Stockholm Part Sju

Tisdag 3/24/15

"Mackenzmeow and Thumper's Sculpture Safari with special guest Wally the Wallaby" This is the title the sculpture walk we went on Tuesday morning. As I mentioned earlier, Thumper is Hannah and Wally is Sidney. We walked around central Stockholm imitating old statues.

Mackenzie our tour guide in Hell Alley in Gamla Stan

Me with a hair beard..

 Sidney had actually bought a fake sword at the Medieval Museum and we DIDN'T bring it on our safari. It would have come in so handy, as would a cloak have. 

 Sid and I

 Pat, Zach and Sid as an actor

 Pat and Zach, boy with eagle

 We ran into President Bergman and Tom Young. They enthusiastically participated in our safari :)

 Pat, Zach and Hannah outside the royal palace

 Pat, Sid and Zach recreating St. George and the dragon

 Hannah

 Paget

 Paget and Kenzie with my shoe. We had quite an audience for this one.

 Sid. She had to do this in front of a group of about 30 tourists. 

 Kenzie and Paget

 Stoic Zach

Thumper and Pat

Sidney, Hannah and Kenzie trekking 

The crew enjoying the sun after our safari

CITY HALL TOUR

Next we went on a tour of city hall, which was built in the early 1900s. 

In the covered courtyard every year a dinner is held for the Nobel conference with the laureates and royalty attending. This is the staircase they enter in by. It is perfectly designed for a lady to walk down elegantly in a long gown. They do not need to look down but instead at a star on the opposite wall that ensures good posture.

This is the room where city council meets.

This is the ceiling of the city council meeting room. It is called vindögra or wind eye. Old viking houses did not have windows but an opening in the ceiling. This ceiling is meant to invoke viking culture and remind the council of the viking legacy of democracy. 

The Gold Room. The Nobel dance is held in this room. Every wall is covered in small tile mosaic in the sandwich technique. A drop of gold was put in-between two clear glass tiles. It is decorated in the Byzantine style and celebrates Swedish history. The Swedes at the time found it excessive and too exotic but it is widely celebrated now. 

Sidney and I enjoying the sun in our shorts :)

Delicious Korean food for dinner!