Stockholm

You may have noticed that I quite like buildings - well Stockholm wins. It has the most amazing variety of buildings. We spent two days cycling round the city.

I love the variety of roof tops.The old city was very lovely too, all dark cobbled streets.

We went to the VASA museum which contains the resurrected ship from the 17th century. 98% of the ship is original. The preservation processes have destroyed the original colours but extensive research has found evidence of the colours and they have produced reproductions.

The pictures above are of the actual ship. The ones below are reproductions - sculptures are life size but the ship is a model.

These are the pigments that were used to paint the ship.

The ship sank on its maiden voyage and remained undisturbed for over 300 years. As well as lots of equipment quite a lot of clothing and footwear was found, even some of the sails were still folded up.

Boots and shoes

Remains of the main sail.