Hotel Freden Karlstad

Kenny writes:<br>Damn school kids woke us &amp; Jas up at 1.30am! Anyway they were just having fun ( and without Jas we probably would have joined them!) and eventually p*ssed off someplace else. Little bit cloudy morning but nonetheless still picturesque. We managed to get out of the camp site at a record 11.30 am this morning which could even be further improved upon given that this was a complete pack up including the van awning and the tent. I took the liberty to do a spot of ...

... grounds are stunning with its own little beach and wooded forest and the waters of lake vanern weren't too cold, we might even consider a dip later...<br><br>Our gorgeous serenity was then only ruined by 2 bus loads of high school students. Damn... ah well kind of nice to have some more people around.<br><br>We had a game of mini golf in the afternoon, it seems big over here as there is a course at every ...

... the sea level was 25 metres higher than it is today. Some of the scenes show what could be trading, relgious beliefs, gods of nordic mythology, the list goes on. As Kenny said they have been painted red to show us the strength of the carving but may or may not have been painted. Being painted makes it seem quite surreal, like we are not witnessing the originals but I can see why they have chosen to paint them as they are so clear and distinct. Again there was only one other ...

... excellent if you are interested in maritime life and salvage operations. It is dark though so apologies for the photos. <br><br>So now, I&#8217;m writing you from Paris. We are staying with Sarah and Nissim for the night, and then heading to Northern France to wwoof. Wwooffing (www.wwoofing.org) is an international organization where you work for a farm and they house you and feed you some of your meals. The work can be varied as can be the ...

... work time in Sweden and Norway as the camping grounds and hostel have been really empty. The public transport options here are awesome, you can take a bus anywhere, the trains work, and the city provide a free cycle hire service. There are bicycles everywhere, hundreds of them. NZ really needs to take a lesson from this. Yesterday I went to another museum and learnt about some Varmland history, and called my family from a payphone outside the tourist office, then bought a watch ...

... go out in a minute to watch them do hot laps shortly. I really am quite relieved to have found somewhere affordable again. I will be going back to Norway, but I think I will be travelling through it pretty quickly. I am quite tired of travelling at the moment and am missing home and friends and family a bit, but I know there is so much more to see and do ahead! until next time, -mike

Since i'm new to this kind of things so lets see how this ends up:) Right now i'm not out travelling, i'm sitting in my parents flat in central Karlstad where I just found this blog while playing Traveler IQ Challange on facebook, so i thought, what have i got to lose? Travelling is a big part of my life and so far i have seen very much, but there is still very much ...

19 minutes past midnight and we are leaving Karlstad by a bus that is taking us to Örebro, where we'll change to another bus that will take us to Stockholm Skavsta Airport in Nyköping. In about 17 hours we'll hopefully be in Innsbruck in some pub or fan-area where we can view the game between Sweden and Spain.

We have been living on an island for almost a month now. Today we woke up to 4C and thought that the time had come to leave. We still don't know if we are selling our hose in Florida NEXT week or not. I think realtors (real estate agents) are the tru evil on earth! How much pure **** can come out of ones mouth and still nothing happens?

... and the 10 piece swedish breakfasts. With Helena we did more walking and hiking around the neighborhoods and lakes. plus she took us into the city to see more of the downtown before catching our bus. It was sad to leave after only a few days but we did want to see Stockholm before we left for Finland. So far Sweden gets a thumbs up from both of us. A very easy country to visit and navigate and a whole lot cuter than most of the US.