In Stockholmn, the complete remains of the great ship Vasa, whose career lasted for 6 hours in 1628. It tipped over and sank on its maiden voyage. Something may have been wrong.

For us, it's on to Moscow.

More of Stockholm

Never did find out what this building is, but it didn't know us either.

We found depictions of St. George to be abundant in Stockholm. Nobody told us how or why George and his favorite dragon made their way over from England, but who are we to argue with a fait accomplis.

Stockholm Arrival

Very different from Oslo!
It's a complicated city. We think we can master it in a week or so. We leave in three days.

Oslo, without getting lost.

Maritime museum


A castle unlike any we have seen in Sarasota.


We were typical tourists on our last day in Oslo. Visited a couple of museums and a castle, rode the trolley and a ferry and tried to look like true Norwegians. We are sure we convinced many of our obvious Scandinavian heritage. On to Stockholm by train tomorrow.

Lost in Oslo

Back in Oslo. One of the dog food manufacturers is obviously proclaiming the benefit of using its brand.
An advantage of getting lost is that it provides an opportunity to see parts of the city not ordinarily seen by mere tourists.

Coast of Norway6

Small islands in a lacy pattern along the west of Norway

Exploring Norway's Fjords

We were without Wi-Fi on the boat and so no blogs.

The fjords were beautiful as touted, but the surprise for us were the hundreds of waterfalls which are part of the whole scene.