- Packing
- A week of extremes
- Preparation
- Dress Rehearsal
- H6, #13, and Bo
- Vlotho
- Stockholm
- Tallinn
- Helsinki
- Helsinki II
- St. Petersburg
- St. Petersburg II
- Moscow
- Beijing
- Beijing II
- Beijing III
- Beijing IV
- Xi’an
- Xi’an II
- Shanghai
- Nara – Halfway plus one day
- Kyoto
- Back in the (Former) USSR
- Muroran
- 180th Meridian
- Seward
- Ketchikan
- Vancouver
- St Paul
- Chicago
- New York City
- North Atlantic
- 78 Days and 9 Minutes
- London
We have made it to Sweden, home of legendary actor Tor Johnson.
Had pretty good connections yesterday. We found the mysterious Platform 26 at the Copenhagen train station and, despite one of our connecting trains being cancelled, we arrived about when we expected.
The best way to describe the Junkerhaus in Lemgo is perhaps “impressive”. The interior rooms were designed with a collection of small pieces of wood arranged to form gothic-style arches or carved into figures. The end result looked like a web of vines with a touch of Miss Havisham. There was a story associated with this house of love lost. Whether it is true or not, it is not difficult to see how this building could inspire such a tale.
Stockholm is wonderful. Following Aimee’s recommendation, we went to the Vasa museum today. Amazing. They raised and restored a warship that had been resting at the bottom of Stockholm harbor for 333 years. A lot of interesting facts about life in 1628, politics of the time, and what it took to construct a ship of this size.
Then off to the Nordic museum where there was an exposition on ABBA.
The weather is clear and cool. Yesterday, there were a number of people dressed in black clothing and some of the stores were closed. This could have been mourning for the apparent demise of the Spice Girls or perhaps it was because it was Monday.
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