September 14, 2007



After getting instructions on how to drive to Gamla Stad (Old Town) in Stockholm for shopping.

To the right is a picture of a narrow alley going to the street with all of the souvenir shops. While we shopped, Dwight and Astrid headed for the bakery.












Afterwards, we headed for the Vasa Museum. It contained a 17th century Swedish ship that had sunk in the bay right after it was launched. In the late 60's or so, they retreived it off of the ocean floor and restored it.

We found it to be pretty interesting. I will refer you to Dwight's blog for a more detail discussion on the museum.



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Another picture of the ship that is housed inside the museum building.











The ship was full of very ornate cravings, all with some particular meaning.





















Originally, all of the cravings were painted. Here are some restored cravings from the ship.

















This is a picture of the water just outside of the museum in downtown Stockholm. As you can see, Stockholm is a very beautiful city.

Here is a pretty building.













The best part of the day, however, for Astrid was IKEA. Here is Astrid with a real smile and Dwight with a fake smile.