Ditt Hotell Alvdalen Mora

... 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!

... again in July next year. Bev and I stay another day and won't leave until Monday morning for Stockholm. We spent the afternoon sitting in the warm sun and talking with the few left ....Anthony and Marguarita Miles from Oslo, Solveig Hammer from Stockholm and Paul and Kira Spenser from Mjölby. The length of daylight is long; we spent the rest of the day basking in the success of warm aura of how well this weekend went. Tomorrow on to Stockholm.

... 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......

... what's best to do. We know that some would like the Feast in Sweden, but we have to consider what will serve the needs of the brethren, particularly the people in the Baltic Republics and their ability to get to the Feast. Sweden would be out of range for them. The US dollar has taken a terrible hit. Things seem VERY EXPENSIVE. But, the location in this scenic lake region called Dolarna is certainly attractive. Before ...

The preparations, packing etc took place at my family's house in Älvdalen, Sweden. I moved all my things here. Not paying rent is important when travelling for long time. Story on At home

A nice sunny drive south. Made quite a milage. Tired we rolled into Mora. Parked at the railwaystation by the lake. Walked for a bit, asked round for a good preice on accomodation. Found a Best Western. Had a few beers and settled in for the night.

We Spent the day driving around the Swedish country side... which is short for sayin we drove and saw a lot of lakes and forests!!! in the middle we stopped and had a look at the finish line for the Vasa Loppet... and amazing 90km Xcountry ski race which has been running ...

... back-bone of Sweden's economy for several hundred years according to the guide there (who turned out to be Finnish and seemed to enjoy bashing Swedes). At one point this mine accounted for 70% of the world's copper, though this was back in the 1700's. The mine was shut down in 1992, but remains open for visits. It was also a great escape down into the subbterrainian world where it was a nice and cool 5 degrees centigrade (40 F ...

Ja siis oligi: heitsime magama - sadas, ärkasime hommikul üles - sadas, terve päeva (24. juuni - jaanipäev! - selle päeva olime me lihtsalt telgis kogu aeg) - sadas, läksime õhtul magama - ikka sadas, ja isegi kui ma veel vara-varahommikul veidi ärkvel olin - sadas. Aga ennelõuna poole jäi veidi järele, korjasime kodinad kokku ning hakkasime hääletama. Oli kolmapäev - 25. juuni. Et jah - jaanipäeva meil ...

... sti lahke ja tore - näitas meile sealkandi vaatamisväärsusi - sajandeid vanu rootsi palkmaju. Kujutad ette! - terve külatäis säilinud vanu rootsi-punast värvi maju! Sealkandis olid ka esimesed juba mägede moodi mäed. Eelnevalt olime teede ääres juba veidi graniiti näinud... Ta viis meid ka ühe kõrge koha peale, kust avanes amazing vaade järvele ja selle ümber asuvatele mägedele... Läheduses pidi olema ka suusamägi, kuhu ta soovitas k ...