Rex and Vicky in front of Drottningholm.
Rex and Vicky in the gardens with the palace in the background,
Vicky and Rex at one of the gates to the palace.
One of the guards in front of the palace.
Rex in front of the palace.
Looking out at the lake from the front of the palace.
Vicky in front of the palace.
The palace gardens from the 2nd floor of the palace.The weeks keep flying by for us. We continue to enjoy every opportunity to go to the temple. On Saturday we visited the Royal Palace - Drottningholm with E/S Watts. The palace was built in the 17th Century and the Royal Family has lived there since 1981 in one of the wings. We are only allowed to tour a small portion of the 218 rooms. There a numerous portraits of kings, queens, etc., as well as a countless number of tapestries given as gifts to the royal family from leaders of other countries, and the furniture is exquisite and antique. The gardens are a maze of bushes in exquisite designs. We encountered children chasing each other throughout. Flowers adorn many areas of the palace grounds. The theatre was the same as it was in 1761 when it was built. Plays and operas are currently and regularly running at the theatre. All the stage props operate as they did over 300 years ago. I will include pictures of the outside as photos were prohibited inside.
We also went out for a delicious supper afterwards and enjoyed a wonderful Saturday.
2 comments:
I don't think there's a place you've been that hasn't had exquisite architecture, landscape and scenery. You're pinching yourselves, right!?!?
Wow! What an amazing palace! You have really seen some beautiful places in Sweden in just 4 months! Think of how much more you will see in the next 14 months . . .especially when you travel with the Young Ambassadors next spring! You lucky ducks! :)
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