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What I did on my summer vacation!

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dailyeye > Bergsundsstrand (where we stayed) from across the water.

dailyeye > The Stortorget, or city square, is in Gamla Stan, the Old City. This well dates from 1778.

dailyeye > View of the Old City of Stockholm, Gamla Stan, from across Lake Malaren. The church spire is Riddarholmskyrkan, built on the 13th-century site of Greyfriars Abbey. Riddarholmskyrkan holds the crypts of all the Swedish monarchs from Gustav II Adolf (17th century) to the present day.

dailyeye > In the center of the New City of Stockholm(built, by the way, in the mid 18th century) is Gustav II Adolf's equestrian statue unveiled in 1796. The are is known as Kungsträdgården, or the King's Garden.

dailyeye > Art in Lake Mälaren! Stockholm, the Swedish capital, is built on 14 islands in Lake Mälaren and Saltsjön, an inlet from the Baltic Sea so there is plenty of water around to make art that attracts attention.

dailyeye > Detail of lions on Karl XII's statue, Kungsträdgården, Stockholm

dailyeye > Detail of lion sculpture on Karl XII's statue, Kungsträdgården, Stockholm

dailyeye > Pews and shadows, Jacobs Kyrka, Kungsträdgården, Stockholm. This chruch was started in 1580 and consecrated in 1643. It has elaborately crafted stone porches on the entrances.

dailyeye > Boats and masts reflect in the lake near Hornstull, Stockholm. Taken about 9:30 p.m., July 14.

dailyeye > Spiral staircase outside our tiny Stockholm apartment at Bergsunds Strand 5, Stockholm.

dailyeye > Stockholm is a city on water which is why it is sometimes called The Venice of the North. This shows a view of Lake Mälaren and Västerbron bridge linking Långholmen, the old prison island (left), to Södermalm (right).

dailyeye > Pink hollyhocks against the old prison walls, Långholmen.

dailyeye > Akkurat Restaurang and Bar, Stockholm

dailyeye > On the weekend, Hugh and I took a ferry out to Grinda Island in the Swedish Archipelago. It is about 19 miles east of Stockholm and takes about 1 1/2 hours to reach by boat.See more photos from this weekend trip in the Grinda Island Gallery.

dailyeye > Art in the park! This piece is Monument to an Axeman by Eric Grate in Rålambshovsparken.

Detail of lion sculpture on Karl XII's statue, Kungsträdgården, Stockholm

dailyeye > Detail of lion sculpture on Karl XII's statue, Kungsträdgården, Stockholm

Detail of lion sculpture on Karl XII's statue, Kungsträdgården, Stockholm

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