Day 6 Part 2, The Day We Went Back to the 80’s!

After the Vasa museum we then skipped a few centuries and headed to the nearby ABBA museum. Again, long queues, so we quickly downloaded and bought tickets online, and bypassed the queue.

The museum was really cool, with an exhibition on the Mama Mia films first, it was fun to see all the costumes.

Then came a series of rooms with everything you ever wanted to know, and several things you never needed to know about ABBA. As a child I always wanted to be Agnetha, forever known as “the blonde one”, but seeing at that time I had brown hair and a curly perm I really should have been Frieda! I got to go into a room and have my face morphed onto Agnetha’s body, but I’m not sharing that, she might sue! You could also go into karaoke booths an sing along to ABBA songs, make a video dancing to their songs and even sing on a stage with ABBA holograms as the 5th ABBA member. We avoided anything that involved singing out of respect to our fellow visitors!

I loved looking at the costumes; I could place so many of them from videos and TV appearances (Top of the Pops anyone??) It was also interesting to see what they have been up to in the later years.

We were starving at this point, so left to find something to eat. We found a restaurant and sat and shared a pizza and I had a glass of Prosecco, followed by some churros. How is the diet going, I hear you ask??

We caught the ferry back and headed back onto Soderholm, where we made our first foray into a Swedish supermarket to buy a few things. It had the biggest pick n mix selection I’ve ever seen; brought back memories of Wooolies! We headed back to the van then to regroup (also known as taking a nap!).

We headed back out later on for our last night in Stockholm. We caught the number 4 bendy bus for about 30 minutes to get to our chosen restaurant; the Thai Boat. Yes, it’s a Thai restaurant on a Thai boat, complete with it’s own little beach and deckchairs. The weather is a lot cooler now, (yay), so we opted for a booth inside with a heater. My cocktail was amazing, and the food pretty good too. I had chicken satay as a main course…..all the yums!

We then headed to Lyn’s favourite place, Brewdog, where we sat outside, wrapped in a blanket and under another heater. From too hot to too cold in one day!