We
started our day with a drive through the countryside before reaching the city
limits. Then we covered the main sights of the city. We crossed the medieval
Old Town and we passed the Royal Palace overlooking Stockholm’s inner
harbor. On the nearby island of
Riddarholmen, we passed the impressive church with its cast iron steeple, known
as a place for Royal burials. The Old
Wrangel Palace, once known as the King’s House, today houses the Court of
Appeals. From the waterfront there is a
wonderful view of the impressive City Hall site of the annual Nobel Prize
Banquet.
Next,
we visited the Vasa Museum, housing the Swedish warship Vasa – once among the
world’s largest and most prestigious warship. The museum is literally built
around the 17th century warship, which sank in Stockholm’s inner
harbor on her maiden voyage in 1628. Salvaged in 1961 and today restored to
much of her former glory.
Stockholm
is built on 14 islands and there are 37 bridges.
This
was the last port on our cruise. We are
now heading to Rotterdam where we will disembark, spend the night, and then fly
home from Amsterdam. It has been a wonderful cruise, a great history lesson,
and we’ve met some great new friends. See you soon.
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