Day 3: Stockholm to Kalmar, Thursday, June 16

This morning the group visited Stockholm City Hall, the home of the Nobel Prize banquet. We were blown away by the dozens of ornate mosaic murals in the Golden Hall, especially The Queen of Lake Mälar, pictured above.  Then we had some lunch on the picturesque Gota Canal where we saw some rustic public art and a gothic lutheran church with a somewhat ominous looking bell tower.

We had one more stretch on the bus through some lovely birch forests and countryside before arriving in the midwives seaport of Kalmar. Later, we stretched our legs on the trails and parks surrounding the town where we were delighted to find a number of compelling sculptures.

Today we met our awesome, affable bus driver and fount of Scandinavian cultural knowledge, Leif. He will be our bus driver for the rest of the tour.