When I first heard of this strange named city I said, “Opps-salad?” Where in the heck is this place? Let me first explain the story on how we found to travel there. By a bench in Brindisi, Italy—an Italian port town famous for being the gateway to Greece—I met Bertil Larsson. The time was early July, 1979. We struck up…
Sweden’s capital and largest city is Stockholm. Earliest records of date back to 1252. Stockholm is actually on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges. The city is nicknamed “The Beauty on the Water.” Today, Stockholm is a mixture of the old and new. If you ever hear of the word “Stockholm Syndrome,” it means when hostages form a liking to…
In our five day sojourn in early July of 2019 to Stockholm, Sweden, we visited the majestic “Vasa Museum.” It is the best preserved 17th century ship in the world. Why did it sink? How many people died? Why was it so well preserved? When was it found? These questions and more are discussed in our blog that follows. The…