First Brage Borlange
Stationsgatan 1-3 Borlange, Dalarna, Swedish Lakeland, 78433, Sweden
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A day in the life
... had 2 or 3 days of frost! So I don't mind a little bit of rain! :) The air is really dry as well, I feel worse than in Kenya about how dry it is.. so it feels like the rain mitigates this a little bit.
I'm very excited aboug going home for Christmas! It's still about a month away, but time is passing by so quickly, that before I notice I will be packing some clothes, getting in the plane and then stretching at the beach, under the 40C sun of ...
Wealth Of A Nation.
... news over coffee, settled into our backpackers then headed off for the 7.30pm tour.
The Falun copper and iron mining area is amazing. It is said to be responsible for the birth of the Swedish nation. We learnt that a lot of the copper we have seen adorning buildings all around the world, but particularly in the churches of Europe, came from this mine in Sweden. Our tour took us underground and gave some insight ...
Jag förstår inte svenska
... Falun. It's a quite a remarkable site, and a very important part in the history of Sweden. It has been a mine for 1000's of years, and has produced much of the country's copper. Although it has always quite a dirty and industrial area it was always considered a national treasure and had many famous visitors. I was surprised to see that royalty and other celebrities had been down the mines, and heard that there had even been formal dinners and events deep down in the ...
Dalicarlian Delight
... 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 ...
The Last Day of the Summer Gathering
... 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 ...



