Gustaf Slept Here
by wjw on August 4, 2017
We are in lovely Stockholm. This involved 13 miserable hours on a ferry from Turku, though the misery was mitigated by glorious views of first the Finnish, and then the Swedish, archipelago. By the end I didn’t care about the archipelago, I just wanted to get off the damn boat.
Stockholm’s series of islands is a beautiful setting for a city, though there are some disturbing elements, for instance a fountain that seems to be dedicated to the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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The ferries are mostly for peole who like to travel by them. And those who need to bring cars and trucks, of course. Started out as a cheap and practical way to get across but evolved into “cruise experience”.
I understand that the ferries take far longer to get to their destination than strictly necessary, in hopes of selling more alcohol and making more money in the casinos.
I have to admit they provided every reason to get drunk and stay that way.
I took the ferry from Turko to Stockholm and back myself. We did it at night, so it might have been a different experience. Basically ate dinner and then went to bed. I did go in the duty-free once, which was a bad idea.