Sweding (Thursday)
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migmitIn the morning I went shopping for some souvenirs. Found this in one of the shops.
Some more local wildlife.
Again, Stockholm is pretty much built on water.
So good an idea for the storefront, that I don't really mind giving those guys some free advertizing.
The narrower the street, the denser the crowd.
Taking a selfie with the smallest statue in the world proved rather difficult. I guess I understand the merits of selfie sticks now.
I've never seen a bicycle combined with a wheelchair.
Just some Swedes having fun.
The weather was nice.
The jacket wasn't needed.
Just two locals resting.
Ducks. Although I'm not sure the closest one, black with white forehead, is a duck.
I don't know what those batons over the road are supposed to be.
Some hotel. Clever use of space: part of the fancy angular building is removed to make room for a trash can.
And after some rest I went on a cruise near Stockholm.
We are leaving.
This is Kastellet citadel. Swedish flag over it signals that there is no war currently. If Sweden goes to war, the flag would be pulled down.
An amusement park.
We weren't the only ones to have a bright idea to call a boat "Cinderella".
And whoever came up with this idea was a bona fide genius.
We turn and leave Kastellet and the amusement park behind.
How can something that big stay above water?
"I'm a ship too!"
Strange fountain. I don't know whom that figure on top represents.
Our boat is kind of like a bus, or a local train maybe. Every few minutes it makes a stop at some island.
And there are lots of islands, sometimes separated by really narrow straits.
Apparently, some boats lift their nose when docking.
It's getting darker.
Sometimes it's not even clear if those are separate islands, or parts of the same big one.
One of the stops.
Just a rock in the middle of nowhere.
Another stop. Somebody is getting on a smaller boat.
And this, I think, is a garage. For boats.
The jacket is definitely needed here.
Another stop. Grandma just came bybusboat, her family meets her.
I've heard sunsets in Stockholm can be really beautiful. This is not exactly Stockholm...
...but even one of the sailors came up to take a picture.
This looks like a gigantic ancient crab.
Here we actually stopped twice: on the left side and on the right side.
Same rock we've seen earlier.
It's getting really dark.
Some birds flying high...
...and low.
Unexpected meeting.
I've taken a lot more photograph after that, but most of them are totally dark.
This island of light far away is another ferry.
We've seen this castle before, but during the day it wasn't so impressive.
Almost back.
Interestingly, the amusement park still works. I've heard some children's voices coming from it.
Kastellet again. There is no flag now, but that's OK: they take it down in the evening and put it back up in the morning.
Just a minute before docking.
On my way to the hotel I found the same piece of modern art, and it looks a bit... different now.
To be continued...
Some more local wildlife.
Again, Stockholm is pretty much built on water.
So good an idea for the storefront, that I don't really mind giving those guys some free advertizing.
The narrower the street, the denser the crowd.
Taking a selfie with the smallest statue in the world proved rather difficult. I guess I understand the merits of selfie sticks now.
I've never seen a bicycle combined with a wheelchair.
Just some Swedes having fun.
The weather was nice.
The jacket wasn't needed.
Just two locals resting.
Ducks. Although I'm not sure the closest one, black with white forehead, is a duck.
I don't know what those batons over the road are supposed to be.
Some hotel. Clever use of space: part of the fancy angular building is removed to make room for a trash can.
And after some rest I went on a cruise near Stockholm.
We are leaving.
This is Kastellet citadel. Swedish flag over it signals that there is no war currently. If Sweden goes to war, the flag would be pulled down.
An amusement park.
We weren't the only ones to have a bright idea to call a boat "Cinderella".
And whoever came up with this idea was a bona fide genius.
We turn and leave Kastellet and the amusement park behind.
How can something that big stay above water?
"I'm a ship too!"
Strange fountain. I don't know whom that figure on top represents.
Our boat is kind of like a bus, or a local train maybe. Every few minutes it makes a stop at some island.
And there are lots of islands, sometimes separated by really narrow straits.
Apparently, some boats lift their nose when docking.
It's getting darker.
Sometimes it's not even clear if those are separate islands, or parts of the same big one.
One of the stops.
Just a rock in the middle of nowhere.
Another stop. Somebody is getting on a smaller boat.
And this, I think, is a garage. For boats.
The jacket is definitely needed here.
Another stop. Grandma just came by
I've heard sunsets in Stockholm can be really beautiful. This is not exactly Stockholm...
...but even one of the sailors came up to take a picture.
This looks like a gigantic ancient crab.
Here we actually stopped twice: on the left side and on the right side.
Same rock we've seen earlier.
It's getting really dark.
Some birds flying high...
...and low.
Unexpected meeting.
I've taken a lot more photograph after that, but most of them are totally dark.
This island of light far away is another ferry.
We've seen this castle before, but during the day it wasn't so impressive.
Almost back.
Interestingly, the amusement park still works. I've heard some children's voices coming from it.
Kastellet again. There is no flag now, but that's OK: they take it down in the evening and put it back up in the morning.
Just a minute before docking.
On my way to the hotel I found the same piece of modern art, and it looks a bit... different now.
To be continued...
