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On
the first full day in Sweden,
Gisela had arranged a cruise through the Stockholm Archipelago. The Archipelago consists of approximately 24,000 small islands along the coast near Stockholm and reaching out into the Baltic Sea. |
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Some
of the islands are
too small to have even a small building, others are large enough for a summer home and some have several homes and even a small store which gets its supplies by boat from Stockholm. The archipelago is a real national treasure. People stream out of the city and onto the water during the summer months. Ferries, small boats, yachts, houseboats.. all are common sights among the islands. |
| The ship sailed through these islands and reached the Finnish island of Äland (Oland) at about 2 PM. There we changed ships for the journey home.. We had a sumpteous smorgesbord on the return trip, consisting of too many wonderful dishes to count. The best was the fruits of the sea; salmon, cavier, codfish, shrimp, herring, crayfish and more. There were also many meat dishes and veggies of all kinds.. The dessert table was laden with beautiful and delicious treats. |
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After
dinner we listened to live music and were deliighted with a group of young
dancers who were very energetic and wore wonderful costumes.
We arrived back in Stockholm at about 7 PM. At this hour the sun is still high and it is light until after 10 PM. |
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