Russ & Barb’s Travels
Sweden
Sweden is a long narrow country. For a comparison, if the northern tip of Sweden were positioned at Chicago, the southern tip would extend to about New Orleans. It is sparsely populated with much forest area. Central Stockholm is very walkable with a wide range of old to new. The city is built on a string of islands connected by bridges. It is home to about 20% of the Swedish population. We had the assistance of local tour guides as well as time to explore.
As can be noted from the tour map, we left Sweden to travel through Denmark then north on the west side of the country on our way tro Norway. The photos here cover both parts of our Sweden itinerary.
Several photos are from the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. The Vasa was a warship that sank 40 minutes into her maiden voyage in 1628. After 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm’s harbor, the well preserved hulk was raised, partially restored, then housed in a museum since 1990.
On our way to Kalmar we stopped for a mini traditional Swedish crayfish party, complete with drinks and funny hats. The weather was cool but we had fun being locals for awhile. In Kalmar is restored 12th century castle we visited.
Coming north up Sweden’s west coast we stopped at the Tatum World Heritage site where there are petroglyphs from the 1800-500 BCE period. A fun lunch stop on that part of the trip was Evert’s Boat House. After a boat ride we could try fresh raw oysters, then lunch. Barb was even convinced to try raw oysters!
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