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Stockholm – day 3

A sunny and muggy day. Enroute to the Vasa museum we walked through the Karlaplan area:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
The Vasa museum is on its own island, so we needed to cross a bridge to get there:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
The Vasa is a viking war ship that sank on its maiden voyage:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Then it was off for a boat ride to the Drottningholm palace:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
A quick bite of lunch after the 40 min boat trip at the palace cafe:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
And a stroll through the palace and its gardens:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Then home on a bigger boat that stopped at a few places along the way:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
A quick clean up and then caught up with my old friend and colleague Geoff for dinner at Den Gyldene Freden on Gamla stan:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Started with an excellent porter:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
Followed by a selection of pickled herring washed down with Acquavit:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011 Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011
On the way home found a quaint telephone box:
Stockholm - Sweden - 22 July 2011