Days 7 & 8

Saturday (Day 7) was a continuation of the Midsummer celebration in Sweden. As tourists, we didn't anticipate how many museums, restaurants, and shops would be closed in honor of the holiday. We quickly found out that the answer is a lot!

We wanted to see some of the archipelago and the Baltic Sea so we took a 1 1/2 hour boat trip out to Vaxholm Island. We were able to see some other islands and a little of the archipelago in general on the ride out. There is a fortress on the island that you can tour, however, it was closed for Midsummer. The shops and cafes on the island were as well...boo. We walked around the island for an hour or so, but once we discovered it was pretty much shut down, we took the boat back to the city.

We had intentions of visiting the history museum which has a huge collection of Viking history and memorbilia. However, it too was closed for Midsummer. So, we spent the remainder of the afternoon cruising around shopping in Gamla Stan and seeing a bit more of that part of town. We did see the narrowest street in the city, random, but cool!


We headed back to the hotel earlier than usual (we usually didn't make it back to the hotel until 9:30 or 10 p.m. because it's so light outside until around 11 p.m.) and started packing up for the trip home.

Day 8 (Sunday), we took the Arlanda Express to the airport about 6:15 a.m. We left Stockholm at 8 a.m. on Sunday & arrived in home-sweet-home Nashville about 5 p.m. Sunday.
We had a wonderfully fun trip and enjoyed spending so much time together!