Swedish Babes
Have I mentioned how pretty the women are here yet? No? Well let me take a moment to just say they are ridiculously hott! Jay found a real keeper.
I’m jealous.
Ship Outta Luck
Did you know that the city of Stockholm is comprised of fourteen islands all joined by bridges? It’s true, and today we passed by, over and under quite a few of those bridges.
We stumbled across the Royal Palace of Stockholm…
..and this guy showed us the way to find the Royal Apartments…
…where we snipped off a few photos of the royal crib.
Then we walked down to the edge of the water and hopped on a “Hop On – Hop Off” boat that took us to various other islands.
Past the National Museum
And the Nordic Museum.
Until we arrived at our first stop just outside the Vasa Museum.
The Vasa is a colossal nautical failure in Swedish history. Built in 1626, the Vasa war ship sank after traveling less than 1 nautical mile on her maiden voyage due to being built too top heavy with insufficient ballast! DOH!
In 1961 recovery efforts raised the ship from her murky grave after more than 1,300 dangerous dives. On the bright side, the waters of Sweden were so polluted at the time of her demise that most bacteria that normally eats away at sunken wood ships couldn’t survive! WOO HOO! So the Vasa was actually in fairly good condition despite being underwater for 333 years. If you ever make a trip to Stockholm, this is a MUST SEE sight. The enormity of the ship is mind boggling, and the various exhibits around the giant boat really give you a sense of what it must have been like back then — or for a Pirate in the Caribbean for that matter.
On the ground floor of the museum they have used modern technologies to reconstruct the lives of some of the deckhands…
and captain…
based on their remains…
OOPS! Sorry, that’s not the right photo. Here are some of their actual remains:
Those other “remains” were actually from our next stop on the H.O.H.O. boat, Tivoli Gröna Lund
which is Sweden’s largest amusement park. It was very reminiscent of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk with roller coasters…
…haunted house rides…
…and yummy yummy ice cream!
Before we had a chance to ride any of the rides, it was time to go…
… before we got carried away.
New Website Design Is (Finally) Up!
Woo Hoo! The new “official” HYSUL site design is now up. It’s actually been a work in progress for some time now and I had hoped to have it up prior to our departure. Oh well, better late than never. There are still a few minor loose ends to clean up, but overall I think it turned out great! A special shout out to Stacey for helping to bring my vision to reality. She rocks my PS socks!
I’ve got to catch up on some previous days of blogging, but that will have to wait for later. We are currently in Stockholm Sweden and about to check out Hotellet Bar one of the World’s Best Bars.
Sticker Shock
Today was a bit of an eye-opener as we felt the pinch in our pockets. My god things are expensive here! A gyro, fries and a soda cost 65 Swedish krona which is over $10 in the U.S.! From what we hear, Norway is going to be even worse. I can’t wait to go back to Thailand again.
Jay couldn’t even bring himself to spending money here, and he was starving so he picked up an appetizer at good ol’ 7-11
Välkommen Til Stockholm
It’s ‘Sveden’ time baby!
We just touched down in Stockholm and checked into our closet-sized-room at the Connect Hotel.
Seriously, I think most prisoners have larger cells.
Just goes to show what the weak dollar buys you in this expensive city. Whatever, it was walking distance from the runway and we’re only here for one night until we travel into the heart of the city.