Indigenous Culture

We learnt so much about indigenous culture and the Yolgnu people in Arnhem Land from our guide, Doreen.

The small local Djomi Museum in Maningrida that houses many artefacts and artworks is a credit to the community.

I may have taken some snaps of a few items.

Some of our tour group resting outside the Djomi Museum in Maningrida

Turtle

Grass skirts

Traditional canoe

Adornments

Traditional canoe

Baskets and woven goods

Beads

Painting on bark

Top Wales Attraction

Today we visited the fabulous St Fagans National Museum of history https://museum.wales/stfagans/. It was in stark contrast to the disappointing Blists Hill Victorian Village we saw in England last week.

This huge open air museum featured a castle and a host of relocated buildings from all around Wales which catered to our interests in architecture, gardens and history. This site was the best we visited during our time in Wales.

 
I am finding it so difficult to select photos from today's excursion - perhaps I need to make more than one post :-))

These images are from the Castle which is in its original location on the site.

Thank for the music ABBA

Having previously been to most of the places offered on the ship's tours of Copenhagen we struck out on our own this morning.

I told Robert "I had a dream" so he made it happen yesterday. He took me back to the 70s and 80s in Stockholm with a visit to the ABBA Museum, 

We shared a taxi to the museum district with a couple of fellow passengers and found the line for the ABBA Museum. Thankfully I had pre-booked so we didn't have much of a wait to enter. 

These old ABBA fans highly recommend a tour to this site. We are still singing.

On the roof of the museum

We were lucky to get in.  Some fellow cruisers who went later couldn't get in as it was booked out.

Cabin where many songs were written

Recording studio

World tour program

Arrival - Album cover

Costumes

Arrival - Album cover

ABBA Souvenirs

I didn't know that Chess written was by ABBA members

I usually don't buy souvenirs but I purchased this cap to wear to the ABBA night on the ship.

Riding on the Mail Train

Not far from our accommodation in Kings Cross was the Mail Rail. Once a method by which the mail was transported under London on  a network of small trains this system has been reborn as a tourist attraction. We visited this site yesterday and followed it up with a visit to the Postal Museum across the road. 

I would highly recommend this unique attraction where one has a short train trip complemented by audio-visual and static displays.

Trains stabled ready for action

Audiovisual Display

Audiovisual Display

Original tunnels

A former station where mail was dropped off

It's a cosy ride

Passengers ready for their ride