Stockholm, Sweden (Part 2) - The Vasa Museum

The Vasa - built between 1625 -1627 and sank into the Stockholm harbor when launched (because it was top heavy).  We spent nearly the entire afternoon in this museum and it was awe-inspiring to see how large these ships were.

Stockholm, Sweden (Part 1)

Our trip is coming to an end, and we cannot believe it.  First, in Norway, it never got dark but now we are in Stockholm, and it does get dark for a few hours each night.

Today we saw the Gamla Stan (old town)...

Coolest museum ever - Viking Ship museum

Three large ships that were buried with Vikings, some of whom were women and may have been queens, and within the ships were clothing, a carved sled, other carved items.  It was awesome!

And after this, we had to take bus back to central Oslo, take a train the airport and fly from Oslo to Stockholm.  As I said, it was a busy day seeing as much as we could in Oslo.

Day in Oslo

We got in later than we expected but we have a full-day in Oslo today & lots to see in a short period of time.  The whole reason we came to Oslo - the Viking Ship museum... but not before seeing 'old' town, the famous opera house on the water, and the old military fort guarding Oslo.

Voss to Oslo

Today, 7/3, we took a bus to Voss and then, realized we should have pre-purchased our tickets for the train because the noon bus was sold out.  We had to wait until 4-5 pm, spending the entire day in a very wet, raining Voss.  In Voss, we again had bad pizza but found some good coffee (and accidentally ran into the troll family)...

But, the train ride was fun and very beautiful...

Voringsfossen (waterfall near Eidfjord)

At the Vik at Eidfjord, we had rented a small cabin by the river that flows into the fjord.  We had dinner - and it was the best dinner we had in Norway there at the small bed & breakfast's restaurant.  And, then we drove up to the Voringsfossen, which is the highest free-fall waterfall in Norway.

Viking burial mounds... at Eidfjord

We decided to take a short hike before meeting the troll/sea serpent family for dinner, and found ourselves encountering....

 A Norweign horse (they are cold blooded, and shorter/stockier than Clydesdales) - this one was very friendly....





A Viking burial mound (really - they are all over the area)

And this is the small farm overlooking Eidfjord.