Stockholm

We've been in Stockholm since Saturday morning; tonight we leave to go to Tallinn. We've been wandering about and developing blisters from all the walking, mostly getting our history geeks on and getting in the way of the locals. The blisters were irritating but totally worth it, because we saw:

• Mass at St. Erik's (There are only two Catholic churches in all of Stockholm; we went to the High Mass, said in Swedish, but which included a Latin Gospel.)
• The Royal Palace (including the Treasury, the Guest Apartments, the Hall of State, and the Bernadotte Apartments)
• The Royal Coin Cabinet (which included the World's Largest Coin) 
• Storkyrkan: Stockholm Cathedral
• Marten Trotzigs Grand (a 3-foot wide street, the city's narrowest)
• Riddarholmskyrkan: Riddarholmen Church (where lots of Swedish monarchs are buried)
• Changing of the Guard
• Medeltida Museen: The Museum of Medieval Stockholm
• Armemuseem: The Army Museum
• Historiska Museet: The Museum of National Antiquities
• The Vasa Museum

We've eaten herring (which gets served with breakfast, because why not?) and medieval Swedish food; a weird Swedish version of a bacon cheeseburger (I've never gotten a burger served with Thousand Island before); and some pretty good Thai food. The T-Bana (subway) is clean and efficient; every station has escalators and elevators that actually work, and the mini-marts that are in seemingly each station is as well stocked (albeit a bit smaller) than 7-Elevens.