The King of Snails

As predicted, most of yesterday was spent indoors. It's important to remember that the central function of a vacation is to be enjoyable. Yesterday, we took great enjoyment napping all day.

After the rain let up, we started to move around a bit more but didn't accomplish much. We're fine with this. Our sloth meant that we only got one meal, but we hadn't exerted ourselves to the point where we required more calories.

And the hotel lamb was delicious.

After dinner, we strolled the path along the tram line. It was there that we met the King of Snails, his Queen, and the Slug Duke.

Like other legendary creatures -- Nessie, Big Foot, Thomas Pynchon -- all the photos we took during our court meeting with these royal gastropods were blurry at best. It was, however, an experience we'll carry in our hearts forever.
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From Sweden

From Sweden

From Sweden

From Sweden

From Sweden

From Sweden

Today begins slowly as did yesterday. Our goal is to return to Djurgården and see the Botanical Gardens, the Vasa Museum, and the Biological Museum. The last of these I hope will provide some fodder for the Crappy Taxidermy blog.

Tonight's dinner will mark the end of our Swedish adventure, and we'll be flying out at 10am arriving in Chicago at Noon. After that, we drive back to DC over two days to preserve what little energy our transatlantic flight will have left us, and return to Virginia on Sunday afternoon.
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