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After a great night sleep, a fabulous breakfast which included eggs, pancakes, cheese, meats, breads of all sorts etc (all which were organic, even the coffee was organic) we headed for the museums. \u00a0The day started out pretty cool but the sun finally came out.. \u00a0The museums were overwelming! \u00a0Especially the Nordic Ship Vasa.\u00a0Words cannot describe this hugh ship!<\/p>\n

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The Vasa<\/p><\/div>\n

We have been having lots of fun exploring this fun city. \u00a0It is a very clean city, you feel pretty safe and the people are so friendly. \u00a0Even though everyone can speak english, they\u00a0speak in their native swedish language. \u00a0So you have no clue what anybody is saying. \u00a0Even with that, we have mastered their public transportation system. \u00a0We have traveled on the bus, T-Ban and the Tram. \u00a0They have a great public transporation system and it is easy to get on and off. \u00a0We ate again at the Fish Truck. \u00a0It is so good! \u00a0The creamiest mashed potatoes I have ever had! \u00a0They were defintely made with rich butter & milk! \u00a0Tomorrow we are going to the well known Swedish Smorgasbord at the Grand Hotel on the water. \u00a0We’ll see how it fairs up against the fish truck! \u00a0Another fun day and Charlie only left the camera behind once today…..but the honest friendly people here would not let him leave it as they called out for him so he could retrive it! \u00a0LOL, it is fun trying to remember even the smallest of details. \u00a0We have one more day in Stockhom and I know we will have another great day filled with adventure tomorrow……..Carol<\/p>\n

Yes, Carol took some of the journal workload \u00a0from me. I will just add a few things. The Vasa Museum was amazing. A warship big for its time that sank before getting out to sea on its maiden voyage. It sat submerged for 333 years before being discovered in the 1961. They managed to raise it mostly intact, and then spent 17 years treating the wood aand putting it back together. They were able to piece the planks like a puzzle by matching up nail holes. Finding that first one must have sucked! It is 98% original and quite incredible. Worthy of a google seearch and read. The other museums we went to were the Nordic Museum about life in Sweden,<\/p>\n

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Your Swan is Cooked<\/p><\/div>\n

and Skansen which is a combo living history museum and zoo. All the buildings have been moved here from all over Sweden and people in \u00a0costume hang out and talk to you about their lives centuries ago.<\/p>\n

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Swedish Decor<\/p><\/div>\n

It was a great day with lots of walking, 10.8 miles with all the museums. ….Charlie<\/p>\n\n\t\t