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    • TravelerScandinavia 2017
      2
      Day 12

      Abba Museum

      December 29, 2017 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

      Today is Cultural Day, we plan on visiting 4 all very different museums.

      The day will be long and the light was short but discover Stockholm is the plan.

       Abba Museum was first, it was fun learning about Abba's lives and their road to stardom. The museum had a few interactive activities including, karaoke, dancing on stage with Abba and mixing the sound for one of their songs.Read more

    • Stockholm mit dem Muttertier
      Day 4

      Nu ABBA schnell!

      March 27, 2022 in Sweden ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      Am dritten Tag ging es für uns NATÜRLICH noch ins ABBA Museum. Auch extreeem zu empfehlen! Nicht nur Mutti als riesen Fan kam hier auf ihre Kosten. Es gab sooo viele Dinge zu entdecken! Nachgebaute Wohnungen, Tonstudios in denen man Karaoke singen konnte, eine Bühne auf der man mit Björn, Benny, Frida and Agnetha als Hologramm auftreten konnte, einen VR Helikopter Flug über the island of Viggsö, Originale Kostüme, ein Kino und und und... Alles in allem: wir hatten Spaß!Read more

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    • TravelerDänemark / Schweden
      Day 13

      Stockholm: ABBA Museum...walk in...

      May 14, 2019 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      ...and dance out!

      Ich bin von der Altstadtseite mit dem Linienboot übergesetzt, perfekt. 100 Meter weiter, auf der linken Seite, ist schon das ABBA Museum.

      Ich habe die Option mit dem Audioguide gebucht. Es fang an mit einer kleinen Mamma Mia (Kinofilme) Ausstellung. Die knalligen Kostüme vom Abspann des ersten Films...scharf!!!

      Ich bin irgendwie total hibbelig. Ich steh halt einfach auf ABBA!

      Unglaublich cool, du kannst hier theoretisch einen ABBA Song einsingen und später mitnehmen. Es gibt auch eine Fotobox...so siehst du als ABBA aus. Erst wird das Gesicht fotografiert, dann kannst du selbst auch noch Posen dafür machen (wobei das suboptimal funktioniert).

      So toll und als Geschenk von mir, für mich, habe ich mir noch ein ABBA TShirt gekauft!

      Ich hatte heute einen tollen Tag!

      Gelaufen: 10,88 km      Read more

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    • TravelerCRUISING the BALTIC SEA 2019
      Day 16

      Still at the Vasa Museum

      June 14, 2019 in Sweden ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      This is a model of the Vasa ship as it was. There is extraordinary detail in the carvings and colours that they found the ship to have.. After being the ocean for more than 300 years pieces of ropes, sails, and even some remains of the 50 people who perished in the quick descent of the ship.Read more

    • Peter DanePeter & Mary’s 2017 Holiday
      Day 6

      Those bloody Danes ...

      July 29, 2017 in Sweden ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      I think we have set the record for being last at breakfast. While staff are clearing the buffet each day, Mary & I have been trying to grab the last remaining remnants of fine Swedish breakfast fare. One thing is - we are consistent, and we do need to pace ourselves, not being as young as we used to be...

      The was a light shower today when we went to see the Vasa Museum. Luckily Mary took her new water proof jacket - it worked perfectly. Mary was able to stand in the rain for 40 minutes as the queue moved towards the door, While I stood under cover in the foyer [noice]. People in Sweden do not talk to strangers in a queue, so Mary had to line up in silence - I couldn't stand that so of thing.

      What a story the Vasa is ... built in 1626 over three years by 400 men using over 1,000 oak trees. A beautiful ship that only ever sailed 1,300 metres before it keeled over and sunk in the harbour. Apparently, the danish captain or the danish designers or the danish builders were to blame, however, the Swedish King agreed to everything, so no-one was held responsible.

      300 years later she was raised [in 1961] almost completely intact - there are low salt levels in the Baltic Sea - so even the sails, after 300 years under water were intact. A good museum - I really enjoyed it.

      After lunch, and a very enjoyable Mohawk IPA, it was time to go to the ABBA Museum. Not expected to be my thing, but something Grace and Mary would enjoy. As it turned out I really had a great time. It was fascinating to hear the stories behind ABBA and they way they made their music. I even tried to sing their songs - way out of tune as you could imagine, but I tried.

      It was always going to be an early night this Friday [we had been up until 2am most nights before]. There is an Irish Pub around the corner with good wholesome food - a bit American in fact, and I rounded off the evening with a couple of Bishops Fingers - life is good.

      Tomorrow after listening to the football [Geelong 123 defeated Carlton 58], we are off on a cruise around the Archipelago and a visit to the old city. Then we head off to London early on Sunday.

      Cheers      Read more

    • Peter DanePeter & Mary’s 2017 Holiday
      Day 5

      Our brush with fame ...

      July 28, 2017 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      We are settling into the Stockholm system of buses, trams, trains and boats and so today headed off by ourselves to do some shopping and sightseeing.

      Thought we might go the the Vasa museum - where they have restored a huge viking ship. We made the novice mistake of not booking online first - the queue was miles long and so we walked past - we'll go back another time.

      First stop was the telco shop to get Mary a prepaid mobile card. Always easy, go into the shop, hand your phone over to the youngest person and let them do it all. I said before how expensive it is in Australia for mobile calls and data plans - so cheap over here $A16 for a prepaid card with 200 calls [no minute limit] 200 SMS and 0.5Gb of data - lasts 1 month.

      Had to buy some Princess Cake [green icing] and a real treat. Caught the tram back, Mary and I became separated by the crowd, but we both knew where to get off - so all's good.

      The big event for today was going to see Manuella and Marjan - winners of the Slovenian Eurovision Song Contest and good friends of our niece Grace. Manuella Brechko is a superstar in Slovenia and has moved to Sweden to launch her international career, as Molly Meldurn would say "do yourself a favour and have a listen"

      It was a fantastic night with world class music and performance, plenty of drinking and laughing and home by 1pm for us oldies. This was something we were not expecting and we are feeling blessed.

      Stuck to the same beers today - might try something new tomorrow and it's off to the ABBA Museum.

      Cheers      Read more

    • Peter DanePeter & Mary’s 2017 Holiday
      Day 4

      Eat, Drink and enjoy the Culture

      July 27, 2017 in Sweden ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      You have to love hotel breakfasts. Travelling for work can be lonely and boring - the saving grace is often only the a magnificent breakfast buffet. Usually, an overworked head waiter meets you at the "please wait to be seated" post, takes you to the worst seat in the room, pours you a coffee, explains nothing then heads off never to be seen again apart from darting around the room. Here its free and easy. Heaps of food options and everyone is so helpful.

      After a look around the local area we took a tram then a bus to the Kaknäs Tower. This is breaking the golden rule of restaurants, the better the view and higher the dining room, means the food is overpriced and service is lacking. This was not the case here, great views of Stockholm [so flat like many big cities - compared with Hobart], good value food and excellent service. Getting there wasn't so easy. On the bus we were so busy talking, we missed our stop. Realising this Grace asked the driver and he agreed we had missed it and so we decided to get off and catch a bus back to where we needed to go. Waiting, waiting and who should turn up? The same bus and bus driver on the return trip. Laughs all around.

      In the evening we had the pleasure of a Mid Summer party held for Grace and friends as she had missed the party on the correct date because she was in Hobart. We went to Osterskar which was about a 1 1/2 hour drive out of Stockholm - a beautiful location and a lovely house on the water's edge. We were served all the traditional foods and of course Schnapps ... including a "moon shine"version. Lots of singing, including a fantastic performance by Manuelle and Marjan of the song they wrote that won Manuelle the Eurovision Song Contest for Slovenia!!

      Coming home, we were trying to catch the 12:30am tram - rushing a bit when Mary had a fall. She fell face first into the pavement. One of the worries about travelling - being injured. Luckily Mary just has bad bruising on her elbow nose and knees - a bit of TLC will fix.

      Might need to slow down a bit tomorrow - going to Manuelle's concert tomorrow night - that should be a highlight.

      BTW, had a Pop House beer - I'm not big fan of craft beers - but the Mariestads I had for lunch was very good - much like off tap draft beers back home.

      Cheers      Read more

    • Peter DanePeter & Mary’s 2017 Holiday
      Day 3

      Landed in Sweden

      July 26, 2017 in Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      I really am impressed by people who travel with their children. Friends Sandie and Mel have done this recently. It's hard enough looking after yourself, sleeping, eating and drinking for 21+ hours. But we made it - our holiday has started and a healthy breakfast will get me going.

      This is how we travelled. First, the Virgin flight out of Hobart was 30 mins late - why are we not surprised? Melbourne departure lounge was under renovations [again] making it hard for Mary to shop ... Singapore Airlines were terrific - stewards were very friendly and helpful. We had been flying for sometime when Mary looked over to me as I was following the flight path on the screen - we have just passed Adelaide ... only 8 more hours to get to Singapore. It always gets to me how long it takes to leave Australia [about 6 hours to cross over Broome]. Singapore airport was great for shopping, lovely and clean. Then we took off for Moscow. Those crazy Russians use the full alphabet for place names, but they mainly concentrate on the letters at the end of the alphabet. I can try to work out names with 2 or 3 syllables ... but names like ZHEZKAZGAN make it hard.

      Moscow airport was disappointing for two reasons - dirty and messy for a start, but poorly organised. We got off our flight, were given Transfer Cards, and about 200 of us had to go down, around, back again without leaving the concourse, but still had to line up at one counter to check in, 5 other counters were not manned, and go through three passport checks and scanners again. Phew!

      Arrived in Stockholm carrying Vegemite, Tim Tams and Wagon-wheels and not a customs officer in sight in the "items to declare" line - so we went straight through.

      The Pop house Hotel is great, who would have thought we would stay here - a couple of Super Troupers, what's that music I hear ...?

      I went to bed early, Mary went out partying with Grace - breakfast finished, now I'm off to explore Stockholm and then go to a midsummer party tonight!

      Had my first beer, a Visby Lager - made in Gotland, not bad but hope for better.

      Cheers.      Read more

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