kings fleet that sank 20 minutes into its maiden voyage and was salvaged in the sixties! I had to learn more about this ship so I went to the Vasa meuseam which has the salvaged ship fully intact for all to see, it was worth the visit. After the day in stockholm I took the train back to my couch in Uppsala.

... of Stockholm for tonight. I, once again, got lost, but eventually found my way to the correct mus and began the 45 minute ride into town. A very nice man, whose name escapes me, sat next to me and we talked for the whole journey. When we finally came to Stockholm, I was quite impressed. Stockholm is so lovely! It is, by far, my favorite place yet. The architecture is beautiful, the streets are clean, the people are ...

... most of Estonian's are not religious, the building has remained a concert hall even though Pope John Paul said Mass in the past. The trip to Stockholm on the ferry was uneventful. We landed on Saturday at 10am and made our way to the hotel. Later we went to the Nobel Museum. The awarding of the prize and the dinner are held in other places so we just got to see the history and important facts regarding Alfred Nobel. One is that he made is ...

... built. But the sailing marvel capsized on its maiden voyage ! The pride of Sweeden quickly turned into a national shame. The vessel had long been forgotten when it was found laying at the bottom of the sea in the 1950's in an astonishing condition. It was completely restored and is now the central piece of the Vasa museum. It is the only war vessel of that era to still exist in the world. It was fascinating to look at and I learned a lot about what life was on a war ...

... want to do a river tour, so we do. This river tour blew.. Its kinda like going by at high speed past landmarks and some recording telling you there is something cool, except 1 out of 4 things was cool. It didn't help matters much that I was still tired and quasi hung over so I fell asleep anytime the sun hit my head and warmed me up. So it wasn't that cool, but at least I did a touristy thing. We headed back to the hotel and got cleaned up and proceeded to ...