Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Travel to and within Skansen

Once we got out of the history museum we were headed over to Skansen to meet the crew for lunch. A bus pulled up with Skansen on its destination board and we decided to take a bus over.  Since our Stockholm pass included free public transportation it seemed to be an easy decision. We tried all the doors and they would not open until we got to the front door. It opened but there was no room to even get on.  We squeezed on but there was no way to scan the card.  Eventuslly the bus driver just shrugged and let us on. We were trapped in the front area as no passengers were making way for us to go to the back of the bus. We jumped out at the next stop and then jumped back in through the next door down. We were surprised to see plenty of seats open in the back.  Makes you wonder sometimes. We got to the Skansen stop and got out.  We then stopped at a bench to admire the flowers.  Right after we got in, there was a funicular.  We rode it up the hill and it was a short and fun ride
Crowded bus ride

Lovely flower bed

Blam a whole lot of yellow 

Sunburst 

Skansen here we come

Loading zone

Waiting patiently

A very smooth ride

Why two tracks

On coming traffic, that's why

Add another mode of transportation

Iconic building at the top

We got out at the Skansen stop and sat on a