Blogs from Östergötland County, Sweden, Europe

Hallo Friends Es zieht uns langsam nach Süden. Auf dieser Strecke, der Baltic Sea Küste entlang, besuchten wir den Zoo von Kolmärden. Nach Aussagen von Schweden, etwas Einzigartiges. Dies können wir jedenfalls bestätigen und er war die zwei Besuchstage wert. Speziell erwähnenswert ist die Schwebebahn die über die Savannenanlage geführt wird und man ca 30 Minuten die Tierwelt von oben in Ruhe betrachten und geniessen kann. Zur Tierwelt kommen diverse Fahrgeschäfte, wobei die "Achterbahn" die in Holzbauweise erstellt wurde, als grosser Blickfang dasteht. Die Weiterfahrt gab uns die Möglichkeit den Götakanal bei Söderköping zu besuchen. Dieser Kanal ist mit Hausbooten, Segelbooten sowie mit Flusskreuzfahrtschiffen befahrbar.Die Länge beträgt 190 Km, wurde zwischen 1810 und 1832 durch 58000 Schwedische Soldaten von Hand erstellt, besitzt 58 Schleusen und überwindet 91,8 Meter. Kalma... read more

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Hello Everyone We left Östersund and boarded the Inlandsbanan train,the staff on the train we’re so friendly and we all had a lot 9f fun,our main aim was to spot Reindeers,moose or Elk,it was a full time job doing this, it I spotted about 7 reindeers. We stopped at a place called Vilhelmina Nora for lunch and the sandwiches were amazing ,I had salmon,and the salmon is something to die for!!!. Climbed back on train being well fed,it was getting much colder as we travelled North,and everyone was putting on more layers. Kevin spent a lot of the time with the driver of the train,He was having a ball!!. Transferred from train to a coach and travelled to a Sami Village,a forest encampment to hear about Sami culture,went into a Sami dwelling and all sat around ... read more

So last night I got a call from my "friend mom" asking if I'd like to go long skating with her and her partner. I have to admit I questioned this considering the weather has been so warm around here lately...but i went with it because I thought if nothing else it would be an amazing experience. For those who don't know, long skating is quite different than normal skating. You have boots that sometimes have a square toe, and you strap the blades on to that and kind of just tie them around. It requires a fair amount of equipment to get out there on the lake. My friend family go out quite a bit so they happened to have everything. I had a backpack with extra warm clothing that had to be strapped across ... read more

Well hello again! This is a whole new thing for me- 2 posts in 2 days!! I just wanted to update with a few pictures of what I woke up to this morning. Sweden is funny in the sense that last night when I went to bed there was absolutely no indication that when I woke up I should be pulling out the Christmas decorations and roasting chestnuts on an open fire. It's a frigan winter wonderland over here! The weather is not so cold (which is probably what makes it such prime conditions for so much snow!) as it is just 1 degree here and will apparently be a high of 3 the rest of the week. The catch is, it is supposed to snow from now right through to Thursday! Oh boy! Someone is ... read more