http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Sweden , Jämtland en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 10:21:16 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:21:16 +0000 Hede 17.07.2011.Seit wir in unserem Wohnmobil wohnen haben wir mit ihm schon 1139606 Kilometer abgespult. Es luft zu unserer vollsten Zufriedenheit. Ausser selbst verschuldeten Pannen kaputtgefahrene Markise hatten wir bis anhin keine Probleme mit ihm. Hoffentlich bleibt das so. Der Durchschnittsverbrauch von 12 Litern auf 100 Km ist fr einen 3 Liter Motor 157 PS mit Automaticgetrieb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/blog-627945.html Na een schadevergoeding voor het affikken van Chefs hotel betaald te hebben aan de rekening te zien zijn we nu medeeigenaren.. was het tijd om te testen of Henks knietje het al weer een beetje deed die was kapotgegaan op weg naar Preikestolen dat stukje rots in die fjord. Na een uurtje heuvelop werd de boomgrens bereikt en ook de grens van het knietje. Dat viel niet tegen dus. Na de terugt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/blog-523871.html December 30th 2009 to January 5th 2010 Hede StockholmThe plans had been made shortly before Christmas a week in a cabin in remote Sweden with a select 5 of my favorite rugby friends a little bit of skiing a little bit of saunatime and probably a whole lot of drinking. But with coming back from backpacking round 2 in November plus Christmas and with my Sandhurst start date advancing at an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/blog-482465.html Alright now i have set up a new travel blog. All i need to do now is figure out how to use it. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/-re/blog-455120.html Been a while since we had a trip now so me and Jenny decided to try out an adventure in our home country. This time we headed north to my dads childhood village Hacks. I love taking friends there. So anyway We drove for about three hours before we reached that lovely red cabin. Since it was rather late we only had some sandwiches for dinner.. There is always the option to go up to Hacks Dri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Hackas/blog-425074.html So as a general overview of what I've been doing the past couple of weeks I am including this blog entry. Just as an FYI I might get confused as to what day it was so forgive me.Ok After I left Lena Patrik and co. I rode the train from Trondhiem to stersund with Tord Gerd and Marielle evidently some relation of mine. We went from the train station to Hammerdal is that the correct spelli http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-423524.html So this is really an entry to let everyone know that it's Josh's birthday today Hurray Bring on the cake presents and the parade I tried to organize in his honour I should probably mention that it's his evil twin's birthday too. So Happy 14th Birthday Lincon May you have many more Oh Josh I tried to hire a skywriter but he only spoke swedish and wouldn't make the hop across the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-423497.html Regnet har hngt i luften hela dagen med avbrott av korta skurar nu duggregnar det. SMHI har varnat fr mycket stora regnmngder under de nrmaste dagarna.Perfekt fr en fjlltur alltsNu r allt packat och klart Lindas sck vger in p 18 kg och min p 22 mindre n vad jag ngonsin haft fr en veckas fjlltur.Imorgon br det av mot Storulvn http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-422106.html From A to B in 6Storulvn till HglekardalenS var det dags fr en liten fjlltur ett av de intressen som Linda och jag har gemensamt. Infr denna lilla tur s har vi kompletterat vr fjllutrustning med lite nya klder lite nya prylar och ett tlt. Det blev ett Keron 3 av Hilleberg jag r fortfarande frgad av min Sarektripp 1993 nr vi hade ett Keron 4 som r det absolut b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-421789.html Och s var det slut fr den hr gngen och jag tnkte vl sammanfatta mitt lilla ventyr 500 mil p en sportster blev rtt s bra i slutndan Frdelar med att resa med hoj Man r mera exponerad fr omgivningen. Lukter ljud etc. Man r inte lika avskrmad som i en bil som knns som att sitta hemma och spela Grand Turismo p PS3an i jmfrelse. Temperaturdippar knns ver http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-421384.html Valentines day 15 people get a wash for the first time in a week.We made it through. On the last day I took a final ski caught up with sleep before slipping into my bikini for the Hot tub using lake water and Sauna. Hans bought over a fantastic meal of Moose burgers in gravy. The celebratory beer didn't numb our bare feet against the snow one bit Just when we thought the challenge was over http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-375158.html Congratulations well done you've made it. You are all winners. Get up get back to the cabin. It's better to be a winner in life. Well done. Rich 14th FebruaryWe woke up at 6am to Rich's voice. I can still hear it now. We'd made it. We made it through alive. We were the first team for a number of years at Intrepid that had all made it through the challenge. No drop outs and extreme http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-374343.html We're all feeling pretty tired after last night. Temperatures fluctuated throughout the night as we took it in turns to add more wood to the stove which glowed bright red when hot.On my firewatch I managed to melt part of the sleeve of my McMurdo Parka. Fortunately I'd bought some Goretex repair patches along with me. I spent the most of my firewatch hour making impromptu repairs.The fire too http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-374120.html The Swedish have abandoned their army they decided they never needed it anymore Nigel 11th FebWe spent the evening shoveling out 1 metre thick snow for a fire a to erect a 20 man Swedish Army tent. Fire doesn't light or burn so well in these temperatures. It's our first night in the cold we were all apprehensive this evening. Now we are all concentrating on food and warmth. Jobs were divi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-374008.html Imagine a small Swedish village complete with gorgeous cabins spreading up the hillside snowcovered trees in every direction a huge mountain backdrop on one side an enormous frozen lake on the other. This is re. It was an absolute joy to return here again. Stepping off the train the crisp mountain air instantly made every minute of the six hour journey worth it. One year on since our last http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/-re/blog-373252.html A visit to Sweden wouldnt be complete without at least seeing or perhaps eating a reindeer the subject of every childs Christmas dream and the quintessential Northern beast. There was no way I was going to take the easy way out having come this far I refused to visit theme parks petting zoos are worse still introduce myself awkwardly to an airtight plastic pack at the supermarke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/blog-344470.html Un petit coucou dstersund C'est une petite ville au beau milieu de la Suede pres du 3eme plus grand lac du pays. Ca sent la neige ici il fait froid mais c'est un froid suportable car il fait beau ni pluie ni vent ca fait plaisir Je vais aller me balader sur l'ile pres d'ici je verai peu etre le monstre du grand lac Ce soir je prend le train de nuit pour Kiruna et la je pense que la nei http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/Ostersund/blog-335388.html Ah following on from Christmas in Sweden was a quick trip to the familyfriendly skifield of re in the Swedish mountains near the SwedenNorwegian border. re is apparently Sweden's number one ski resort consisting of four separate ski areas and cute little villages containing everything from beauticians to coffee houses to trinket stores. The scenery is breathtaking particularly from the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/-re/blog-320371.html If you looking for a adventure in the north of Sweden I would like to recomend this sitewww.adventurebooking.se http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/-re/blog-255217.html Sweden and Norway very sorry still no photos. will get them scanned and digitalised at some point I promiseFor my birthday my lovely mother gave me a week in a timeshare in Sweden. Very exciting. We picked it because it was easy to get to without a car being within walking distance of a train line.I flew into Trondheim in northern Norway from London where Id spent a week catching http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/J-mtland/blog-193903.html