Sunday was my bucket list to visit The Vasa Museum - one of the foremost tourist attractions in the World - 20,000,000 visitors in 11 years. We arrived by ferry and walked the short distance to the museum. Vasa was built in 1628 and on her maiden voyage sank within a few hundred metres as the ship was top heavy. The ship lay on the bottom of Stockholm Harbour for 333 years. It was raised in 1961. I was in awe as we first saw the Vasa in all her glory. ...

Rainy and cold. Sweden turned it on for Eurovision and turned it right off again the day after. Stockholm presented us with a miserable day. So we decided to go to a museum. Funny thing is, so did everyone else. But this was on Darryl's bucket list so we were off. And it was worth it. The Vasa Museum is all about the 'Vasa'. This is a ship that cost Sweden a fortune to build, and ironically, 333 years later, is still running at a loss. Essentially the ship san...

Hello Stockholm, this is Australia calling!! This is why we are here. The Grand Final of Eurovision 2016. What a spectacular, glamorous and glittered filled event. With just the right amount of wind machines. And according to the international judges from 42 countries, Australia's Dami Im won!!!! At the completion of the point allocation she was over 100 points ahead and had achieved the majority of 12 points allocated. But I jump ahead. 3 hours earlier we ...

Yesterday was the premier event of this trip. Also the last event we booked on this trip. Last night the three of is went to the Eurovision Grand Final. Of course by now you all know that as we have been talking about it for 6 months. Well the big night has come and it was worth the wait. What a fantastic night we had. And as promised, a blog entry. But we did spend our day in Stockholm so this entry will be focused on the day and I will write a blog for Eurovisi...

Eurovision The morning of Eurovision started with another visit to the Royal Palace where we visited the underground wood storage vaults which are now also an exhibition area which encompasses amazing tapestries and artifacts. Then a walk through the collection of marble statues and a view of a garden. It was getting cold so we found a little street cafe and had wine and cheese in the warmth, people watching. We dressed in our best travel clothes and th...