Stockholm - The ABBA Museum (1)
7月5日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
OK, so it is a bit cheesy, but we decided to visit the ABBA Museum. It was cloudy on the walk to the museum and raining when we left. The museum was entertaining and fun. We probably learned moreもっと詳しく
Stockholm - The ABBA Museum (2)
7月5日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
The costumes and the creativity of the music was fun to see. Of course, the dynamics of two marriages and the resulting break ups added a bit of sadness to the group.
We walked back to the hotel inもっと詳しく
Stockholm - Skansen Open Air Museum
7月6日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
We had a day with little rain, so we made the time to visit the Skansen Museum. This is an open air museum that has acquired homes from around Sweden from different eras. I was amazed that it wasもっと詳しく
RS Day 1 - Walk and Group Dinner
7月6日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
We began our Rick Steves Scandinavia Tour with a short walk and group dinner. The dinner was traditional Swedish fare, including herring and Swedish meatballs. I am not a huge fan of herring, but theyもっと詳しく
RS Day 2 - Walking Tour of Stockholm
7月7日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
We had a local guide, Hakan, who showed us around the old town of Stockholm. He had great insight into the city and the culture. One of our stops along the way was at his flat in the old town. Hisもっと詳しく
RS Day 2 - Vasa Museum
7月7日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Following the walking tour we took the ferry to the Vasa Museum. The Vasa was a 17th century war ship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 after traveling about 1300 meters. The king had the shipもっと詳しく
RS Day 2 - Durham Univ. Choir Concert
7月7日, スウェーデン ⋅ 🌧 59 °F
After dinner at the hotel we went to a concert at the local church that has been converted to a concert venue. It was a choir from Durham University in the UK. The organist was amazing.
RS Day 3 - Stockholm City Hall Tour
7月8日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Before taking the high speed train to Copenhagen, we visited the Stockholm City Hall. The banquet for the Nobel Prize winners is held here every year.
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Interesting...the mosaic on the sides go off too as if the artist miscalculated these too...
RS Day 3 - Travel to Copenhagen
7月8日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
We took the high speed train from Stockholm to Malmö. We transferred from the train to a bus for the rest of the trip to Copenhagen. We crossed the bridge over the strait between Malmö andもっと詳しく
RS Day 3 - Arrival/Dinner in Copenhagen
7月8日, デンマーク ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We had a lovely view from our hotel in Copenhagen. We had a brief orientation walk around our hotel. Prior to our group dinner, we had a visit from an actor portraying Hans Christian Andersen. He gaveもっと詳しく
RS Day 4 - Walking Tour of Copenhagen
7月9日, デンマーク ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
We had lovely walking tour of Copenhagen in the morning. The opera house has a roof that they use for a diving competition. Even the power plant is designed to be used as a ski slope and a climbingもっと詳しく
RS Day 4 - Canal Tour of Copenhagen
7月9日, デンマーク ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
It had been threatening to rain most of the day, but we decided to give it a go anyway. We got absolutely dumped on! We were soaked through and through. Our guide was a trooper through it all. Itもっと詳しく
RS Day 4 - Tivoli Gardens
7月9日, デンマーク ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Our guide, Nina, got us tickets to Tivoli Gardens. We had dinner there and walked around for a short time. A jazz festival was taking place in Copenhagen and we listened to one of the bands.
RS Day 5 - Tour of Rosenborg Castle
7月10日, デンマーク ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
We had a tour of Rosenborg Castle. The castle was used mostly for ceremonial events and banquets. It was never a residence. The castle houses the crown jewels. We took a group photo after the tour.
RS Day 5 - Walk to the Little Mermaid
7月10日, デンマーク ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We had the afternoon free after our tour of Rosenborg Castle. After lunch we walked to the statue of the Little Mermaid. It was a warm and sunny day in Copenhagen, so many people were swimming in theもっと詳しく
RS Day 6 - Roskilde Viking Ship Museum
7月11日, デンマーク ⋅ 🌬 68 °F
On our way to the island of Ærø, we stopped in Roskilde to visit the Viking Ship Museum and the Roskilde Cathedral. The remains of the six viking ships were less intact than what we saw at the Vasaもっと詳しく
RS Day 6 - Roskilde Cathedral
7月11日, デンマーク ⋅ 🌬 68 °F
The Cathedral in Roskilde houses the tombs of all the royalty of Denmark. It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century.
RS Day 6 - Ferry to Ærøskøbing
7月11日, デンマーク ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
We drove from Roskilde to Svenborg where we caught a ferry to Ærøskøbing on the island of Ærø. Ærøskøbing's houses and streets are delicately restored to retain the character of the oldenもっと詳しく
RS Day 7 - Bus Tour of Ærø
7月12日, デンマーク ⋅ 🌬 66 °F
We had a relaxing morning before going on a bus tour of Ærø. We stopped at a church on the island and had lunch at a place that only prepares lunch for Rick Steves tours. We had smørrebrød, aもっと詳しく
RS Day 7 - Afternoon Walk and Happy Hour
7月12日, デンマーク ⋅ 🌬 66 °F
After we returned from the bus ride we visited the local distillery and I sampled some of their whiskey. Then we walked out to the badehusene pa vesterstrand, the bath houses along the beach. And Ninaもっと詳しく
RS Day 8 - Helsingør and Kronborg Castle
7月13日, デンマーク ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
After breakfast we left Ærø and took the ferry to Svenborg. Then we drove to Helsingør (Elsinore) where we had lunch and a short visit to Kronborg Castle, immortalized as Elsinore in Williamもっと詳しく
RS Day 8 - Ferry Ride to Helsingborg
7月13日, デンマーク ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
We had a short (ca. 20 minute) ferry ride from Helsingør, Denmark, to Helsingborg, Sweden. It was a lovely day.
RS Day 8 - Varberg
7月13日, スウェーデン ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
We drove from Helsingborg to Varberg. We stayed at Hotel Gästis in Varberg. It is owned by a staunch Leninist and has classic posters and art work from the former Soviet Union. And there are booksもっと詳しく
RS Day 9 - Vitlycke Rock Carvings
7月14日, スウェーデン ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
We drove from Varberg to Oslo and made two stops along the way. The first was to the bronze age rock carvings at Vitlycke. This is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The outlines of the carvings have beenもっと詳しく
RS Day 9 - Lunch at Everts Sjöbod
7月14日, スウェーデン ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
We ate lunch and had a boat ride at Everts Sjöbod Bed & Breakfast in Grebbestad. The lunch was a delicious mussel soup, along with bread and butter. The boat ride took us among the off shore islands.もっと詳しく