Baltic Bulletin Day 9 - Stockholm

Poor weather greeted us as we woke in Stockholm but we packed our waterproofs and set out on our trip. For the first time we were not moored at a quayside so had to take the tender. Luckily this day was planned around a panoramic coach tour of Stockholm with a couple of photo stops then a visit to the Vasa museum, so mostly indoors.

The Vasa is celebrated by the Swedes despite the fact that it was a huge embarrassment at the time. It was an innovative warship commissioned by the King to overcome their seafaring enemies but it was so top heavy that a mere breeze toppled it 20 minutes into its maiden voyage. It lay in the harbour for over 300 years until it was raised in the 1960s and restored.

Our short stay in Sweden is over and now we are steaming through the islands towards our next port, Copenhagen. Tomorrow is a day at sea but the forecast is good!