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Solo in Norway
It sounds like you are having a wonderful time. The church's are interesting. Serenity.

Pakistan
I love following your world travels. How wonderful to get to attend his wedding and you looked great! It looked like a wonderful happy event.

Beauty around every corner
Rich in history and artifacts. Thanks for taking us along.

Romania is on our short list
I was excited to read this blog as we hope to go to Romania soon. We saw a documentary on it a few months ago and we were surprised at all it has to offer. We will follow your travels closely.

Short Visit to Cairo...
It seems that nothing has changed since my visit in 1983. I stopped over in Cairo for two days on the way from Bangkok to Germany anod had the same itinerary as you. The airport was terrible then. The worst problem was boarding the plane with no order...300 Germans boarding at once!

Wow
Now that is a meal. I understand why you were full!

Snowstorm, Subway art and Arlanda
Hi. I just had to read your blog as it is about my hometown. Sorry about the terrible weather. That's winter in Stockholm I am afraid. I hope you have the chance of coming back in Summer some other year. You will most likely get better weather if you. Can't promise anything though. Interesting that you knew about the decorated metro stations. I know about it but have not really given myself time to explore this part of Stockholm myself yet. I have been thinking about it but never found the time. Interesting how diffrent your and my view is of Arlanda airport. Did you go from Terminal 5? That's the one I mostly travel from and I find it smooth and efficient. It sounds from your story that you might have travelled from one of the other terminals. /Ake

Sweden
Fabulous.!

What an adventure!!!
And with your family. I bet the kids had fun. I'm not sure I can take the cold. Our high tomorrow is at midnight tonight at -1 F and I plan to stay indoors as much as possible. Anyway, I recall taking the train from Stockholm to Kiruna and on to Narvik, Norway in Aug 1968 right after graduating from high school. Then I took the train, ferry, and bus down the length of Norway to Oslo...my Eurailpass days!

Memories
This post brings back memories of our Christmas spent in Europe in 2013. After flying into Munich and ‘doing’ the Christmas markets in several German cities we travelled on to Copenhagen. After a couple of very cold days exploring beautiful Copenhagen and all the fabulous winter markets we were all set to continue by train to Stockholm. Unfortunately some nasty weather caused the inter-city train to be cancelled … but only after we had crossed the Øresund Bridge on a local rail service … so we had an unscheduled night in a hotel in Malmö, Sweden. The adventures that we have when our travels don’t quite go according to plan!

Tajikistan
We spent two weeks in Tajikistan and loved every minute of it. So much beauty.

Iskanderkul
How lucky you seem to be to take a jaunt in Tajikistan on a whim or a dream. For Denise and I when we joined Travel Camel and the Binkleys for our roadtrip into the High Pamir, it was not easy getting there from Oz...but so so worth it. This pic captures the coloured palette of incredible views that is await you there. I have heard the Fan Mountains are sensational and your pic gives just a taste. Understandable that you could not doze as you'd miss so much of the spectacular. Love the roads cut into the sides of mountains in your pic. I'll post it in our 'Follow that road' thread in the Photography Forum. For those that venture there those roads lead to Heaven in my book! Hope you have further hikes there.