Day 17 was another travel/stop and visit things day. We started at Lake Siljan, stopped at Sweden's longest pier, visited a medieval copper mine, some Viking burial mounds, Uppsala University and finally ended in Stockholm. All in all another pretty good day.
We had a good breakfast in our apartment before packing up to leave Lake Siljan
On the way out we stopped at Rattvik to talk the longest pier in Sweden. It was over .6 km!
Lincoln rode when he got tired
View from the pier
At the end of the dock there was this strange sauna/art exhibit
View of the walk back
Lincoln got the play on the dala horse themed playground while I shopped and got some tourist info
Then it was about an hour drive. The scenery was great!
Next stop is a very old copper mine. It was an underground mine that became a pit mine when it collapsed almost 500 years ago
It is the source of the red paint for all the houses in Dalarna
The museum we didn't have time to go see
We had picnic lunch at the playground near the mine
On the way out we stopped for coffee and of course Lincoln's pink drink
On the way out of town it rained super hard. Like we could barely keep going. Thankfully it didn't rain that hard for long
Next stop was the 6th century and viking burial grounds just outside of Uppsala
This is a 12th century church built on top of a pagen site
Old tryptic
Original baptism font
Ruin stone outside the church
We walked around the mounds, but our visit got cut a little short because rain was coming again
Pretty fields around the mounds
Lincoln finally let us take his picture. We then raced to the car and made it just before it started to rain
The final stop before getting to Stockholm was Uppsala to see the University including the library, Linneaus garden and the Cathedral. We quickly walked through the botanical garden to try to avoid the next round of rain
Sadly the library was closed when we got there
The Uppsala cathedral where lots of important Sweeds are burried
Including Linneus
Common mary statue
The beautiful ceiling
The place was huge. We took a ton of pictures while we wondered around and waited for the rain to let up a little
The cathedral and University on our walk to the gardens
Old iron bridge
Linnaeus's garden
There was an annual side and perennial side
Lincoln loved getting in and smelling the flowers
Pretty delphiniums
Linneus and the museum (which was closed by the time we got there)
Look at the botanical gardens on the quick walk back to avoid getting a parking ticket
We stopped for gas in Stockholm is this gas station built into the side of a building
The rental car return went ok, but we had to lug the broken suitcase a few blocks
Our room on the top floor was pretty neat
We couldn't find an open non expensive restaurant so we ate in the hotel. Which was still pretty expensive and not super great. But at least it was food
After dinner we walked around for just a few minutes to see Stockholm before the rain in the morning
Cool buildings by the train station
For some reason the street our hotel was on had all these pink birds hanging over the street
Then we put Lincoln to sleep and stayed up way to late trying to make a plan for the next day that allowed us to see things, but avoid the predicted rain as much as possible.
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