We woke up last Saturday morning, to a light rain falling from a cloudy, overcast sky. Our plan for the day was to take a boat ride to Drottningholm, the home of the Royal Family. Two colleagues of Kris' were in town, so our party of eight grabbed umbrellas and jumped aboard. In this picture, Lorne, his wife Cyndi, and Karl, happily pose for a snapshot I guaranteed them would end up in the blog. See how happy they are to be included!
The boat chugged along rather quickly. We soon left the city skyline behind and then I was amazed at how alike the landscape was compared to the Thousand Islands and Charleston Lake. There really wasn't much difference, the only one I could see was that there seemed to be a larger variety of trees here, so there were more shades of the colour green.
We toured the palace, the gardens and the Chinese Pavilion (Kina Slott). There were impressive paintings and wood- and stonework throughout the rooms of the palace. The Chinese Pavilion was the most beautiful to me. There were lovely tole paintings on the walls, still vibrantly coloured like when they were first hand-painted. 
On the boat ride back, we took this picture of Stadshuset, the City Hall here in Stockholm. Atop the tower is Sweden's heraldic symbol, Tre Konor (three crowns). This is on our list of things to see here. Apparently, there is a room where the annual Nobel Prize dinner is held and it is something not to be missed.
In the middle of this picture and with the rounded roof, is the World Trade Center, where Kris goes to work each day.
