Swedish Report ... Finally

Well, we have returned from our trek to Sweden - the first time I have ever arrived at Manchester Airport and exclaimed how warm it is! Haha, because yes folks, it was blooming chilly in downtown Sweden! however we have matched it here in the last week. There was snow the first day ...



We arrived at Ulf and Katerina's beautiful farmhouse in semi darkness which we soon realised was actually as light as it got! We had a lovely trip to the forest and ate out at the summer house on an open fire ...

A solitary mooch by the lake by yours truly was enjoyable, I have never been in such a silent place before ...

Of course we glogged it up in the evening in the beautiful surroundings of the farmhouse ...

With the beautiful cloths and blankets woven by Katerina on her loom, lucky thing! We made mushroom soup from the mushrooms we picked from the forest and made Elk stew from their land. In fact they live 'from the forest' as much as possible ...

There was a trip to a glass factory - sorry rechargable batteries in camera petered out! - and a fab meal in the 'glass hotel'. We had very generous and hospitable host but missed all the Christmas decs because they are very strict about not putting them up until advent ...

 



 There was a trip to the family church (pew 8 belongs to them) look at the beautiful decor, hand painted in the most wonderful colour tones. Altogether we had the most wonderful time going back to nature! This was truly a memorable trip. We had good times, good meals, good company, thank you Ulf and Katerina!