Our travel to Sweden was fast and pleasant. A very helpful Dane told us that we were already on the correct train to Lund when we arrived at Malmo, where we had been told to change trains by one of the ticket collectors. She assured us that only the staff change at Malmo, the passengers don't, and she was right. The journey through Sweden was lovely, though very wet and when we arrived in Stockholm it was still raining so we took a bus to the hostel. This is no ordinary hostel, and though my heart sank when the desk man directed us in to the building to our room, I was relieved a few minutes later when he found two spare places aboard the af Chapman .

The af Chapman afloat in Stockholm

   We wandered around town that night, just taking in the sights and sounds, and returned to our cabins below deck. It was an early start in the morning and we had to buy food before boarding. All worked excellently and we were heading towards Norway at 8:01am