Stockholm, Sweden Journal & Photos - Holland America Westerdam - August 5, 2005
Stockholm, Sweden - Holland America Westerdam August 5, 2005
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Westerdam Arriving in Stockholm (26 Pictures) Riksdaghuset - Swedish Parliament (14 Pictures) Gustav Adolf Torg Area (3 Pictures) Vasa Museum (53 Pictures) Boatshuttleservice Through Stockholm Harbor (30 Pictures) Gamla Stan (18 Pictures) Water bound Venus Statue (7 Pictures) Departing Stockholm Via Archipelago (54 Pictures) Swedish Royal Palace (15 Pictures) National Museum Area (6 Pictures) Westerdam Pictures (11 Pictures) We woke up at 6:00 AM, got ready for the day and went to breakfast at the Lido Dining Room. I had a big breakfast of a shrimp, salmon and cheese omelet and French toast. Matt had a bowl of cereal while we watched the captain pull the boat into Stockholm’s port. It was quite a maneuver that he made look fairly simple. We got to our berth and he made a 180-degree turn on a dime to have the ship facing out of the canal we had to depart from later in the afternoon. It amazes me how these enormous ships handle. After the turn they motor the ship sideways gently into its berth. Stockholm is a classically beautiful city. The nicest so far as far as I’m concerned. After visiting the tourist information center they had in a booth at our ship we decided to use the boatshuttleservice through out the day. For $14 we could use the boat all day hopping on and off as much as we wanted. We walked down the end of the Westerdam to catch the boat and realized we shouldn’t have exited the fenced in area around the ship. The door to the dock area was locked. We had to walk back to the cruise ship entrance and walk down the pier inside the fence to reach the boatshutleservice. The boatshuttleservice is one of those very long and short canal boats like they had in St. Petersburg. We boarded and tried to purchase our tickets from the captain, who looked like a drunken Bobby Edmunds, which was his name the rest of the day. He told us he was the muscle of the operation and that we had to purchase the tickets from the brains of the operation. The brains of the operation was a really cute brunette girl who we called “the brainsâ€