Scandic Hotel Grand Orebro

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 get ...

... it is I don't know,<br> and yet I am supposed to know,<br>And I feel I look stupid<br> If I seem not to know it<br> and not know what it is I don't know.<br>Therefore I pretend to know it.<br> This is nerve-wracking<br> since I don't know what I must pretend to know.<br>Therefore I pretend to know everything.<br>I feel I know what I am supposed to know<br> but you can't tell me what it is<br> because you don't know that I don't know what it is."<br><br>(R. D. Laing, Knots)

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 ...

After a very cold night in the van with temperatures dropping to 10 degrees it did mean that the clear skies of the day before had brought with it a gorgeous sunrise with just a couple of clouds. Funny, I used to always struggle to get out of bed to check out sunrises, and now with Jasper its quite a regular occurence!<br><br>So after a lie in, we took in the serenity as you might say!Thats for you Sashy! The ...

The opening of the Ung 7 exhibition at Örebro University Art Hall is on Monday Aug 31 at 15:00, see Vernissage Designutställning UNG7 Read about the Plasticks concept on http://www.jennylundgren.se/portfolio/p lasticks/

... 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 ...

... Alfred Nobel was an inventor, humanist, brilliant business man. His most inventions were safe explosives, the most notable being dynamite. Nobel&#8217;s last will and testament was legally ratified at the district court of Karlskoga which set up the perpetual Foundation. <br><br>The museum was most interesting Alfred Nobel played by an actor conducts the tour of the home and about his life in the first person. It is ...

... done a few times through the day and can be done as part of a meal. It couldn&#8217;t have been more comfortable and beautiful tonight with good conversation and food. The night goes on and on as it refuses to get dark at this time of year. The Engholm&#8217;s summer house is rustic, in great shape with quarters for guests. It&#8217;s right on a beautiful lake with a view of close-by island with another summer house on it.

We leave Stokholm to go to Örebro, a quiet city in the middle of Sweden with a nice medieval castle and an enormous and very green camping vhere we stay for 2 nights....Örebro is also the home town of Millencolin, and it's a good reason to come here...!!!