Category: Swedish Vanderings/Wanderings
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It really had a been a very rainy day. We had tried to do the laundry and then we did it again via the storm. We didn't really want to spend a day in the house. So there was only one option and that was to get in the car and head South.…
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We started off with the intention of having lunch with the older members of our family known as the "ancient ones." As we came into the little village of När on Gotland, we passed the church which led to many questions being asked as to "why does each town have a huge cathedral like church…
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One summer day the entire Svangren tribe less Per and Lotta, and a couple of Budayrs' made it over to the great amusement park of Kneippbyn. First things first though,……all that was on this boys mind was riding the go carts. With so many people around it does take a lot of patience. First ,bring…
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From a very young age I realized that I had two homes. The one I lived in with and surrounded by my large family and the other home was across the seas, where my family came from. The telling was always the same, I would sit outside with my father, my grandmother, an aunt, or any…
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While touring around the island of Gotland, we discovered something we call "wandering moments". This is when you must stop your car or bicycle to just take a moment to walk down an undiscovered path, see what being in the middle of a field of flowers looks like, to admire a finely crafted stone wall,…
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Driving under blue skies and through a variety of wheat and hay fields we met a forest. Surprisingly, out of a meadow rose a butress of a cathedral. It was totally unexpected and so we had to stop and see what this was. Walking through the path and by the ancient wall we encountered…
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Finally we're back online. For the last couple of weeks I haven't had an internet connection. Though it was all around me, my computer didn't acknowledge the connections and I couldn't find any. I've never had that problem before, but we just rolled with the punches and had a great vacation to Gotland. We recorded almost…
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Sweden has a long standing tradition of glassblowing. Personally, I love glass and I don't think there is such a thing as too much glass. Lucky for us not only did we find glass but the furnace was hot and working. We just had to stay and watch. It was totally mesmerizing. The furnace…
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This is the boy over the last two years has built a myriad of trebuchets in a variety of sizes. Small ones, medium size ones, fairy sized ones. But nothing could have prepared him for this. A lifesize trebuchet. Seeing is believing. It left him speechless and a bit in awe. I'm just waiting for…
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On the very first day of our visit, little "O" started questioning everyone about "How long is the day?" Is there a sunset? and of course the reverse is true as well. "When does the sunrise?" "How long is night?" The best answers to these questions is to experience them for oneself. Eating pizza at…