Johan, Kristina, Ellen and I went to visit the Vasa Museum. It is a testament to royal hubris. The king of Sweden ordered the building of a new flagship. He wanted it bigger and scarier than anything that had come before. Against the advice of his builders, he made it taller and taller. When launched, […]
Our first stop on the Johan and Kristina city tour was the city hall. It was built in the early 1900’s and was quite refreshing as it was not gothic, romanesque, or baroque. The lines are clean and project nobility and stability. As it is where the banquets for Nobel prizes are held, it was […]
We took the train from Copenhagen to Stockholm. We were impressed with the similarities between the landscape we were going through and the landscape in northern Minnesota. Granite, lakes, pine, and bogs were common along the route. It is very flat, and we have since found out that they have quite a few moose. Johan […]
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