Korstappans Herrgard Leksand

... 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!

... 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 doing ...

... 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 ...

... evening meeting we had a barbecue on the hill. We have appreciated the all the people pitching in to help. Andy Lee, Ben Haworth and John Wënnstrom kept the bbq grills going. Jesmina, Elisabeth, Bev, Ingrid were preparing the food. In the evening we had a message by Johnnie Lambert about How to be a Christian living in isolation such as many of the people attending. Then Britton Taylor spoke about how to control anger.

... 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 ...

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.

... most traditional in Sweden to experience the Maypole, little frog song & dance, pickled herring, schnapps, traditional Swedish attire and all other things midsommer. I wasn't quite far enough north to get the midnight sun, but it never got completely dark - at midnight I was able to walk around (in the forrest) without a flashlight.

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.

... fish was even better! Afterwords we headed around town and up to Taalberg (a cute village). Now this village (as well as Leksand) are places that (despite travelling around the world) are extreme rarities. Pretty much all of the homes were built in the traditional Dalicarlian (a region in Sweden) style and there was like not advertising anywhere or in fact any signs of big ...