Stockholm was beautiful, the architecture there was so pretty. The highlight was the viewing of a 17th century Galleon that was recovered from the seabed in Stockholm's harbour after more than 300 years and is now displayed in a museum. It was amazing to think it hadn't rotted away, but because Stockholm is in the Baltic sea and the salt level is low, the timber was in near perfect condition, also the sea wood worms don't survive in the Baltic.
We travelled overnight from Stockholm, Sweden to Helsinki, Fiinland by cruise ferry. The ferry can carry up to 2,800 people. The sea crossing was very smooth thank heavens. In Helsinki we experienced a traditional dinner of reindeer on mashed potato followed by dessert of colostrum, which was the milk from a cow straight after the birth of her calf! It was served up in slices and was like rubber, I have to say I was able to eat Rudolph, but when it came to dessert I was only able to take a couple of mouthfuls. It's not that it was awful, but the more I thought about it the more distasteful it became. Dan ate the lot with no problem.
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