I don't think it hurt any of our feelings to say goodbye to the Poesia, although Greg may have shed some tears after he said yes to the taxi's right waiting by the exit instead of calling for an Uber. We were definitely hosed by both drivers at 5 times the price of an Uber but we got to the train station and sent Mack and Sophia off to the airport shuttle so they could start their journey home. The rest of us crammed our bags into storage lockers at $50 an hour, add in my $1 trip to the bathroom and we recognized Sweden was going to be spendy.
Emily had planned our day with the first stop at the City Hall Tower but unfortunately, the tower tickets were sold out so we just wandered the grounds enjoying the geese, swans, and views.
The Royal Palace had large sections open to the public so we enjoyed looking around.
The streets and shops of the old city were packed but lovely.
We made a bit of a trek to get over to Meatballs for the People for lunch and on the way we saw a squirrel in a cemetary, we will take the mammals however they come.
We could have ordered bear or moose meatballs but stuck with pork, beef, and mix of the two. We were expecting classic Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes, gravy, and lingonberries, but an order mix up gave us spaghetti and meatballs instead. Still delicious but not quite what we were expecting.
We caught a but over to the Vasa Museum. With limited time we weren't able to stop at the Nordic Museum but I admired the architecture on our way by.
Natali didn't have a ticket to the Vasa Museum and had already been there so we said goodbye as she left for her own solo European adventures.
The Vasa was finished in 1628 and sunk 1,400 yards (less than a mile) into her maiden voyage where she sat on the bottom of the ocean in brackish water for 333 years .
The Vasa is the best-preserved 17th century ship.
This is what she would have looked like in 1628.
It was a chilly 64 degrees in the museum too help preserve the boat.
We had a lovely walk back towards the old city through another cemetery
and by the harbor where we found a licorice rope vendor. We tried four flavors best to worst: mango, peach, blue raspberry, rainbow. Expecting rainbow to taste like rainbow AirHead strips we were disappointed to discover that one was filled with bubble gum flavored cream - a big fail.
A cinnamon bun and churros on our way back to the train station filled our tummies as we caught the AirPort Express and enjoyed wifi and a break for our feet.
The kids enjoyed hamburgers at the airport and were fascinated by this talking robot that would lead you to additional seating.
A quick flight to Finland landing after 9:00pm made it a late night when we arrived at our hotel in Kouvola, 90 minutes from Helsinki. Seeing a moose, some deer, and discussing how many raccoons can fit in your butt kept us all awake.
Steps: 23, 910
Floors: 19
Interesting Facts:
-The population of Stockholm is 2.5 million, Helsinki 1.6 million, Oslo 1.5, Copenhagen 1.3 million (explaining why Stockholm felt so much busier than our other stops)
-Stockholm is built on 14 islands, hence it's nickname the "Venice of the North"
(our flight to Finland was over islands almost the whole way)
Sweden is the home of the Nobel Prize, ABBA, Swedish Meatballs, Pippi Longstocking, the world's first Icehotel, invention of the computer mouse, and IKEA.
As far as raccoons in the butt the internet gives me different answers:
1. This is a hypothetical and nonsensical question. It is not possible or safe to fit raccoons in any part of the human body.
Raccoons are wild animals that can weigh up to 20 pounds and measure up to 38 inches long. The human rectum, the part of the digestive system that is closest to the anus, is only about 8 inches long.
Therefore, it is physically impossible to fit any raccoons in the human rectum. Additionally, attempting to do so would be extremely dangerous and could result in serious injury or death. Please do not ask questions that are nonsensical or harmful.
2. A human butthole can be stretched up to 17cm in diameter, a raccoon can fit through a 9cm hole. So you could stick up almost 2 raccoons up your butt.
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