05-30 Nordisk and Maritime Museums

Out of the apt at 9:03 to catch the #67 bus at 9:14 to Nordisk Museum. We have two big museums to do today, plus a viewing from the Kaknästornet Tower, that's a TV tower, restaurant, and observation area.

The Nordisk Museum had three floors.

The top floor had furniture and rooms from Swedish homes though the ages. We start in the seventies and went back to the 1600's.

The next floor down had toys and fashion through the ages.

There were also dioramas of seasons holidays that they celebrated and how they celebrated through the years.

They had a nice audio tour here at this museum. You could use your own ear buds and listen to all the descriptions and stories.

On the ground floor there was a display on different kinds of lights you would have in your home.

And then there was an Aurora Borealis show. It was really lame. Bummer.

OK, time for some lunch. Bummer it's raining out here. It’s a short walk to the river and there's a cafe here with inside dining and it's almost full. We share a very good Hawaii pizza and then catch a bus to our next museum, the Maritime Museum.

The King was here yesterday dedicating something.  We start with an exhibition on the Swedish East India Company.  It told how it took them 18 months to go to China to get tea to bring back to Sweden so that they could sell it for more money on the black market in England.

Then we saw the stern of a King Gustav III's ship, the Amphion, and heard its story. In one of the few failures of the designer, it was too heavy to row and wasn't very good under sail either. Under sail on its maiden voyage with the King on board, it capsized under a heavy wind. It was only another heavy breeze in the opposite direction that righted her. The King had had enough and took a carriage home the rest of the way.

They had a very big model ship collection. The large sailing ships were the most impressive, but they had modern Naval vessels also.

We went to the cafe and had ice cream and a Coke while we checked the weather and decided not to go up in the tower today. Too rainy and low visibility.

We left the Maritime Museum and caught the 4:15 bus #69 home, stopping at the fruit stand next to our train/bus stop for two bananas and an apple. Then to home and Pat leaves to get his hair cut. No apt available today, so he makes one for tomorrow.

Back home we write up our day and have a homemade dinner of baked potatoes with cheese and an apple.