Stockholm, Sweden

This is a picture of the Vasa which was a Swedish ship that sank in the Baltic Sea in 1628 on its maiden voyage just 1,500 meters from the coast. The ship was built too top heavy and was too narrow. A gust of wind came up and the ship just tilted over. In the 1950's the ship was discovered in the bottom of the sea and a massive effort was started to raise the vessel in tact. The project was a huge undertaking and lasted many years. After the ship was raised, it was dried out and coated with chemicals to keep it from deteriorating any further. It is now the oldest intact vessel of its kind. The museum also showed how life on a ship worked, the colors of the wood carvings on the ship and how much was learned from the restoration. This is my last blog entry until we arrived home since we will be leaving the ship tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed!