A birthday; Abba and a lovely lady soldier (in Oslo)

So  far in these recent blogs I have avoided using folks in the shots.,  however, during our trip on the MV Balmoral, Anne had a birthday and our two marvelous table waiters, Kushtie and Raj are seen here posing with her on her birthday.  They were superb and really looked after us at every meal (wine glasses always topped up). 

 When we visited the ABBA museum in Stockholm,  made it nice and early so we managed to miss the long queues which build up as the day progresses.  A fascinating insight into the lives of ABBA , so it was good last night to see a documentary about them on TV, on the day following the premiere of the new Mama Mia movie. (which I will be off to see whenever).  I hear that Cher (in the movie) is about to release an album of ABBA songs.   There were lots of guitars, either used by ABBA or collected from the  many rock legends who they were friends with

 Could not write something about this exceptional group without posting a photo of them,

 In Oslo we visited the Palace and were in time to see the changing of the guard, and apparently just missed the Royal family.    We found this lovely young lady soldier who had been posted on the perimeter of the grounds to look out for suspicious folks like these (note the bag lady)