STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN

First visit was the Vasa Museum... well I haven`t been there for 40 years but I DID remember the story of this unique ship. The royal ship, Vasa, set off for her maiden voyage from Stockholm on Sunday 10th August 1628 and after only a few minutes keeled over and sank in the harbour. There she lay for 333 years. Amazingly in 1961 she was salvaged and is the only preserved vessel from the 1600s of its kind in the world.

Following the Vasa museum we took ourselves on a tour of the Old Town. This took us past the Royal Palace where we saw the changing of the guard,

the smallest statue in Stockholm, the "IronBoy" is only 5.5 inches tall,

the Tyska Kyrkan, the German church whose bells have tolled 4 times a day since 1666,

and "Marten Trotzigs Grand" , the narrowest cobblestone lane in Stockholm(basically it`s an alley!).

We ended up back at the Royal Palace and had enough time to have a look round.. Its the most "lived in" Royal palace in Europe.

Stockholm had a liquorice cart!! Where`s the lady???... And nice public Phone boxes...