Today I got to see Stockholm. The big attraction is the Vasa Museum, which holds a 350 year old ship that sunk right out in the harbor on its maiden voyage. It was excavated in the 1950’s and partially reconstructed and the ship was floated into this museum and it has been here since 1990.
I walked around the harbor, the old town, and royal palace (saw a marching band going down the street there). There was a Sci-Fi Bokhandeln (bookstore) in Sweden with mostly English books. Probably the best collection I’ve seen anywhere, but prices are kind of high with a 25% sales tax.
I had some more pasta today (this time I bought some sauce too). About 5PM I started walking to the ferry docks where a ship for Turku, Finland awaited. I am using Silja Line (ship name is Festival) and it is free with my Rail Pass. Leaves at 8:15PM and arrives in Turku at 8AM.