Hubie
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Tuesday 8/14/18: DCL Day 6: Stockholm, Sweden: “Yo-Ho? Heigh-Ho? HO-HO!” Part 1
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Today we were going ‘rogue’. Being unfamiliar with Europe, we wanted the ease of Disney excursions for most ports…but Stockholm had the ‘Stockholm Pass’ similar to Copenhagen’s—1 price gets you access to 60+ attractions. Stockholm’s didn’t include public transit…but it did include 2 out of the 3 HOHO (Hop on/Hop off) buses! (The Stromma ones were included.) Our only worry in Stockholm was the early all aboard time of 4:30PM—we knew we had to pay attention to the time, and finish our day on the earlier side as we were not in walking distance to port (Frihamnen). DH and I started the day by getting coffee on deck 9, then grabbing some pastries and free ‘smoothies’ in the Promenade lounge on deck 3, where we got to just sit and relax together. I had the Strawberry smoothie today! We also grabbed the kids some food and left it in the room for them, telling them to get up, we wanted to try to leave on the early side! I think we made it off the ship by 10AM. While there is a Disney shuttle into town…the HOHO buses were also just sitting there. I already had the Stockholm passes in my hand (from having them shipped to my home months before!) We went onto one of the buses…discovered they have (uncomfortable) earbuds that you plug into the wall, choose your language, and then you get to hear the tour!
Inspector Gadget, is that you?
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We got on at stop 14b…and planned to get off at 11…yep…that would mean almost a full tour (100 minutes!)…well, that was just too long for us as I had PLANS for the day! So, we got off at stop 1 and walked over to stop 9. We took some pics of the architecture in the area…I have no idea what the buildings are, lol.
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We waited about 10 minutes for the next HOHO bus to come along…luckily it was NOT the same one we got off of, lol. All the attractions I wanted to see today were on the island of Djurgarden. So , we got off at stop 11, Vasa Museum. It was probably around 10:45AM when we got here…later than I wanted, but we still beat the ‘big’ crowds. The Vasa Warship is the world’s only preserved 17th century ship. It was launched AND sank in Stockholm in 1628. 95% of the ship has been preserved. It spent 333 years on the sea bed…the polluted harbor water preserved it due to low oxygen levels in the water. Now that it has been out of the water for 47 years, they have been working to keep it from degrading. It was amazing to see how large the ship was, and how well preserved. We passed a few Disney excursions while in the building. We didn’t stay here too long. Long enough for a quick look around, then a quick stop in the shop—magnets, a T-shirt for DD18, and a book.
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Nice pictures of the warship! We were signed up for the "adult only" excursion to the Vasa Museum," but Disney canceled it pre-cruise. We then decided to just wander around the city on our own. Like you, I have pictures of some beautiful buildings and have no idea what they are.
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