The Palace and the Crown Princess!!

Today was an exciting day! Kathryn's mom took me to school to pick up the kids and told us we were going on adventure to Gamla Stan, which is the old town and a huge tourist attraction. She said we had to run because it was getting dark and wanted to get the best pictures possible!

Once we left the school, we took a bus that let us off right in front of the palace. It doesn't really look like a palace but rather a large old building. I guess the palace was burnt down in the late 1600's and was rebuilt and took many years. The Royal Family doesn't live here but the do work from their offices inside. And on their birthdays, they even come out and shake hands with all of the well wishers!
Here we are on the side of palace. In the background you can see Storkyrkan. Stor means great and Kyrkan means church.
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And here is what it looks like in the sun. But we really don't get to see much sun outside of the month of July and a bit of August. It rains here all of the time!
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As we walked up the hill the see Storkyrkan (pronounced Store-sure-khan) we were so excited to see that the 'changing of the guards' was about to take place!! Kathryn's mom got it on video!!
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And the upcoming activities at Storkyrkan
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After we passed the Storkyrkan, we ended up at Stortorget. It is a large square in the center of Gamla Stan, that many years ago was the site of a terrible fight between Denmark and Sweden. Today, it is a very pretty place to visit. They were even putting up a Christmas tree. There are buildings that outline this square. The Stockholm Stock Exchange Building, the Noble Museum, a few cafes and some very pretty buildings.

Outside Noble Museum
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Just as we were leaving the square we ran into Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancè Daniel!! Too bad it was in a picture frame in a tourist shop!
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Whew!! That sure was a lot of things that I had to tell everyone about. I still have more that I will have to post tomorrow. I am really tired and must get to bed! :)