Thursday, July 17, 2014

Stockholm



On our third leg of our Scandinavian City journey we reached Stockholm.  It is a pretty city that is clean, spacious and relatively new, other than Old Town.  We began our day with a walking tour.  The guide shared lots of history about how Stockholm came about, the various Kings and Queen of Sweden.  She also shared about how IKEA started and the H&M stores.  We learnt about the current royal family and how they actually have no Swedish decent in their blood.  After the tour we watched the changing of the guards at the Palace, this time the guards had a band that marched in front of them so that was a nice change. The flag was flying at the Palace which apparently means the King was there, but we didn't see him :)  Next we headed for Old Town and the Cathedral.  It is becoming obvious that we have visited our fair share of palaces, cathedrals and castles, we were all just happy to look from the outside.  We enjoyed wondering through the streets and choosing some souvenirs.       

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