Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden

We arrived in Kristianstad Sweden on Monday June 11, 2007 in the early evening. We enjoyed a very pleasant walk from the train station to Inka's house and surprised her with our arrival 2 days earlier. From the moment we arrived we loved the weather as ...

The next day was Midsommar. We started of the day by going to the local town festivities, where a large post decorated with flowers is erected in the town park. Then all the participants start singing and dancing around the post to music played by a local ...

Our last day in Sweden we packed our stuff, and drove with Inka towards Karslkrona, where the ferry was going to take us to the Polish port town of Gdynia. On the way to Karlskrona we stopped of at another couple of historical towns, and also on a ...

... peaceful. We took a small ferry ride to Ivo island, a tiny community of cottages and homes, where people were getting ready for Midsommar, a huge mid summer party here in Sweden. On the island we enjoyed more beautiful views of the country side and lakes.