Day Three.
Stockholm Sweden.
Below:-
After a day and night at sea, at 06:35 we dropped anchor in 165m of water.
The six Tender boats were were used to ferry all passengers going ashore to
the quayside where the coaches were waiting to take us on the various excurssions.
Stockholm is made up of 14 islands connected by 57 bridges and situated between
the Baltic Sea & Lake Malaren. Our excursion covered the Old town, Gamlastan,
Coronation Church, The Royal Palace and Skansen.
As we left Skansen the
skies opened soaking the fields that had been suffering one of the driest
periods in many years so the guide told us. Yet as soon as we boarded ship
the skies cleared as you can see in the photos below. Various view of Nynashamn
and coast from on board The Sea Princess just as the anchor was lifted and
we turned to set sail for Helsinki.
Paula Showing Her
Skills At Taking Some Nice Photo's. The Fog As It Came In Just Before We Dropped
Anchor & The First Sight Of Sweden.
The Sea Princess At
Anchor With The Tenders Ferrying The Passengers Across To The Quayside .
Above :- Some Shots
Joined Of Gamlastan & Skepps-Holmen, Taken From Fjallgatan.
Another View From Fjallgatan
The Spire Of Stockholm
Cathederal
The Royal Palace &
Changing The Guard.
One Of The Royal Palace
Guards.
Skansen. Situated on
the Island of Djurgarden. The worlds original open air museum and most visited
tourist destination in Sweden. Founded in 1891 the museum offers an experience
of life in Sweden in earlier times. Consisting of 150 historic buildings from
all parts of Sweden you can see how the people of Sweden's yester-year lived
and worked. Before our tour an eight course dinner was devoured in the restaurant
overlooking Skansen.
Left:- A "Viking Long Boat"
(Diesel Powered) Making Its Way Up River With A Full Belly Of Tourists.
To The Right:- The Nordic Museum (Mainly
Cultural History).
Some Of The Buildings
Around Skansen.
