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Day 2 in Stockholm (Saturday)
After spending a couple hours awake at 3:30am due to the time change and jet lag, I was able to fall back asleep and wake up at a normal time. We went down to breakfast and were greeted by the most delicious croissants ever. Oh man...I'm still dreaming about them. Anyway, we headed out to the Vasa Museum. The museum is all about this ship built in 1628. Everyone knew the ship had some issues, but they set out anyway. The ship sunk less than an hour later; it only made it about 1000 meters. The ship then hung out in the ocean for 333 years before someone figured out where it was and had the capabilities to pull it up.
After the ship, we went to the aquarium. The first room we walked into was a rain forest and there were piranhas swimming right next to the path. I was in the middle of taking of picture that illustrated how close Andrew could get his head to them, when we heard thunder, the lights went out, and it started "raining" on the animals. It was kind of cool except that my husband's head was right next to a piranha and we were on a skinny little path. We survived and all is well, but it was a fun time. After walking through the aquarium, we wanted a cheap snack, so we got a very traditional Swedish dessert and some hot dogs because Andrew said something about Swedes really liking their hot dogs. Yuck. I was not a fan of the dessert (Andrew already knew that he didn't like it, but he thought I needed to try it) and the hot dog was soo weird. Afterward Andrew explained that yes, the Swedes do really love their hot dogs, but it isn't because they taste good.
Next we tried to go to skansen-an open-air museum built to illustrate traditional Sweden, but we weren't going to have very much time before things inside started closing. Instead we went back downtown and went on the canal tour. We got to see a lot of things in a short amount of time and learn a little more history. When we got back, we got some ice cream and walked around Gamla Stan (old Stockholm). I really liked walking around here, it was exactly how I pictured Sweden.
The (possibly) best part of the day was when we went to the missionary-recommended place to get kebab. We had pizza salad (cut up cabbage with dressing) and kebab pizza. Mmmmm it was so good.
Since the whole city shuts down (unless you're looking for a drink) at night, we just walked back to the square and took the subway back to our hotel.
Day 2 in Stockholm (Saturday)
After spending a couple hours awake at 3:30am due to the time change and jet lag, I was able to fall back asleep and wake up at a normal time. We went down to breakfast and were greeted by the most delicious croissants ever. Oh man...I'm still dreaming about them. Anyway, we headed out to the Vasa Museum. The museum is all about this ship built in 1628. Everyone knew the ship had some issues, but they set out anyway. The ship sunk less than an hour later; it only made it about 1000 meters. The ship then hung out in the ocean for 333 years before someone figured out where it was and had the capabilities to pull it up.
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| It was dark and chilly in the museum to help preserve the ship |
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| The king is going to give us a large reward for our ship. We're awesome. |
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| Isn't he a cutie (I left out the question mark on purpose) |
After the ship, we went to the aquarium. The first room we walked into was a rain forest and there were piranhas swimming right next to the path. I was in the middle of taking of picture that illustrated how close Andrew could get his head to them, when we heard thunder, the lights went out, and it started "raining" on the animals. It was kind of cool except that my husband's head was right next to a piranha and we were on a skinny little path. We survived and all is well, but it was a fun time. After walking through the aquarium, we wanted a cheap snack, so we got a very traditional Swedish dessert and some hot dogs because Andrew said something about Swedes really liking their hot dogs. Yuck. I was not a fan of the dessert (Andrew already knew that he didn't like it, but he thought I needed to try it) and the hot dog was soo weird. Afterward Andrew explained that yes, the Swedes do really love their hot dogs, but it isn't because they taste good.
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| We took a stroll through a cemetery on the way to the aquarium |
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| fractions are our friends |
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| Just before the "storm" hit us |
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| These guys gave us a great show. They were moving around like crazy. I've seen them lots of times, but never seen them move so much |
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| Oh yuck |
Next we tried to go to skansen-an open-air museum built to illustrate traditional Sweden, but we weren't going to have very much time before things inside started closing. Instead we went back downtown and went on the canal tour. We got to see a lot of things in a short amount of time and learn a little more history. When we got back, we got some ice cream and walked around Gamla Stan (old Stockholm). I really liked walking around here, it was exactly how I pictured Sweden.
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| Lots of skinny little alleys |
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| We stopped by a German church but didn't hang around for the concert |
The (possibly) best part of the day was when we went to the missionary-recommended place to get kebab. We had pizza salad (cut up cabbage with dressing) and kebab pizza. Mmmmm it was so good.
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| pizza salad |
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| Can you tell he's just a little excited? |
Since the whole city shuts down (unless you're looking for a drink) at night, we just walked back to the square and took the subway back to our hotel.
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