Vasa Museum & Boat tour

The Vasa

This morning we went to the Vasa Museum. The Vasa was a war ship that sank before even making it out of the harbor on it's maiden voyage in 1628. Over 300 years later it was recovered and they rebuilt the entire thing. The pieces they didn't find they used a lighter color wood so you could see what was original and what wasn't. They even had some of the bones on display of the people who were onboard when it sank. Kinda creepy, but cool.

Me on the Vasa's Anchor

After the museum we went on a winter boat tour in the Baltic Sea. We saw lots of castles and cool looking buildings and heard a lot about the history of the different islands we passed by. On the boat we had some glögg, which is mulled wine served with raisins and almonds. It was really good!

I did some more shopping after the boat tour and we all met back up and met with Malin, her boyfriend, Erik, and her son Oscar for dinner. We had a couple drinks that we didn't realize were about $20 each!  Dinner was good, though. After we ate we just went back to the hotels, got to get an early start tomorrow! Going to go ice skating and then travel to Salen to ski!