NYNASHAMN, SWEDEN
(I forgot to post this blog.  It should be sandwiched between Finland and Heading for Budapest).

  Being unable to visit Finland due to rough seas, we continued sailing towards Sweden, with the promise of good weather and calm seas. We were not disappointed.
 Our ship docked in the tiny port city of NYNASHAMN. It was about 0600.  The only thing was, there was no dock and we were a good 70 yards from shore.  So what do you do when there's no dock?  Well, the port officials in this small port brought one out to us!
   This was an engineering piece of art!  An articulating floating marvel of steel and concrete, complete with stripes and hand rails atop a 3' high fence along both sides from one end to the other.  A built-in motor driven propeller, started up by its pilot.  The dock driver began unfolding this 400' long, multi-sectional, articulating dock and parked it alongside the Regal Princess so we could disembark.  Quite amazing,  actually!
   We bought tickets for the Hop On/Hop Off bus that took us into Stockholm, Sweden's Capitol city.  We rode the bus and hopped off in front of McDonald's, a familiar icon to Americans. We went inside for coffee, a bathroom break and WIFI access.
   Our next stop was at the Abba Museum.  It was a place dedicated to Sweden's most popular foursome.   They had many great pop musical hits that often rang the bell on the top 10 charts.   We spent time seeing their costumes, records,  photos and videos of some of their songs.  It was a lot of fun!  Debby and Nancy auditioned with Abba by joining their group, performing and singing right along with them.  It was hard to d8stinguish between the professionals and the amateurs.  NAAAAHHH!!  NOT!!    Our bus ticket also covered the boat taxi for a ride on the river.   That was fun.  We hppedt off near Old Town and walked into that area to explore.  We stopped in a small cafe for something to eat.   The small old town street was narrow and crowded with many tourists.
   Soon, we headed for the bus stop to catch our 4:00 PM bus to our ship.  Our deadline to board was 6:30.  We made it back with time to spare.
    The next day was spent at sea streaming towards Copenhagen.   The Captain announced the Princess would pass under a bridge before 9:00 and would be worth seeing.  So after sunset, we remained on the top deck to see this bridge.
   It was awesome to see the approaching bridge and wonder if this massive ship could go under it.  It did.  Looked to be about 10' of clearance!  Cars were parked on the bridge taking pictures of this giant ship clearing the bridge.  I bet they had a great view of our Lido Deck!
   We are due in Copengagen early tomorrow morning.   We will disembark around 0830, collect our luggage and head for the airport.
   Our next destination is Budapest, Hungary aboard Norwegian Airlines!