Today started at the Nobel Museum. This is one of the most interesting museums that I have been to and I wish that we could have spent more time there, but what I have found is that you really can not do Stockholm in 2ish days. I really didn’t plan on the 9 hour time change kicking our butt. There are such fascinating people out there from Einstein to Curie to Obama and many, many more.
We then went to the Royal Palace, the Tre Kronor Museum, the Royal Chapel and the Treasury AND then we had the honor of watching the changing of the guards at the Palace. This took an hour and again was an amazing site. The guards look so young and the Royal Band rode horses and played intricate music at the same time. I have videos that I might try and post.
We thought we would be clever afterwards and take the boat to the other side of the waterway, that went well. And have a nice lunch in an outside cafe, not so good. And then take the Hop-on-Hop Off sightseeing bus to see the the northern area of the city. Well this was hot, bumpy and though we saw some REALLY big cruise ships due to the Pride Parade and events most of the area was closed off. We frantically got off at a place that we recognized and walked home through crowds. We did get some ice cream along the way so was worth it. Still a very full and wonderful day.
As we were walking into our hotel we noticed that our little canal boat has arrived. The MS Diana is much smaller than I imagined, but very cute! We are excited to start the next adventure of this trip with a cruise up the Gotal Canal to Gothenburg. More about this tomorrow....
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