Day Two: Stockholm

Second day, second capital, second currency.

I will try to keep this short as I am falling behind and I will try to let the pictures do the talking.

We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast on the back deck of the ship as it meandered through the Stockholm archipelago.

Andrew did get his day at the zoo. We arrived in time for the feeding of the wolverine (Sorry Uncle Tim) and it was actually kind of adorable with big floppy feet and bright eyes. We also saw Lemurs up close and personal. Maybe a little too close as all the signs were warning us to be careful as they might bite. It was our one rainshower of the day and so they were huddled together to keep warm, and oh so cuddly.

We have no photos of the Wasa museum, but that was one of the things I really wanted the boys to see in Stockholm. It was perfect: spooky ghost ship, skeletons...the boys LOVED it!

I don't know how Todd found the AG Chapman, where we stayed, but it was utterly charming. It's a ship that has been renovated as a hostel. We were not able to find a bunk on the ship, but we had a nice room in the main building and there was a nice little restaurant where we could eat dinner and enjoy a lovely view of Old Town and the palace. The kids were restless so we let them play in a nearby park while we finished our dinner. They quickly made friends with a group of people gathered to play an old Viking game called Kubb. They showed us how to play and during the course of the conversation we discovered that one of the group is getting ready to move to Moscow in August. So, HEY Pokrovsky people! Keep your eye out for a wonderful family from Sweden with 3 kids heading your way soon. The husband works for IKEA and I bet if you invite them over for Shashlik they will teach you how to play Kubb. It's gangs of fun!

We were going to have a pool to see who could guess in what city Andrew would lose his tooth. Todd guessed Chicago, I guessed New York. Before we could get it posted here, Andrew made losers of us all and yanked it out in Stockholm. The Tooth Fairy has been stymied to know what currency to leave for him!