2018-08-26 Palaces

It has been discovered that the parking ticket was not about parking in the wrong place but  about parking over the lines.  The group felt this was a little excessive and has led to auditing all parking.  This increases the time to park as all doors are thrown open to verify that the car is within the lines.

Regardless of the parking anxiety, the group decided to drive to the castles instead of public transport.  Today’s destination was Drottningholm Palace (No, it is not misspelled).  This is the official residence of the royal family.  No one told the group but they read it on the internet.  The group thought that the Royal Family would want to greet them (turns out they did not).

Historical Moment: The castle was originally built in the late 16th century. It served as a regular summer residence of the Swedish royal court for most of the 18th century.   While it is a castle, it is not as elaborate as the French or German castles.  The group did visit the Baroque Gardens while running through the rain.  They took shelter in the guard house with the other wet tourists.  They also visited the Chinese Palace and theater at the castle.

At this time, the group needs to confess  another parking incident occurred.  The car was well within the lines but there was one parking meter with instructions in Swedish.  The time could only be added is increments of 15 minutes.  Jerry”s first attempt gained 45 minutes – BOOM that’s how you do it.  Joyce pointed out that one could not view a castle in 45 minutes.  Back in line for another 3 hours of time all logged electronically.  No printed ticket.  When the group returned to the car after lunch, there was a new ticket for expired time on the car windshield.  BOOM!  Two parking tickets in Sweden.  They had just figured out how to get the first one paid.
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So it was with some additional anxiety that the group proceeded on to castle number two, Skokloster Castle.  .  Historical Moment:  Skokloster Castle was built in the Baroque style between 1654 and 1676 by the wealthy military commander count Carl Gustaf Wrangel .  He made his money as a military commander during the 30 years war.  So the group’s conclusion was that he took home enough bounty of the war to fund the big house.  The visit was a little strange as the rooms were dark and the guide had a flashlight.  Debbie asked why it was so dark and the guide explained that only the first floor had electricity.  The castle is closed in the winter months because it is so dark.

The last stop was the Skokoster Church.  It was a long ride back in the rain with the second ticket staring at them from the dashboard.

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