We hoped in the car early Saturday morning and were in Gothenberg by lunch. We are luck to have some old friends that live outside of the city. We met Christian and his family and they took us on a tour of Gothenberg Archipelago, the ten
Öckerö islands. It was a great trip,
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| Eliassons and the Stalebrinks enjoy the brief sun shine |
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| Waiting for the ferry in front of the map |
The day exploring the islands was if not exactly warm, it was sunny. After we had a great shrimp sandwich and fun fishing for crabs, we had to take a swim in the North Sea. (...Or they did, lacking the hearty Swedish blood, I thought it was too cold.)
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| Mermaid on her rock |
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| Boy in the North Sea |
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| Bundled up on the rocks |
It was a great time. Great hosts and good times. I hope someday we can travel back to visit the Eliassons and do the Volvo deal. Chris works for them here, very convenient if you are picking up a Volvo anyway!?
The next morning we got another early start and headed south. Odd wanted to visit his childhood stomping ground (Kungsbacka) and we had more friends to visit.
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| Odd's families old condo in Kungsbacka |
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| Odd with Per Gessles' gold records |
Our Elizabethtown friends, the Lindseys have shown up in Sweden, YEA!!! We had traveled down the Swedish east coast to the sand beaches in Halmstad. We met Magdalana and her boys at the Hotel Tylösand. It was a very cool arty hotel that is part owned by Per Gessles of Roxette fame.
The weather had stopped cooperating with us at this point. It was raining and cold, not a good combination for a summer town. Of course the kids did NOT care. So off to the beach we treked.
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| They were already wet from the rain, why not jump in the sea? |
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| Silly rained soaked kids |
Back home now! All the laundry is (almost) done and the USA just lost the Women's Soccer World cup to Japan. Damn, they are beat. Well.... at least we had a great weekend. I'm beat too.
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