Totally Bedazzeld: Stockholm, Sweden

After having a day at sea, on day 6 we arrive at stockholm. Stockhom, the capital of Sweden is arguably one of the world's most beautiful national capitals, unfortunately we were greeted by a cold and gloomy weather. So much for seeing the most beatiful place in the summer. The gloomy weather did not stop my family and i from venturing out and exploring stockholm on feet.

Stockholm is often called " the venice of the north" or " beauty on water". It is built on 14 islands which are connected by over 50 bridges. Stockholm's harbor opens into a archipelago of 24,000 islands and islets. It is a popular area for holidays, there are about 50,000 summer home and chalets that are reached by some of the 250,000 private boats.It is through this passage that the cruise ship and enters and exit on their visit to Stockholm. The journey which takes approximtely 3 hours shows a visual feast of ever changing scenery. So you can imagine how interesting and beautiful sailing into stockhom is.

This is my most favourite picture yet.. its so pretty, an example of people owning their own private island.

There are 2 parts of Stockholm, the oldest part known as Gamla Stan and the new part. Gamla Stan is a popular tourist attraction.This is because of its narrow streets which are lined with beautiful buildings dating from the 14th- 19th century. This is basicly where we were throughout the entire time in stockholm, due to minimum time we were not able to go to the new part of Stockholm.One of the highlights in stockholm was the changing of the guards at the royal palace. It was interesting but it was an hour long and their uniforms were not as exciting as the british royal guards. Nevertheless it is a must see when in stockholm.