Spring Break: Stockholm, Sweden

Okay, sorry it's been so long since we've posted here. My computer broke down a couple of weeks ago, right in the middle of Ian's busiest time. We moved a desktop (that was originally here in the apartment anyway) back to the apartment from the classroom, but we've just been really busy, including a trip to Zürich last week. Our time here in Strasbourg is rapidly coming to a close, so I'll try to catch up as much as I can over the next couple of weeks.

During spring break, at the end of March, we took a short trip to Stockholm, which turned out to be a really great trip. Stockholm is a beautiful city on the water, and although it was cold while we were there, the weather was beautiful for most of our trip.





A view of the Nordic Museum:


We took Sophie to Skansen, a living history park/zoo. They had large versions of a typical artisan craft, the painted horse:


And they also had this weird pig area, which Sophie absolutely loved!


They also had pony rides, and although Sophie was a little concerned about the movement of the horse, she loved the ride.


Here's a short video right before her pony ride:

After Skansen, we headed off to the Vasa Museum, which houses a 17th-century warship that sunk on its maiden voyage, but was kept mostly in tact for hundreds of years. These statues were found in a garden outside the museum:


And the amazing warship, Vasa, itself:






We were busy that day. :-) We headed back to our apartment at sunset, which turned out to be a beautiful time of day to walk around in Stockholm.