Our last port of call was in Nynashamn, Sweden! It was an hour outside of Stockholm, so we were debating to take the bus excursion from the ship, but Michael & I ended up deciding not to. We wanted to see the little town of Nynashamn. We had to take the little boats to shore...
such pretty places!
When we got there, we realized it was a Swedish holiday so NOTHING was opened, however, there was a train going into Stockholm. So we thought- why not? Better yet, since the ticket office wasn't opened yet, the train conductor just said we could get on! Sweet! Free ticket into the city an hour away!
So we got into the city and quickly tried to piece together what we wanted to see. We found a museum by the sea that had quite the history. A giant ship was created to symbolize power in every single way possible. In 1628, the Vasa started it's maiden voyage and 1300 meters later, it sank. Just off of Stockholm's shores is where it stayed until 1961. Then the ship was pulled up, restored and a museum was built surrounding it right on the water. In 1990, the museum was finally opened and on June 2, 2011 we got to enjoy it!
Here's the outside of it, you can see the masts sticking up in the back.
Here's the ship in all her glory
It is an amazing story and a really intriguing museum since the ship is soooo old and the museum is soooo new. It's amazing what the restoration process was.
We spent the rest of the morning seeing the city and getting a lunch from street vendors.
Have I mentioned how much I love cities on the water? Good thing we live in Arizona!
We then took the train ride back to Nynashamn (and barely made the one we wanted by one minute-phew!- this may or may not have involved some running through the station.) When we got back Nynashamn looked completely different. It was no longer a ghost town! It was a delightful, nautical town! (And their visitor's center had free internet! -cherry on top!)
It was a great day with beautiful weather! It was a calming, last stop for our cruise.
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