Borlange Scandic

... of these fish recipes from her before I forget). Yesterday we drove around Siljansjö, which is a large lake and then checked out the town of Mora and went to a Dalicarlian wooden horse factory. Most of the rest of the time we've been hiking around the area and enjoying scrumptious pastries. So soon my journey will be coming to a close as I return to NY. I hope you all enjoyed my travel blog!

Hey all,
I went to uppsala which was a forty minute train ride because there was a few things I wanted to see there and where happened to be my hotel. Uppsala had actually burned down a while back and was rebuilt. It is smaller than I expected. I saw the castle there (not too spectacular) but the botanical gardens (part of the castle) was. It was beautiful.

Stockholm to Õrebro
Today we woke up to rain and of course my poor body HATES the rain, but I managed to get up and get going. We had hoped to go visit Skansen the outdoor museum in Stockholm but realized that was out, with the rotten weather, and I only thought it was rotten in Denmark! Well more time to spend with family. When leaving the hotel, we approached the tiny 3 person elevator which would of broken every building code the US has ever ...

... there five other times but held only four, due to the breakout of the second World War. They were cancelled in 1940 due to invasion of the Nazie troops. You will notice though the Nazi flag is shown in the picture of the Championship dysplay. It has also hosted many of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceromonies. It was so nice to arrive in our room ready to watch a bit of TV and relax after a long tireing drive in the rain. The only problem was that unless you ...

... just right. It wasn't too short and not too long. The last presentation was mine and was entitled "The Gospel of the Kingdom of God." We passed out the last of the handouts and tidied up the meeting hall. A number of our people had to leave on the 1:06 PM train that headed towards Stockholm. Some of the brethren such as the Asians both in Norway and Finland had to leave earlier for their respective destinations. We are talking about doing ...

... with all the ministers present. Then back up "the hill" for refreshments and socializing that continued late into night....but it doesn't seem so because it's so light outside. Even at midnight, it is not totally dark. It was wonderful as people were talking to one harmoniously with a great spirit of unity. The feeling is that we have a wonderful new start and that we want to continue this......

... There are a few glitches in getting people situated into rooms. The rooms are "smaller" than our expectations. That's all I say. I'm sure we'll get "adjusted" to them. Our opening night meeting started at 6:00 PM. Paul Spenser led songs, I accompanied the hymns and then gave the message titled "What is the Church?." There are people from other Sabbath-keeping groups and I wanted us to be ...

Via hällregn (som en dusch!) som medgav en hastighet på ca 70 km/ h på en finfin 110-väg nådde vi till slut Falun. Hälsades välkomna av Alex & Lina som dukade upp en strålande middag med jordgubbsdaiquiris, ingefärsgrillade scampi och hemmagjord mockaglass. Sedan blev det dags för en spelomgång i " Ticket to ride" där det gällde att bygga järnväg kors & tvärs över Europa enligtett intrikat regelverk. Mycket roligt även om värdinnan hade den dåliga smaken att vinna :-) Nu läggdags!

Nu har förberedelserna pågått ett tag. Böcker om Kina skall läsas, ett antal googlingar på platser som kan vara av intresse. Mycket kretsar kring allt jag hoppas hinna med vid sidan av studierna. Det visar sig väl så småningom vad tid jag har för allt annat. Snart börjar studierna här hemma på högskolan, och då får jag väl den första känslan för vad det är jag gett mig in på, - att lära mig kinesiska.

I went to Sweden to visit a friend of a friend! We had a great time - I was staying with him at his University Halls and made loads of really great new friends from all over the world. It snowed, it rained, it flooded - and then it for so hot we were sunbathing! I had a fantastic time visiting the local museums, getting drunk, getting to know more about traditional Swedish culture and came home with many great memories.