Skansen

Today, we headed out to an open air museum on the island of Djurgarden.  The rain came earlier than expected, so we didn't spend as much time there as we could have, but had a great time anyway!  Skansen is mostly known for it's structures from the 1800's, but we spent most of our time checking out the animals in the Nordic zoo.

The next couple of pics are replicas of houses from northern Sweden where the Sami live.  Sophia told me several times that these were "Sophia and Benjamin houses...not Mommy and Daddy houses".  You'll see why by how small they are!  We hope to visit Northern Sweden before too long to see if this is still how people live :-)

This is the first family pic we have taken in Sweden!  There is a nice view of the city behind us.

This is Aaron's favorite picture from the day... :-)  Go figure...

There were also some new animals for us.  This is the Alg, it is a cross between an elk and a moose.

We got up close to a Reindeer.  Funny how we aren't scared of these animals with a fence between us!  Two years ago, we were in Alaska and nearly croaked because we were way too close to a couple of Caribou.

We had a great day.  I blame the weather on not spending more time an Skansen, but I think the kids were ready for a nap anyway.  We hope to go back again before too long to see more.