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Tuesday, 29 April 2014

The Vasa

This ship set sail in 1628 and only sailed 1500 meters when it sank...it was too top heavy. It remained in the mud in the harbour for approx 300 years. It was salvaged in the 1960s and it took four years to raise her.


This is how they raised her...divers dug tunnels through the mud and fed cables beneath her.

















Beer tankard and you drink through the spout


One of the people on board













The otters Skansen








Mesmerised by the Seals Skansen



















Skansen animals and a Bbq






Kid's Zoo







Moose


Bear


Bear cubs



Hogs


Bison


For the Bison to have a scratch


Sleeping wolf


Bbq at Skansen for the public









Skansen







Bread proofing


Ross' feathered friend


1930's hardware store


How they sold milk in the 1930's - this is a milk shop


Wooden stove 1930s


sink 1930s


central heating 1930s


Beautiful gardens



Sweden's 17th Century Scentist turned Mystic - he first wrote about near death experiences and the light at the end of the tunnel in his teachings


The Hasjo Belfry