Sweden!! Day 2

On the 2nd day we went to the archipelago! Apparently there are over 24,000 islands in the archipelago around Stockholm. We caught a boat just after noon and headed out! It was a cool old steamboat, which made the trip soooo long, but it was really worth it because we had such wonderful views! The most gorgeous part were the wild swans everywhere. We counted nearly 30 around one island alone.

On the deck

On the bow things got a little crazy. We were pretty much in the splash zone.

We finally got to our little island 2 1/2 hours later. It's called Sodra Grinda and it was the most beautiful little island. It was completely rural and we really saw no signs of life anywhere apart from some tourists on the beach. We hiked a little ways inland, found some sheep, a cafe, and a beautiful beach! So we spent the day sunbathing in the Swedish isles :) Pretty great.

Unloading the steamboat :)

Our welcome :)

The little farm a cafe we stumbled upon.

Sheep!

Our little rocky beach where we lounged for the entire day.

My view.

Snacking on some lunch

So we dared each other to go swimming in the sound (or whatever the body of water was) but only Sofie and I were man enough to take the challenge. The best part was Sofie though, accidentally falling into the water. She was nimbly picking her way towards the water, and was sitting down to test the temperature, and all of a sudden she just slid right in! She had been crouching on a section of slippery sea goo and then just disappeared. She came up screaming and we were all about to die laughing. I almost peed my pants. She kept trying to climb out but would always slide back in down the oozy gooey slime. Sarah was about to die from laughing, I was doubled over on the ground and Myles was busy taking pictures of the whole thing. It was so funny. Finally we got Sofie out and I elected to walk in from the beach, not the rocks :) It was so cold, I could tell why Sofie was yelping!

Sofie trying for the second or third time to pull herself up the slime wall. I meanwhile, was laughing hysterically.

Sooo effing cold!!