Scandinavia! Looking for the elusive moose!

Pam and Sudie started their trip to Scandinavia traveling through Germany and taking the ferry over to Roedby and then drive to Copenhagen. In Copenhagen we saw the Little Mermaid, the City Hall, The Gefion-fountain, Tivoli, Amalienborg-castle (the residence of the Danish Royal family and a whole bunch more! What was really fun to watch were the large vehicles blaring music with students celebrating their graduation. They drove through the streets blowing whistles, dancing and yelling out to the people. It was a great visit.

Denmark:

After our visit to Denmark we boarded a modern hotel ship for our overnight journey to Finland. In Helsinki we saw the Temple Church, the Cathedral, the University, the Parliament and more. We had a terrific time just walking the streets and seeing all the eateries and shops. Another great visit!

Finland:

Sweden was our next location. We drove through Sweden and saw some beautiful landscape. Stockholm, also called Venice of the north, is built on islands. We took a city tour and saw the Royal Castle, the City Hall and Gamla Stan - the old city. We visited the Vasa Museum and stayed in a castle that was remodeling into a hotel (yellow building - sorry bad pic). We saw lots of lighthouse boats and the location where the the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Stockholm.

The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgarden, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990 and, according to the official web site, is the most visited museum in Scandinavia.

Sweden:

......... and the last leg of the trip was off to Norway. In Oslo we took a sightseeing tour and saw the Olympic Stadium, the famous Monolith by the artist Vigeland, the Parliament Building and the Royal Palace. While in Oslo, we were also able to visit the Viking ship museum.

The Monolith is in Frogner Park which is the largest park in the city. The sculpture installation is the world's largest sculpture park made by a single artist. Frogner Park is the most popular tourist attraction of Norway, with between 1 and 2 million visitors each year, and is open to the public at all times.

The Viking Ship Museum is located on the Bygdoy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It houses three Viking era burial ships that were found as part of archeological finds from Tune, Gokstad, Oseberg and the Borre mound cemetery.

We also went to an ice bar the night before we left! We had a blast.

Norway:

And like all things, our Scandinavian tour came to and end. We boarded the brand-new and world biggest ferry ship Color Magic and crossed the seas back to Germany. Our adventure was still eventful as most people suffered from seasickness as we traveled over where the Baltic and the North Seas meet. It was an adventure! Sudie and Pam were troopers and had taken preparations and did not suffer any motion sickness! Yippee.

And the bad news - NO MOOSE WAS SEEN :(