Bob and Ann in Scandinavia 2007

Bob Relaxing

This was a day to relax. We had seen the major sights in Stockholm when we were here a couple of weeks ago, so we decided to pick one or two of the other sights to look at today. We left the hotel at about 9:30 and strolled to Gamla Stan - the Old Town - to find a book store that Ann had spotted on our last visit. Being Sunday and being in a conservative Scandinavian country, the store was closed. So we walked to the main city to the Music Museum. This is a small museum that has displays of musical instruments from the middle ages to today. Many of the displays had the instruments set out so that you could play them. Some of the displays had two instruments side-by-side - one ancient and one old - so that you could push a button for each and compare their sounds to see how similar they are. There were other displays behind glass of musical combos from early times up to ABBA. When you stand in front of them, a sample of their music plays. We spent a couple of hours in the museum.

On our walk back to the hotel, we stopped at a cafe where I had an excellent lasagna and salad for lunch. Ann's stomach was giving her problems, so she just had tea.

Back at the hotel, Ann took a nap while I wasted time on the Internet. We have a free wireless connection here. Then we strolled down one of the main streets to find a grocery store and to scout out a place to have dinner.

Dinner was at a small Indian restaurant and it was surprisingly good. Ann had mild chicken curry (she was still nursing a troubled stomach) while I had Tandoori Chicken Sizlar. The meal included nan and jasmine rice.