First Hotel Grand Falun
Trotzgatan 9 - 11 Falun, Dalarna, Swedish Lakeland, 79171, Sweden
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Wealth Of A Nation.
... the dash and eased our way out of the parking garage and onto the street, in the pouring rain.The GPS found the signal..... and spoke Swedish! We had specifically asked for it to be in English, we had to find somewhere to pull over and sort this out first. That done, howeve,r now somehow, I had changed something else and it was simulating the journey and giving us instructions that were not correct. Finally after a bit ...
Jag förstår inte svenska
... br> Also, one of the byproducts of the mine is a red mineral that was used in paint. still is used in paint, and the famous "Falun red" is the colour of most of the heritage buildings in Sweden - the oh so recognizable swedish red houses. (and the Finnish ones too perhaps?). Further reading: http://www.kopparberget.com/en/Falu-Gru va/
Bowling, BBQ's and breakfasts have filled the days so far, and last night a nice hot sauna. Pictures to follow shortly...
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Dalicarlian Delight
I concluded my 2 month adventure with a 2 day visit to Anna's aunt Birgitta in Leksand, which is in the traditional Dalicarlian region of Sweden. I should note we had a small delay on the train ride up to Leksand since the train hit a moose, which apparently isn't that uncommon here. Birgitta has been the best host up here taking me around and cooking us the best meals (in fact I have to ...
The Last Day of the Summer Gathering
... 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 ...
Sabbath in Leksand/Baptism
... the location of the two self catering units that we had rented for two of the families. In the afternoon we had a regular Sabbath Service with two sermons, one by Britton Taylor about Prayer. People commented about both Britt Taylor's messages as being most practical and relevant. Then Jim Franks spoke about the story of Barnabas, the son of encouragement and the importance of having such ...
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