Back to posting after several busy days of visiting. On day 4 cousin Torsten picked us up in Uppsala and we drove to several stops. First was Lovstabruk which is a town where our ancestors were smiths who had come to Sweden from France long ago. We next met up with cousin Britt and her […]
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Leaving Kalmar in the morning, we traveled to the Kosta Böda/Orrefors factory. We saw glass blowing being done, and an exhibit of musical instruments made of glass. We then went to the Trollskogen in Gamleby. It was raining, but that is rather perfect troll weather. We ended the day at our hotel in Uppsala where
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Don and I began our day with an early walk around the city center outside our hotel in Kalmar. The Kalmar Stadshotell is on a central square that is also home to the cathedral. We then met Parker and Rhianna for a great breakfast buffet (breads and cold cuts, yum) before heading over the
Collecting people from three different airplanes, and three airlines is a bit like herding cats, but we made it, collected our BMW X 5 for the drive and headed south. Swedish roads are great, especially compared to Colorado. We stopped for dinner in Soderkoping next to the Kanal right on lock. There continued our drive
A plan for Days 7-9, and a bit of 10 Day 7 and 8. Use the gocity pass. (prices go up on this July 10, so may want to buy two day pass now) One one day visit Djurgarden (we can travel by ferry or bus with the gocity pass) where there are bunch of
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Here is the plan I have developed for Don and my trip to Sweden. I have provided links to info about areas and to the hotels we are staying in. Your passport must be good for at least 3 months after the planned stay. Currently the US is allowing on-line renewals for many passports that
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