Touring Stockholm

We spent a couple of days wandering around Stockholm. The first picture shows the royal palace from across the water at dusk. The picture below is in the old town. It shows the view from the place we ate lunch. Dates on the buildings across the square were from the 1600s. There is a hotchocolate shop on the ground floor of the red building

One of the highlights of our visit to Stockholm was seeing the changing of the guards at the royal palace. This drum band was a part of that process and was very impressive. We all watched for the whole show despite cold fingers and toes.

We stayed in a hostel on an island across the water from the palace. Here we are on the bridge to that island with the palace in the background. The hostel itself was a neat old building. We stayed in a room on the top floor and had a great view of the harbour. If we had come in the summer, the hostel also has a boat that moors out front on which guests can stay. The last picture on the page shows that hostel -