20060430 - Stockholm

A slow morning of sleeping in, great breakfast and a wander to look for laundry and internet places directed by the hotel. The laundry was closed, with a notice in the window, so we took a photo for latter translation, and the Internet place was a big gaming place where we needed to buy a card to get access, so it worked out quite expensive if we just wanted to use it for an hour or so.

We met Linda and her sister down at a cycle pump in Slussen, then went to see the king and all his guests parade out of the palace for his birthday celabrations.

Guard The King and Queen

Then we got a bit of a tour of town, ate at the same cafe as yesterday with baked potatos, and caught the bus over to the vasa museum, a massive ship that sank 400 odd years ago just moments after it was launched. It is remarkably intact, and the amount of time they have spent preserving it is amazing.

We caught up again for crepes for dinner, then walked down to have a look at the bonfires the city lights on this night of the year, all with a nice quiet beer in a pub.