Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 167

When I was a little girl every Christmas Eve my Mum would read me ‘The Night Before Christmas’. It was a lovely tale about Santa Claus - accompanied by brightly colored pictures depicting his wooden house in Lappland with a snowy roof and candles glowing at the window. Santa would be beavering away in his cozy cabin to make lots of presents for every child in the world - obviously with the assistance of his elves (we all know that Santa couldn’t manage this task on his own - well unless he bulldozed the log cabin and opened up a multi-line production factory in Luton). Anyway, back to the point I was making….which is that I’ve found where Santa lives and it’s the village of Jukkasjarvi in Northern Sweden - well it looks very like “The ... read more

Hej Hej min familj och kompis, I got home from Kiruna yesterday and I am still exhausted. We were only there technically 2 nights. The other two nights were spent on 16 hour overnight trains getting there and then back. Try sleeping in a train seat, not the best. It even affected my dreams. I had one that I was so bored on the train that I left and went to the beach where I was riding an ostrich and then a weird hippo/wombat appeared and the ostrich jumped on it and started riding it so we ran along the beach together. Odd I am aware. We arrived in Kiruna fresh faced and ready to brave the cold in this little town in the tippy top of Sweden resting above the Arctic Circle. We put our ... read more

Welcome to Stockholm During summer this year we have tried to do some sightseeing in our hometown - Stockholm. We thought it could be fun to publish one entry with photos from here so you can get an idea of what Stockholm is like. Since the majority of the readers of this blog are not from Sweden we thought why not using this forum to advertise Stockholm a little bit. It is a very nice city and it is well worth a visit. In summer that is. Not even we would recommend anyone to come here in winter really... One of the highlights of any visit to Stockholm is the well preserved Old Town. The Old Town is very different from the rest of the city in the sense that it is virtually free of cars, ... read more

Ha borjar resan for Charlotte och Mattias. Sydostasien here we come! Charlotte harmed kallad 'C'. Mattias kan komma att kallas 'M' i bloggen. Fick ta ett tidigare plan an beraknat, rappade pa ordentligt! Snabb drink vid gaten pa Landvetter innan avgang. 6 timmar i Kastrup gick hyfsat fort. C tappade sushi pa golvet sa det skvatte och M halsade fran var yuccapalm dar hemma till dennes kompisar pa Kastrup. Hann aven med en laaaang promenad fran ena anden av flygplatsen till den andra. Tamligen helt ointressanta 6 timmar helt enkelt. Businessclass ar vart varenda spann! Steg ombord forst o sippade pa Champagne medan resten av passagerarna boardade. Stota fatoljer som kunde fallas helt horisontellt, med massage i stolen(!) T.o.m M hade gott om plats. Meny: Gronsallad med lavendeldressing, rokt renstek med vasterbotenflarn, havsabborre med olivpotatismos samt ... read more

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