Stockholms skärgård: Grinda

Today, we spent a lovely day on the Stockholm archipeligo. We took a boat ride to the island of Grinda and swam in the Baltic Sea (Östersjön in Swedish). The boats that took us to the island were both called Cinderella (Cinderella I and Cinderella II). We made very tight connections on both ends. We had a wonderful lunch down by the water. The kids ate their weight in hot dogs; Viktor really liked his herring; Kathy and Renee had chicken with some kind of bulgar grain and yogurt sauce; I had a tasty lamb burger. Viktor and Renee have very heavy duty urban strollers that do very well on off-road paths. You can see these in some of the other pictures. Here's the slideshow. As you can see, the island is made up of rolling hills and fields. Its rocky shores reminded me of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The water was in between the usual temperature of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Renee and I actually went swimming (Kathy's reponse, I believe, was "hell no!). Owen went into the water up to about his neck. Julia made sandcastles with dad. I took tons of cute Vera photos on the beach.