Carlton Hotel Karlstad
Jaernvaegsgatan 8 Karlstad, Värmland, Swedish Lakeland, 65225, Sweden
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Alternativ Jul 2011
... uten alkohol og gode vegetariske gourmet måltider. Den kan gi deg en opplevelse av ekte nærvær i møtet med andre, mange gode klemmer og en følelse av nærhet, glede og inpirasjon.
På programmet har vi mann/kvinne workshops, tema kun for voksne/ kun for
barn og flere workshops ...
A necessary few days in one place
... that means but I suspect it has to do with some Puritan's idea of the evils of alcohol. Theerafter we went to the Maxi to get the vitals ( Swedish where possible which meant Susan's cold cuts, the cheese and the vegs and fruit). We made our way easily to Skutberget as advised and found a lovely spot to set up picnic and enjoy the scenery and our picnic basket.
The cloudy skies were not the worry but the audible thunder. Eventually but not too soon ...
The continuing adventures in Sweden
... including a stop at Ikea to look around and of course Diane and I found something to buy). We also stopped for a bite to eat - those wonderful meatballs with lingon berry sauce. We had a tour on the sites of Karlsted including the Metso site. Oscar and Diane's work associate, Anders lived a few kms. out of Karlsted on a lake where we visited him and were lucky enough to get a ride in his boat to ...
Awesome hidden village in Turku
... We did some shopping in the Duty Free shop and had a snack. We got back to our cabin around 11:30 and then Oscar and Diane decided to go to the lounge downstairs for a drink and some dancing. They found the song "Rock Around the Clock" in Fin quite amusing. We had to get up at 5 a.m. Swedish time to be ready for the buffet breakfast at 5:30 so not too much sleep that night.
In Karlstad ...
Sweden in a nut shell
... So we bundled up in 3 layers of pants each, 3 layers on top, then huge winter jackets. Then we went tobagganing down a steep little hill and then we spent the next hour jumping in huge snow drifts. Wanted to make the most of our last time in snow for a while. We had a great dinner with Fridas mom and dad and played games all night.
New Year's day we packed our bags and we headed to Stockholm, to catch our flight at 7 A.M. Saturday Morning.
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