The day after the opening was an amazing day, but I left my camera at home by accident. But the day after that we went to the Vasa Museum, which is one of my favorite places in Stockholm.
Inside of the vasa Museum is a ship, a Swedish galleon.
In the 17th century on August 10th, this ship set sail from Stockholm. It was called the Vasa, and it was beautiful and elaborate.
Only it didn't even get more than a mile away when it sank, straight down, to the bottom of the harbor.
Even though land was so close, the Vasa sank so fast the 30 people inside were trapped inside and drowned.
In the fifties and sixties the boat was raised, and the museum was built around it.
That's how they did it.
The best part of going to see the Vasa is that you can look at it from four different levels, the lowest being on the floor of the museum, where you are essentially walking around under the boat.
From the floor the the top of the back of it, it has to be more than 40 feet. Maybe 60.
Being under the boat makes me feel like I'm drowning.
This is what a ghost of a crewmember on the Vasa would look like to you if you met him the the sea floor.
"Let me tell you about my boat..."
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