Stockholm – day 3
A sunny and muggy day. Enroute to the Vasa museum we walked through the Karlaplan area:
The Vasa museum is on its own island, so we needed to cross a bridge to get there:
The Vasa is a viking war ship that sank on its maiden voyage:
Then it was off for a boat ride to the Drottningholm palace:
A quick bite of lunch after the 40 min boat trip at the palace cafe:
And a stroll through the palace and its gardens:
Then home on a bigger boat that stopped at a few places along the way:
A quick clean up and then caught up with my old friend and colleague Geoff for dinner at Den Gyldene Freden on Gamla stan:
Started with an excellent porter:
Followed by a selection of pickled herring washed down with Acquavit:
On the way home found a quaint telephone box:
