Sunny Day in Stockholm

I created a shared Google photo album, thus I don't have to deal with loading as many pics to this blog.

Our mission today was to ride a Hop On; Hop Off bus to get a better sense of the city - which is made up of many islands and bridges.

But first there is the discovery of the longest escalator I've ever been on

amd possibly the world's longest art gallery. It's worth riding the subway just to view the wall art.

Our train was 3 levels below the station. For someone like myself, extremely claustrophobic, the wall art makes the journey not only tolerable but enjoyable.

We located the information office, purchased a 72 hr pass, directions to Hop On-Off. Still find the many islands confusing. The harbors is gorgeous as are the buildings, both modern and old. Sweden is on holiday, many people we see are tourists from all over Europe, lots of different speech and dress.

After the bus ride, we had lunch at the opera house with its wonderdul view of the harbor and building. PB ordered traditional meatballs, with gravy and lingon berries. My lunch Baked cod loin, small potatoes, butter sauce, trout roe, chive oil, fennel and radish. 

I almost licked the plate.

Next we headed to see the Vasa. Located on the island of Djurgården, the ship is the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship ever salvaged

 The 64-gun warship Vasa sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. I didn't have much interest in seeing an old ship but thought PB might enjoy. I was absolutely agog! Besides being beautiful, it's massive, 4 stories high. 

Returning to our apartment, we rode a tram, subway, bus and walked up the miserable drive.