Today we headed out to the Vasamuseet (or Vasa museum). The Vasa is a war ship completed in 1628. It sank on its maiden voyage and spent 333 years underwater. The Vasa is the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has been salvaged. At the time it was salvaged, it was the largest object ever preserved. The ship is on display along with many artifacts found in the ship. There are a variety of exhibits ranging from life in Sweden during the 1620’s, how the preservation was done, the current work they are doing on the ship and found objects, and sketches of the life of the people on board. There were 3 floors that we did not get to see because we ran out of time. I can’t wait to go back and see more. This site has better pictures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_Museum. The light is kept really low to help preserve the ship so we had trouble getting good shots. We also explored a new means of transportation in the city – trams. The trams are a cross between a street car and commuter train. There is an engineer who pilots the tram and a conductor who handles customer service and takes up tickets. Ellie liked the underground trains much better because they are faster.
We finished the day off with tacos and football. I love that combination, it reminds me of tailgating. The Clemson tigers won easily and we stayed up way to late watching the Auburn Tigers basketball, I mean football win.
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| Ellie loves the statues found in and around Stockholm. |
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| Dava and Ellie on the tram. |
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| The tram |
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| David with the Vasa. |
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| David and Ellie look at a scale model of the Vasa in full color. |
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| The small girl with the smallest of the three anchors. |
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| View from outside the museum. |
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| Are we done yet? |
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