Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Greetings from the Silja
Sorry about not posting recently. We were unable to get internet access while in Stockholm. Our hotel's internet station was out of order and the near by kiosk rip us off for nearly $2. The bastards. Anyways, despite the lack of access to the net, we had a great time in Stockholm. I am typing with just a few minutes of time purchased on board the Silja, which is our over-night ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki. It is amazing that this ship has internet access. Welcome to the 21st century.
Not sure I can now remember everything we did while staying in Stockholm. We had 6 whole days there and did many things in town and did several outings as well. The highlights were certainly the Vasa museum. This was a Swedish warship that was built in 1628, but sank on within 20mins of being launched. Bad for 17th century Sweden, but great for today, as there is a giant, almost entirely complete, 400yr/old ship for us to look up on. Amazing! Lot's of pictures that I will post as soon as we get home.
Yesterday we took a ferry over to an old Viking settlement called Birka. There has been much archiological excavations here with findings dating back to the 800's AD. We got a great guided tour and also had time to just explore. Great trip.
The day before we made our way up to Uppsala. This place is also well known for it's viking past that includes a series of large burial mounds. Very interesting.
Besides these outings, we spent much time in the old part of Stockholm known as Gamla Stan. Wonderful old winding coblestone streetings and no less than 3 old churches (one Swedish, one Finnish, one German) all in one island.
In addition to Gamla Stan, we wondered around the rest of town a bit. Saw several musums besides the Vasa (old ship) museum. Probably the best of those was the National History museum. Great prehistory and viking times exhibit.
Well, running out of our 2.5 Euros of internet time. Will try and type again in Hellsinki. But, we will be back in Portland on Sunday and will do some wrap up then as well as begin to post all the photos (we're talking thousands, folks)...
:-)
Not sure I can now remember everything we did while staying in Stockholm. We had 6 whole days there and did many things in town and did several outings as well. The highlights were certainly the Vasa museum. This was a Swedish warship that was built in 1628, but sank on within 20mins of being launched. Bad for 17th century Sweden, but great for today, as there is a giant, almost entirely complete, 400yr/old ship for us to look up on. Amazing! Lot's of pictures that I will post as soon as we get home.
Yesterday we took a ferry over to an old Viking settlement called Birka. There has been much archiological excavations here with findings dating back to the 800's AD. We got a great guided tour and also had time to just explore. Great trip.
The day before we made our way up to Uppsala. This place is also well known for it's viking past that includes a series of large burial mounds. Very interesting.
Besides these outings, we spent much time in the old part of Stockholm known as Gamla Stan. Wonderful old winding coblestone streetings and no less than 3 old churches (one Swedish, one Finnish, one German) all in one island.
In addition to Gamla Stan, we wondered around the rest of town a bit. Saw several musums besides the Vasa (old ship) museum. Probably the best of those was the National History museum. Great prehistory and viking times exhibit.
Well, running out of our 2.5 Euros of internet time. Will try and type again in Hellsinki. But, we will be back in Portland on Sunday and will do some wrap up then as well as begin to post all the photos (we're talking thousands, folks)...
:-)
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Hi guys. Finally got back to reading your log. What a wonderful journey you're taking! So glad you two could do this and you seem to know so much about where you are and what you're doing. Can't wait for the pictures. Keep safe. Love, Paulette
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