Legally Blonde's Proceedings

 On December 10th it was time to start my Europe 2025 adventure.  I had a 2:45 flight out of DFW that arrived at 6:50 a.m. on December 11th in Frankfurt, Germany.  My plan was to take a train to Nuremberg from the Airport's long distance train station.  This was one of the three train tickets I hadn't pre-booked (way cheaper to pre-book so I like to do that when I can) because I wasn't sure how quickly I would clear immigration, etc. at the airport.  It took forever to clear immigration because our flight got behind another plane and it seemed most all of those passengers had to present a lot of documentation to get through.   Once I was cleared through, I had to take a bus from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 which is where the train station is located.  I got on the 8:35 train that arrived in Nuremberg at 11:00 a.m.  Luckily my room was ready early and I quickly showered and changed before heading out.  This wasn't my first time in Nuremberg. ...

 Monday, December 18th was my second day in Stockholm and I started with breakfast at my hotel.  I then headed out and walked a different route so that I could see different sights.   House of Nobility Supreme Court I arrived at my first destination, the Royal Palace The palace has festive lights in the windows like all the houses in Scandinavia. I had a 10:00 ticket to the jubilee exhibit Vasa to Bernadotte.  I was happy to catch the last couple of weeks of this exhibit which celebrated a double jubilee year for Sweden. In 1523, Gustav Vasa was elected King in Strängnäs laying the foundation for modern Sweden.  On September 15, 1973, King Carl XVI Gustaf succeeded his grandfather and became King (his father was killed in 1947 in a KLM airplane crash in Copenhagen which elevated the 10 month old Carl to Crown Prince of Sweden). Now, King Carl XVI Gustaf is the longest reining monarch in Europe (after the Danish handover on January 14, 2024) The royal cradle used...