The third day marked the end of our stay in Stockholm. We checked out of our hotel in the morning and Ollie brought us to the City Centre where we split up and spent the next few hours of free time to do as we wished. Some girls shopped, some went to the Old Town, and others walked around exploring the city.
At 3pm we met back at the bus and headed to our cruise ship to make the 14 hour journey to Helsinki. The ship holds 2,800 people was well equipped with restaurants, bars and entertainment areas. Our bus comes on the ship with us so we do not need to worry about luggage or our Ringette equipment. That is a good thing since the rooms on the ships of pretty compact. There is also a duty free shop, it was interesting to see the Swedish and Finnish people buying up the beer and alcohol because it was so much cheaper on the boat…believe it or not there are countries with higher taxes than Canada!
We had dinner together and the girls then went about exploring the ship. The highlight seemed to be the Karaoke bar, where a group of the Richmond Hill Lightning showed their support for Sweden by getting up and singing ABBA’s Money, Money, Money. The parents could relate to that song as well, especially coming from the girls! There were many interesting people on board, including a group of teenage boys at the Karaoke bar that are probably still trying to figure out what Ringette is all about. There were also some live entertainment events, including a French Cabaret Show; we won’t go into too much detail on that one!!
Our tour continues to be very well organized, our driver very accommodating and the Scandinavian people very friendly…although Greg finds them all a little too tall.
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