Starby Kungsgard Vadstena

... a little quesy but managed to down my breakfast. Today we were going to Stina's house for dinner so we decided to make ANZAC biscuits. They turned out really good except they decided to keep their ball shape instead of flattening out. No big deal. Stinas house was beautiful, however her bedroom wasn't practical for the taller population. She had a giant beam that was my forehead height and no I didn't hit my head so stop snickering ...

This weekend we went to Linkoping to stay at the twins appartment near their uni. We went up Saturday afternoon and just relaxed a bit. Their appartment is really nice, with a bedroom each, a large living room and great kitchen and dining area. The view of the neighbourhood from their window was good too. Later that evening we went with the twins, Maria, and Mathilda (also a twin with Amanda) to Linkoping city cetral to party the night away. First we went to Platens where ...

... my beginners luck, but didn't have much success at knocking any down. Sanja was in the same boat with no cans knocked down between us. It was really fun though. Meeting all of the twins close friends has been really great, making the transition into our four month adventure away fom home a little easier. And we can't forget Spomenka, our second mamma. It will be sad to say goodbye to them all next week.

... He flew a Saab fighter jet and was an air traffic controller. He conducted dangerous missions by flying close to Soviet air space and measuring air quality reading when the Soviet's were testing atomic and hydrogen bombs. We had our FIKA with Marianne's home made cookies and another either cloudberry or lingonberry pie. We spoke about Scandinavian baking and reminisced ...

... me, this brought painful new meaning into the word "non-refundable." Important lesson learned. Frustration and anguish. So, we spend much more time at the Tallinn airport than thought. We finally boarded a little Estonian Air Saab jet prop to Stockholm for a flight that we had no listing before. Travel Tip #87: When in a foreign country you have few rights and no leverage. You cannot easily make a phone call ...

... Vackert! Trevlig lunch på kvarterskrog. Fyndade innan dess på stadens antikvariat där den initierade ägaren letade reda på "Tre män i en båt". Medhavd fika intogs vid Vättern och därefter bad, inte alls så kallt som man kunde tro! Kort rast på stället och därefter rundtur på klosterområdet, då det var stekhett var vi de enda som dök upp och fick således guiden för oss själva. Vackra byggnader med imponerande historia, nytt för oss ...

... ett fascinerande fenomen väl värt att se, både rent tekniskt med gamla träkonstruktioner och flödande vattenmassor samt även sociologiskt med samspel bland båtfolk (Göta Kanal är inte för inte tydligen även känd som skilsmässo-diket...). Höll på att storkna av värmeslag, utmed vägen till Vadstena kom räddningen, Sverigeidyllisk badplats vid Ljung. Styrkta till kropp & själ susade vi framåt tills vi var "tvungna" att stanna igen då skylten "Brunneby kyrka & gårdsbutik" lockade oss ...

... That would have a been a difficult venture because of train hopping to the various islands and the long ferry back to Sweden. But, we did have a friendly chat with the people we were going to see and will work out visiting them on another trip to this area. This will help us more reasonably see everyone we need to in Norway before flying back to Indianapolis on Thursday, January 10th. After the guests left Paul, Kira and I got into Publisher and laid out our next Nordic ...

... Swedish rail and Kemi, Finland were we have to end up. I think we have figured out and will leave Mjölby at 12 in the early afternoon and arrive in Boden, Sweden at 6:30 am the next day. Then we have to take a bus for about 3-4 hours. We'll have all the rest of the day at the Doh's in on Tuesday and the next morning and then leave for Helsinki at 9 am. I think we got 'er. We're going to be going into or close to sparsely settled ...

... at Spenser's and finally we held a Bible Study where I spoke about the importance of joy and rejoicing which are mentioned 288 times in the Bible. I did the Bible Study first and then we had an interactive discussion. We continued to talk until about 12:30 am. Earlier at 8:00 PM (which is 2:00 PM Eastern time) I listened to the webcast of our Lafayette church services. It ...