Admitting mistakes, touring Stockholm, $10 bottles of beer (EVERYTHING is expensive), and tall, good looking blond women. A quick update before leaving Stockholm and heading into the wilds of the north.
OK, OK, I am admitting my mistake. For you observant folks that are experienced European travelers, the gas sign was from Germany and the prices are in Euros BUT GAS WAS STILL $9.00 A GALLON, and in Sweden it is about $10.00. A couple of times I have put $40 worth in the motorcycle tank. Corey says not to worry though that the gas in Norway is REALLY expensive. :=)

A friend of Shelly's (Bo) and his lovely Lady, Susan met us at the ferry dock and led us on a back way to Stockholm with a stop at a biker bar.

They later took us on a motorcycle tour of the town. What great folks and we can't thank them enough.

We were going to buy them lots of beer but nobody could afford it. :=)

Corey and I did a walking and

bicycle riding tour of Stockholm today. This is a WONDERFUL place to live IN THE SUMMER. LOTS of waterside restaurants, boats, partying, and expensive beer.

There are lots of pictures so I won't try to pick out the best, I'll let you choose for yourself. We also visited a very cool place here that is the home of a Swedish ship that was recovered in 1961 after being on the bottom for 333 years. It apparently is a classic example of government interference. In 1628 the shipbuilder had a solid design and King Adolphsus kept adding decks, guns, aft cabins , etc. to the point where it proved unstable. Proved it on it's maiden voyage buy basically becoming the first boat in the Swedish submarine service before it got out of Stockholm harbor. I got a picture of the model but the real thing is there and 95% original but in a very dark building so no pictures. Look it up in the internet. I think the ship name was spelled Vasa.

We will be traveling north for the next few days and don't know when I will be able to do another update so keep looking in. Oh almost forgot. I have been keeping my eyes out for the stereotypical tall blond good looking women but I never saw any (really Julia)

so Corey gave me this picture he took on the ferry. :=)
Many more pictures here if you like.
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/15599906_8ri5r

Rick