Our plan for the morning was to walk to the museums we wanted to see. Not anticipating rain we set out for the day with inappropriate attire and no back-up transit plan. So we pretty much got soaked! It's a bit funnier now thinking back, but it certainly wasn't funny at the time.
We spent the morning at the Vasa museum and the Nordic Museum.
The Vasa museum houses the famous Swedish warship that set sail on its maiden voyage in 1628 less than a few miles from port. It was excavated in the 1960s & restored. It's now housed in a massive museum. The ship itself is inside, 1 level of sails sit atop the roof of the building, and the other sails on the masts were not recreated. It's hard to fathom just how large the ship was.
Unfortunately, the museum is quite dark & because the ship is so huge it makes is quite hard to capture a picture of it. Below is one picture of the ship and a picture of a small scale replica of the Vasa.
We didn't have much time, but did stop by the Nordic Museum which houses multiple collections related to the lifestyle and culture of the Swedish through the country's history. It was definitely interesting to learn a bit more about Swedish holidays and festivities, home decor, and such. The most amazing part of the museum was definitely the building it was housed it. It was gorgeous!
Thursday afternoon, we took the ferry to Drottingholm Palace on Lake Malaren. Lake Malaren is huge and gorgeous, as is the palace! The current royal family resides at Drottingholm, so you cannot take pictures of the palace as you tour it and only a small section of the palace can be seen on the tour. You can tour the grounds at your leisure which was so fun. It was definitely a beautiful place.
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