Hotel Falun

... 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!

... we found a clean albeit small 12m2 room. Not want to spend much time in there other than to sleep we went across the parking lot to a place called Gustivik not knowing what it was we ventured in only to find a world of water. With slides, a wave pool, a rushing river, (yes rushing not lazy) the largest swimming pool I ever saw and a few Jacuzzis scattered around and all of this for only about $10.00, as Noah would say, we had the best day ever.

... s) apple tree we walked across the street to the Orebro Slott (castle), where King Gustuve XI came to visit. The Castle has been used as a prison, a military compound, a royal castle in the 14th and 15th centuries and the Swedish parliament was even convened a few times in days gone byand it now houses the parliment. Then on to Wadkoping where they rebuilt several homes from the 18th century. We bought a few knickknacks and walked around Wadkoping and had a ...

Today most of us disperse and there is a sadness in the air. The Swedish Summer Gathering has been a total success in getting many of the Nordic/Baltic brethren together. We had a total of 38 come. On high attendance was 34 on the Sabbath. Several had never known of each before, but they sure do now. Our mix of sermons and seminars was not only good in content, but the amount of time we had for meetings, socializing and just enjoying nature ...

... 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 people ...

... is and he says two miles, it is really 12 US miles. That happened to us when we were in Luleå, Sweden last January. The weather is bright, sunny and warm and the temperature is above average. It is good to meet people we've known and new people as well. It was wonderful to see our Karen brethren from Norway and Finland arrive. K Paw Gay and her husband Hteser came from Trondheim with two ...

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.

... as opposed to the 30 C everyone had to put up with outside. Anyway the pictures speak for themselves. I wandered around town later in the day. Despite being an old industrial town it´s really beautiful. I went through a really nice old residential neighborhood consisting of many wooden houses where the miners use to live, then checked out the city center, which was a bit more modern, though still preserved much of the old ...