Destination: Sweden

Sweden - Osterlen, pt 1

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Views [486] | Comments [2]

A short drive to Osterlen brought us to our first stop of the day, Havang. A lovely nature reserve overlooking the sea. This area is peppered with stone circles, neolithic, bronze age tombs and white sandy beaches. The first stone circle of the day was ... Read more >

Photos: sweden - Kalmar & Karlskrona

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Sweden - Kalmar & Karlskrona

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Views [462] | Comments [2]

Drove east from Vaxjo to the historic town of Kalmar famous for its excellent moated castle. Managed to park up overnight looking out to sea and the castle, a perfect pitch! Very impressed with castle, lots of areas open to the public including the ornate ... Read more >

Photos: Sweden - Vaxjo

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Sweden - Vaxjo

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Views [575] | Comments [3]

Onto the main event, meeting our friends Patrik and Johanna in Vaxjo. Mark has known Patrik for 20 years and has been promising to visit for all that time, well we finally made it. In hindsight we should have visited much sooner as we had a truly amazing ... Read more >

Sweden - Vadstena & Granna

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Views [532]

Travelled down the country along lake Vattern, the second largest lake in Sweden and reputed to have a lake monster similar to Nessie. We didn't see the monster but enjoyed the lovely scenery and the picturesque towns of Vadstena and Granna. Granna is ... Read more >

Photos: Sweden - Stockholm

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Sweden - Stockholm

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Views [456] | Comments [1]

Explored the many islands that make up Stockholm on foot and by bike. Stunning old town made up of narrow cobbled lanes, palaces, churches, historic buildings and on a small island surrounded by water. Across the water from the old town is the garden ... Read more >

Photos: Sweden - Dalaran, pt 2

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Sweden - Dalarna, pt 2

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Views [473] | Comments [4]

  Drove to Salen to do some downhill mountain biking. Salen is a pretty wooded ski resort that has half a dozen purpose built mountain bike routes. And the best thing is you can put your bike on the chair lifts and only ride down the hills!! ... Read more >

Photos: Sweden - Dalarna, pt 1

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Sweden - Dalarna, pt 1

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 | By dawnandmark | Views [437]

First stop in Sweden is Dalarna, a traditional rural area much visited in the summer for outdoor activities and in the winter time for skiing. A vast area of forest and lakes with small towns full of wooden houses painted red. Stayed on a proper campsite ... Read more >

Leg 6: Stockholm-Helsinki, 441km

Fri, 1 Sep 2017 | By bstess | Views [354]

Even self imposed rules were meant to the broken, right? Using a train on this leg is not possible. So cruise boat it is! Complete with a shopping promenade, casino, night club & stacks of restaurants. The ticket was cheap, but it meant our tiny ... Read more >

Stockholm

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 | By bstess | Views [476]

What an amazing city! We have be looking forward to our stop in Sweden from the start of our trip. It didn't disappoint.  We had our best Airbnb room yet. Our older Swedish host was super sweet & friendly. Our room was very large, our own ... Read more >

Photos: Stockholm

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 | By bstess | Photo Gallery