When visiting Copenhagen, we were a little disappointed that Mary was not there to greet us. After all when we we visited Oslo, Queen Sonia had a birthday to mark our visit.
Mary did leave the key under a flowerpot and we were able to look round the palace. We found the Royal Copenhagen tea set but no scones, jam or cream.
In Stockholm, things were much better. We visited the royal palace on Crown Princess Vistoria's 30th birthday. There was all the pomp and ceremony that you would expect. Cannons firing a royal salute, soldiers marching, bands playing. It was a spectacular occasion.
Later we were able to visit the royal apartments, the guest apartment (we did not stay as we had booked a hotel), the royal crowns and other regalia.
We also visited museums including the spectacular Vasa, a royal warship that was launched in 1628 and sank 20 minutes later. It was raised in 1961 and now is a wonderful museum. We have also walked the narrow streets of the old town and taken in all the sights.
We are off to Helsinki this afternoon and arrive tomorrow as we are travelling by ship. Next posting from Finland.
4 comments:
I'm getting a real nautical vibe happening here!
And Mary should have asked you in for tea. Huh, give a girl a crown and it goes right to her head
Actually Mary has been getting a bit of a pasting over here about her dress sense. Did you get to peek into the wardrobes at all?
We looked in Queen Ingrid's - I think she is dead actually but we saw a display of 60 years of her dresses.
If Mary has been using Danish or other Scandinavian designers we understand why she has been getting bad press. We have seen some very weird outfits.
Haha. Maybe those outfits are designed around Surry Hills. I see so many weird outfits around here and they all work in designer clothes shops.
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