Aiden's usual pose by about 2pm
Our first day with our Stockholm card (this pass that allowed us entry to lots of things and subway riding we had purchased) was to go to Skansen. A Swedish sort of theme park that had old Sweden (like the different areas and their crafts) along with a zoo, a look at historical Swedish villages, an aquarium and just a little taste of Sweden. We saw cool animals (reindeer, moose, seals, etc.) We visited glass blowing and pottery houses. And we had the most amazing view of Stockholm- plus I got my traditional Swedish meatballs and potato lunch while Aiden had crepes and ligonberries! Yummy! It was a great day and we had lots of fun, got some gifts and enjoyed it.
Day two with the Stockholm pass meant we were headed to the Vasa Musrum and Junibacken .
The Vasa is this amazing ship built in the 1600's that the king had way too much control over and spent so much money on and it went into the harbor and SUNK! Just made it a few hundred feet and good-bye. So they brought it up in the late 1960's and have been working to preserve it and it is amazing to see. We got SOAKED getting to it but really enjoyed ourselves. Ate a great lunch of korvs and then Em and Johnny headed back to shop downtown while Kellin and I braved Junibacken with Aiden. It is a play place of all the characters Astrid Lundgrind made and more Swedish characters- we really only knew Pippi Longstocking and since most of it is based on her, it was fun. Very crowded, very loud but Aiden really had a special time there. He got to ride on her horse and play inside the kitchen of Ville Villekula and we had fun just being there with him. After the kids place we walked back to the main shopping and returned to Josefin and Henrik's for a much needed cooked meal by them!
The Vasa is this amazing ship built in the 1600's that the king had way too much control over and spent so much money on and it went into the harbor and SUNK! Just made it a few hundred feet and good-bye. So they brought it up in the late 1960's and have been working to preserve it and it is amazing to see. We got SOAKED getting to it but really enjoyed ourselves. Ate a great lunch of korvs and then Em and Johnny headed back to shop downtown while Kellin and I braved Junibacken with Aiden. It is a play place of all the characters Astrid Lundgrind made and more Swedish characters- we really only knew Pippi Longstocking and since most of it is based on her, it was fun. Very crowded, very loud but Aiden really had a special time there. He got to ride on her horse and play inside the kitchen of Ville Villekula and we had fun just being there with him. After the kids place we walked back to the main shopping and returned to Josefin and Henrik's for a much needed cooked meal by them!
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