Our Baltic Cruise was so long and so incredible that my scrapbook is literally 10 inches thick. I have broken it down by the cities we visited and I have posted just a few pages from each city.
The Gamla Stan is the oldest part of Stockholm & a popular tourist attraction. It's narrow cobblestone streets are lined with beautiful buildings dating from the 14th-19th centuries, which today house boutiques, restaurants, cafes & clubs. Of course there were some souvenir shops and we had to try on some viking hats!
As the capital, Stockholm is the site of the Government and the Parliament of Sweden. Behind me is the Parliament Building or the Sveriges Riksdag.
Stockholm's royal palace has 609 rooms (which our tour guide was quick to point out is one more room that Buckingham Palace) and is the largest palace still in use today. Mark poses with the palace behind him.
As the ship left Stockholm it took hours to get back out to the sea. Stockholm's harbor opens into an archipelago of 24,000 islands and islets which are difficult for a large ship to navigate. We stood on our balcony and watched the beautiful scenery filled with villas and chalets.
