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Day 56
Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 7:49 PM
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: 26 m
Sweden Rålambshovsparken 59.33229, 18.02597159°19’56” N 18°1’33” E
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Sweden day 4
June 19, 2016 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
This morning we set off to see the VASA and Nordik museum. Outside the museum on the water were 3 vessels, we went aboard 2, the first was a 1915 lighthouse boat called Finngrundet used around Sweden to warn ships of shallow areas, rocks etc. They would be a floating lighthouse. The second vessel was the Icebreaker which was a coal driven vessel that became oil run. It had water jets to loosen ice and a bow propeller to help break the ice. It used to tow vessels out of the ice too.
The VASA museum was all about the warship Vasa that sank on its maiden trip in 1628, a ship of King Gustav Adolf. It is the world's only preserved 17C ship.She sank in Stockholm harbour.
The Nordik museum covered the life of Sweden from its indigenous beginnings, Laplanders, known as Salmi people now recognised officially.There is an enormous statue of Gustav Vasa King of Sweden, 1523-1560. There are about 3 languages spoken but most try now to learn Swedish. Founder of the museum Artur Azelius, museum's name he changed in 1880, to reflect its becoming a foundation.Life and times of Swedes, their apparel, jewellery, furniture, customs, religious ceremonies. We then walked along the foreshore of some of this island Djuragarten, enjoying the gardens, monuments and sheep before crossing the bridge and walking back to our hotel. Stephen went to check on tomorrow's bus stop for our return to Arlanda airport . We asked at reception but the girl could'nt help so we went looking. After finding it we had dinner at the same pizza restaurant , with local beers instead of young wine. 20.9 kmRead more
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Traveler On the Finngrundet,constructed in 1903, decommissioned in 1969, would hold 8 men.First radio installed in 1927.
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Day 56
Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 10:44 PM
⛅ 14 °C
Altitude: 31 m
Sweden Karlbergssjön 59.336031, 18.02809759°20’10” N 18°1’41” E
Sweden to Paris
June 19, 2016 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Stockholm to Paris

An early start 6:45 to get us to Arlanda airport for a 13:30 flight. Having found the AE bus stop the night before we had no trouble walking the km. The bus was early and it left early too- a good thing we were early. At the airport checking in was easy to our SAS flight. It was cheaper to go via Copenhagen with a plane change. This went smoothly too with barely more than a half hour wait. We arrived at CDG around 5:30 pm. Since we were coming from an EU country there were no customs checks. Caught the airpor shuttle to train station, topped up our Navigo cards and travelled to -Gare du Nord and then changed to Metro line 5 into Bastille station, arriving pretty much at 7:30 pm. ContacyRead more
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Day 58
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 9:03 PM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 25 m
France Choisy-le-Roi 48.773388, 2.44102548°46’24” N 2°26’28” E
Paris again!
June 21, 2016 in France ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Today after shopping for breakfast foods, we went to the metro(Bastille) to go to either The James Bond 007 exhibition or the Musee d'Orsay..We arrived at Tuilleries metro and saw a huge line of prospective visitors and while it was 10:30, decided to cue and go in to the Museum D' Orsay. After about 45 mins we got in , security checked , ticketed and checked one bag. Well this museum is great! We were there for about 4 hours, including a short break to eat in the cafe. 5 levels. We saw Monet's girl with parasol, Van Gogh's night sky , some wonderful Manet works, Gaugan, Rooudain sculptures .And more! Classic impressionist masters Degas,Cezanne & Van Gogh, the Pointillists ( Seurat, Signac); and Bohemian artists likeToulouse Lautrec.
Some great views from the windows of the museum. The museum was once a train station. It i
We then caught the metro back to Bastille and changed lines to 5.We travelled on line 5 to Patin so that e could see the James Bond 007 exhibition at the Grand Hall of the Villiers building of La Villette.
James Bond 007 was fantastic. I enjoyed every bit of it and bought the commemorative 50 years of 007 book, which has so many of the photos I took.
Exited and went to the La Petite Halle de la Villette bar / restaurant for " happy hour" 5€ Belgian beers and dinner, charcuterie and salmon pizza.All yummy! Caught metro back, while waiting there was an argument occurring behind the other platforms then arriving back yo drumming and loud music and fast food. We may not sleep till late!Read more
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Day 59
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 6:02 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 39 m
France Place de la Bastille 48.854702, 2.37064548°51’17” N 2°22’14” E
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June 22, 2016 in France ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Today after breakfast we caught the metro to Tuilleries and walked ( my error) the wrong way! to get to Musee d'Orangerie. It was a humid day, sunny and later cloudy with a little rain around 4 pm.The highlight of this museum were Monet's paintings of water lilies. We took lots of photos and we bought a book of them. Also we saw many other artists' works, including Cèzanne,Matisse/ Picasso. Less known to me : Modigliani / Derain/Laurencin. We then went into the gardens and ate our chips and apples and fed little birds. It was rather warm now. We then walked to the Notre Dame cathedral via Pont Neuf. Only taking photos from outside we then walked into the Marais area to see what it was like. On our way we walked through the gardens of the Archives building. Finally found a metro station and 1 stop only returned to Bastille and to our accommodation.Read more
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Day 61
Friday, June 24, 2016 at 7:45 AM
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport 1.358093, 103.9869231°21’29” N 103°59’13” E
Paris to home via Singapore
June 24, 2016 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Left the Airbnb at 8 am after another noisy night ( soccer fans). Although this room is set in a closed off street with electronically operated iron gates at either end, the sound of traffic comes through and up to the 2 nd floor and revelry doesn't end before 3 am - 4 am.When it quietens down the street cleaners start up !! Soa stuffy cramped metro ride to Gare du Nord and then the RER to CDG airport was worse, sweaty. Just after 9 in the airport with a shuttle train also.Wehad to check the bags which was quick but then queued for just over 30 min at customs, just to get our passport stamped! On to security check which was also quick. At last waiting for the boarding time. Air traffic controllers strike we were told at 11:40, when boarding was supposed to have commenced from 11. The plane left about 12 min late but we caught up and arrived at Changi airport before 7, on time .Its pouring with rain outside. Across the skies we saw beautiful snow covered mountain ranges for quite some time. Lots of food on the flight with snacks, lunch, breakfast and drinks. I watched 4 movies and tried to sleep. Awaiting next flight, the last leg of our journey of almost 8 weeks.9:35 am Singapore time should be take off.Read more
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June 23, 2016

Sweden day 4

Sweden to Paris

Paris again!

Paris

Paris to home via Singapore