I awoke quite early today (5 am) and took these photos as our ship headed toward Stockholm. It all looks so peaceful! I will try, when fighting traffic some December morning, to recall the serenity of these scenes. Of course, serenity gave way to general crowd rule as we disembarked and fought our way to a taxi. We arrived at the hotel 5 hours before check in so once again had lots of time to kill in Stockholm. You would think, having just spent 7 days on a cruise ship, that we would be tired of sea travel but we weren't! We had bought a 2 day pass for the public transportation and included in the price we paid is a boat ride to the island of Lidingo. (I'm sure I have that incorrect!) I have been having lots of trouble with foot pain (not pleasant....every step hurts) so we opted for a 90 minute boat ride. Although this is presented (and used) as public transportation they do have refreshments for sale so we enjoyed cold drinks as we set in the hot sun on the back of the boat and marveled at the beautiful scenery. We returned to discover a parade marking the end of Gay pride week in Stockholm (we had noticed rainbow flags EVERYWHERE---the public buses, the national theatre!) all traffic was stopped! Luckily our hotel is near an underground station so we headed home to dress for a relatives 50th birthday party. (not before stopping at one lone Loppis table where I purchased some tomte glasses and a small portrait of a young man)
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