Oh how today has been adventurous. it was the day of the first tour. we found out on wednesday night that the tour would not be wheelchair accessible, so dona opted not to go. elbert really wanted to go so i took dona’s ticket and dona stayed on ship.
never in my life have i been so bothered by something. we left the gangway and poor elbert had to climb down 33 stairs, that is a huge staircase. he really amazes me. we were told the tour was not accessible but nothing was ever mentioned about the exit of the ship not being accessible too. elbert is a champ and made it. our first stop was city hall, this is where they hold the noble peace prize banquet. this place was beautiful. european art... there really is no way to describe it. even the photographs don’t do it justice. the building was huge, there was so much to see and i wish i had hours to explore and photograph all there was to see. but on tours you can be a bit rushed due to time schedules.
here are a few photographs from the city hall.
the next stop was to a famous ship that had sunk. for whatever reason i cannot remember the name right now. but it was way awesome. the ship was massive it was made from over 100,000 trees. the carvings on the ship were amazing. due to the ship being under water for over 3 hundred years they have to have the lighting so dim to preserve the wood. so most of my photographs are a little dim and may be difficult to see.
after we headed back to the ship. we had some lunch and rested up for the evening outing. at 5 we headed down to the stairs again. it was pouring rain at this point but elbert still managed to make it down the stairs safely. we drove through the town of stockholm on our way to the mille's garden. we went around the gardens looking at all of the amazing sculptures that were designed by carl milles. i took a million pictures here so i won’t share them all. i loved this place, i really wish that i could have spent more time admiring all of the sculptures. the facial expressions and the hands are beautiful. the only down fall of this tour is that elbert was unable to go down on the terraces but he was able to see the house which was filled with wonderful art as well. it was then time to head back to the ship it had finally stopped raining at this point which is no luck seeing as we were in the ship for the night.
after dinner i went to my favorite bartender, Alois, i go see him every night. we would just chat and he tells me funny jokes. it’s nice to talk with someone else for a change.
*i'm not really sure why these photos are stretched i'll fix them when i get home.
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