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Sweden_880S2858_Inside the Pelikan restaurant - a German beerhall style_



Sweden_880S2860_The ultra modern lobby of the Clarion hotel_



Sweden_880S2866_One of the tall churches in Stockholm_



Sweden_880S2869_Gamla Stan, Stockholms Old Town_



Sweden_880S2875_The narrow streets of Gamla Stan were filled with tourists and shoppers_



Sweden_880S2878_Mario and his new troll friend_



Sweden_880S2879_Outside of the royal palace, Kungliga Slottet_



Sweden_880S2884_Elaborate stairway inside the palace_



Sweden_880S2890_Entrance to the palace chapel_



Sweden_880S2896_1 Trillion German Mark bill_



Sweden_880S2903_An old carriage on display at the palace armoury_



Sweden_880S2906_The Swedish parliament building_



Sweden_880S2908_Stockholm city_



Sweden_880S2914_Rounded corners on many of the buildings in Stockholm_



Sweden_880S2915_We stopped at this cafe for hot drinks and cakes_



Sweden_880S2918_Lions guarding the main shopping street in downtown Stockholm_



Sweden_880S2922_We got suited up in thick parkas and mittens before going into the Ice Bar_



Sweden_880S2931_Us next to the Absolut Vodka ice sculpture.  Notice the ice glasses to the left._



Sweden_880S2946_Bar tender at the Ice Bar_



Sweden_880S2948_Jaimie behind a clear block of ice, brought all the way from the Torneälven river_



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Sweden_880S2964_Ice Bar logo and bar_



Sweden_880S2980_Old ship docked on the shores of the city_



Sweden_880S2986_Buildings we saw on our boat tour_



Sweden_880S2991_The Vasa ship on display_



Sweden_880S2997_Intricate wooden carvings covered most of the ship_



Sweden_880S2999_Vasa family shield carved into the ship_



Sweden_880S3020_The Vasa sunk on its maiden voyage and was later brought up and rebuilt_



Sweden_880S3033_Small shed at the Skansen museum - formerly used for planting vegetables and flowers_



Sweden_880S3042_Swedish church from the 1700's_



Sweden_880S3057_Brown bear at Skansan_



Sweden_880S3061_1_Lynx cat at Skansan_



Sweden_880S3064_We were lucky to see the lynx walking around_



Sweden_880S3067_Great Grey Owl at Skansen_



Sweden_880S3084_Close up of the Great Grey Owl_



Sweden_880S3085_Brown bears in their hot tub_



Sweden_880S3095_Brown bears playing in the water at Skansen_



Sweden_880S3099_The bears didn't mind the cold weather or the rain_



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Sweden_880S3111_Looking down on the Nordic Museum from Skansen_



Sweden_880S3112_View of Stockholm from Skansen_



Sweden_880S3120_Eagle Owl - not as friendly as the Grey Owl_



Sweden_880S3125_An old country manor at Skansen_



Sweden_880S3126_Drottningholm, the King and Queen's living palace_



Sweden_880S3138_Storm clouds approaching Drottningholm_



Sweden_880S3139_Us in front of Drottningholm_



Sweden_880S3148_View of Gamla Stan from the train_



Sweden_880S3150_Inside the Domkyrkan church in Uppsala_



Sweden_880S3160_Looking down on the Domkyrkan church from the Uppsala Slott_



Sweden_880S3165_Skokloster Slott palace, a large whitewashed baroque palace near Uppsala_



Sweden_880S3168_Very old apple orchard at Skokloster Slott_



Sweden_880S3188_Skokloster Slott - we went on a 1 hr guided tour of 14 rooms_



Sweden_880S3189_Freda sitting in an old hollow tree_



Sweden_880S3194_Mario climbed up into the old tree_



Sweden_880S3200_Freda loved picking the wildflowers outside of Skokloster Slott_



Sweden_880S3206_Freda and Ulf at Skokloster Slott_



Sweden_880S3207_A Viking rune - many of these are scattered around Sweden_



Sweden_880S3208_The lake edge at Skokloster Slott_



Sweden_880S3212_Hundreds of bikes left at the train station by university students in Uppsala_



Sweden_880S3216_View of Sodermalm island, the island where we stayed in Stockholm_



Sweden_880S3222_Church on Gamla Stan_



Sweden_880S3223_View of Sodermalm island_



Sweden_880S3225_Looking back on Gamla Stan in the setting sun_