Weather still fantastic, Stockholm is very pleasant. We went under our own steam today - no tours. The area over the other side from the dock was little harbours, museums, funfair and parks. We spent 3 hours in the Vasa museum. This was a 1600's ship built for the King of Sweden to fight the Poles. When they launched it, it tipped over and sank just like the Mary Rose. It remained undiscovered until 1960. It was brought up and restored. 98% is still original as the water was so polluted that it did not decay. The ship itself and the things discovered in the ship were presented so well, we could have spent longer in the museum. On our way to Germany, but we have sea day first. Got an hour of our lives back last night, which was great.
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