Our hotel is a few blocks from this beautiful spot, full of boats, sightseeing or otherwise. We have been blessed with great weather, sunshine and breezes, just a few sprinkles of rain. Dave and I went off to the museum of Modern Art, as we had heard it was a great museum.
And indeed it was...
A wonderful sculpture garden outside the entrance...
After a few hours on our own, we met up and had lunch in the museum restaurant.
(Did I mention the food? Fabulous!)
On our way back to the hotel, we ran into a few sprinkles, so we ducked into a pretty little bar/cafe
To get out of the rain...
The bill, for one glass of wine, and one beer, was US$28. Ouch! This city is VERY expensive.
The "small world" event? After we met up with our travel companions that evening, a woman came over to me and said she "recognized" me from my wardrobe on my blog...a long-time friend of hers, Patty Carlson, and Patty's sister, Mary Boalt, had sat next to me at Sham's workshop which I blogged about last January (sorry, I can't link when I'm blogging with the iPad app). Mary follows my blog, and had told her sister that I was traveling to Scandinavia on the same date as the friend, Mary Ann. What are the odds we'd be in the same group? There are THOUSANDS of tourists in Stockholm!
What an amazing coincidence! Here is a picture of Mary Ann and me on a ferry this afternoon,
On our way to the Vasa Museum...
We had lunch on our own...a herring plate for me, a hamburger for Dave, to fuel us for the rest of the day...
Wonderful sights on the streets...narrow side alleys, complete with graffiti,
Interesting street art installations...
And always, the enchanting waterways.
We leave in the morning for Kalmar, and then on to Copenhagen..can't wait!
TTYL