Today
started out with a little excitement at breakfast when Ron set the revolving
toaster on fire…literally. No glazed pastries in the toaster. Dumb
American. After the smoke cleared, we checked out of our hotel and headed out
for Sweden. Caught the ferry (coach and all) to cross the narrow strait that
separates the North Sea from the Baltic Sea.
We
sailed past the 15th century fortress, Kronborg Castle. Big sucker. Shakespeare
chose the castle as the background for his classic work Hamlet.
Our
ferry ride took us from Helsingor
Denmark to Helsingborg Sweden where
we set out on a long drive to Stockholm, stopping for lunch along the shores of
beautiful Lake Vattern. To break up the monotony of the many hours on the road
today, they put on an ABBA dvd. ABBA is one of the biggest things to ever come
out of Sweden. We were swaying in our seats and (silently) singing along to all
their old hit songs of the 70’s and 80’s that many of us know by heart (you
know who you are). Well, anyone who saw the movie Mamma Mia would know them too.
Patches
of rain off and on during our drive but once we reached Stockholm, it had
stopped. After checking into our hotel, we found a nice Italian ristorante.
A lot of Goth types in leather and wild tights in this town with nose rings, tongue studs and weirdly shaved haircuts. We fit right in.
