Hotell Kung G'sta 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!

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 ...

... satisfying and meaningful events for my wife Beverly and me because we feel that our support of these children has turned throwaway kids who would have no future now would become human beings with dignity. We have been able to see the marvelous fruits in the past seven years and we were so happy to realize a project this past summer. You can read a posting about this project on the LifeNets Web ...

Everyone who will be at our Summer Gathering has now arrived. Today's schedule is to have meetings in the morning and evening with time for recreation in the afternoon. Jim Franks spoke about the development of the 20 Fundamental Beliefs in the United Church of God. In the afternoon Bev and I drove with the Spenser's and Saxin's to Mora about one hour away. There we looked over a possible venue for the 2009 Feast of ...

... Jesmina Alloua, who has been a great friend over the years met us at baggage claim and helped us get on the shuttle to the Radisson Hotel near the airport. There we also met Johnnie Lambert and Elisabeth Helmig from Germany who flew up special for this event. Andy Lee, who now lives in Warsaw, Poland, flew in from Moscow and well had a marvelous Swedish breakfast. After breakfast, back on the ...

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

Midsommer is celebrated in Sweden every year on the Friday evening between 19 and 25 of June, so this year it was actually one day after summer solstice. It is a big holiday in Sweden - the day is a public holiday and everyone leaves the cities for country or archipeligo homes. I traveled to Dalarna, a county that I was told is one of ...

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 ...

Hääletamises olime me muidugi mõlemad täiesti algajad - mõlemad Eestis paar korda ja mitte eriti iseseisvalt kätt proovinud... Asi, mis me kindlalt teadsime, kiirteel ei tohi hääletada. A kuidas aru saada, kas on kiirtee? Ja soovitus, mis olime T.-i sõpradelt kaasa saanud, püüdke rekkasid. Kohalikud pidavat väga halvad pealevõtjad olema, seda eriti Norras. Pull on muidugi see, et terve reisi vältel liikusime me peaasjalikult just ...