Bravo was performed on the second night of our 11 day Baltic Sea Cruise. My niece’s voice recovered significantly from the prior day. She sang I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables, I was overwhelmed. Special K (her BF) was featured with his partner in a gorgeous dance during the show. It was amazing to be there to watch them. I went to both shows, I did that for each production.
The next day was Stockholm, Sweden. This was officially travel day 3 for my daughter and I and we both hit the jet-lag/time change wall HARD. We got maybe 2 1/2 hours of sleep Saturday night and Sunday we walked 11 miles. Stockholm was a lively place with gorgeous architecture and tasty treats.
Järnpojke, the “Iron Boy”: Stockholm’s smallest statue. Located in the Old Town section in the courtyard of a Finnish Church. The statue is said to bring good luck if you rub his head.
This began our first day of the Peanut/Special K Cafe Tour, they took us to their favorite cafes in each port except the two where we hired guides. We arrived by 10am and spent the next 6 hours exploring, eating, shopping and eating again. My one dessert a day rule was a distant memory by lunch. I would love to go back in a less zombie-esq state.
The next port was Helsinki, Finland…and can I take a hot second to just say WOW places I never dreamed I would visit, thank you dear husband for sending me. Of course there was a favorite cafe and a surprisingly cosmopolitan city. We visited the church built into rock and the Sibelius Monument by Eila Hiltunen, dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). I also had the best whitefish (w/OMFG amazing garlic sauce) of my life under the orange tents in the open air market.
The next port was St. Petersburgh, Russia…
Was that my out loud voice? 
How wonderful to have them as your “tour guides”! I can’t wait for St. Petersburgh–I hope you went to the Hermitage!
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We did – I’ll be writing about that next. If you haven’t already done so – watch the Last Czars on Netflix. I’m so glad I watched it prior to this trip gave me a much greater appreciation for Russian history and St Petersburgh in particular.
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