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Goodbye, lovely Italian family who hosted me and goodbye Lena and Goran, who I last visited in Marsta in 2015! See you all again, maybe next year! Now in a hotel in Stockholm,  ready for an 11 hour ferry ride tomorrow to Turku in Finland.

Amazing on a sunny day… and cute community gardens on the way

Had a great time, mate. Let’s catch up again, somewhere in Europe. Bring the whole family!

A pretty harbour and one of the oldest stone buildings cum churches in Sweden, very close to 1,000 years old. It’s been a ruin for longer than it was a church. With a 900 year old runestone inside, the place reeks of history. I love it. Very, very quiet place to reflect on my currentContinue reading “Walking Sigtuna.”

What a lovely family. He cooks up a storm. Delicious. Cute kids. My wake-up view this morning. Thursday 29 August 2024  Sunny, warm, light winds.

3.5 to 4 metres tall, there are 30 of these in the Håbo Community, Sweden. “Ingvar the Far-Travelled” led expeditions between 1036 and 1041. These stones, the “Ingvar Runestones”, tell his stories. Very cool…

Enköping, Sweden, Wednesday 28 Aug 24 at 3 pm Sunny. 26 degrees! Just had a lovely, and necessary, 45 minute nap in the car. So nice.

I stop for diesel at a Shell in Akersund. Hiw about this for a World Number 1 public toilet? Squeaky clean. Sounds of running water in a babbling brook and birdsong. I just wanted to sit (shit) there for hours, but there were people waiting! Amazing. And…. and…. and .. the first decent coffee inContinue reading “Special Post – Swedish Toilet”

10 a.m. 28 August 2024 Endless pure lakes and forests

Oops! And the drive towards Stockholm on back roads is, as you’d imagine, gorgeous! Boksjö  a.m. Wednesday 28 August 2024   18 degrees sunny  chilly breezes