Thursday, July 17, 2008
Stockholm, Sweden
We have reached our third country! We left Finland yesterday on a Cruise ship (complete with Smorgasbord) and sailed all afternoon and evening to reach Stockholm this morning. The passenger list was 95% Finns and Swedes. They are able to shop Tax Free in the on-board stores, which is apparently quite a deal for them, so they all take advantage of it... esp in the liquor dept! We got a kick out of one of the deals in the Duty Free store - if you bought four cases of beer, it came with a little cart for you to wheel it off the ship with you! Several carts were rolling down the ramp.
The waters for miles off the coast of Stockholm are filled with small islands - the Archipelago. It is quite a resort area for the Swedes, and the little islands are dotted with boats and summer homes.
We visited a museum here housing an intact wooden warship that sunk in 1628 - on it's maiden voyage! - and was raised from the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Very Cool....
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Hi! Have enjoyed your blog. We leave for Minnesota today (where we will spend time with some some relatives of Norwegian descent :) )and will have to wait until we get back to read about the rest of you trip. Have fun!!
Mary and Ken
Mary and Ken
That is funny about the carts...Europeans and their beer! Sounds like a great trip...enjoy the rest. It's been fun reading your journey so far!
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