We’re complete suckers for Unesco World Heritage sites, so it was a no-brainer to extend our visit to Sweden long enough to ferry from Stockholm to the island of Gotland to visit the beautiful medieval city of Visby.
Swedish foods and restaurants were not foremost on our minds when we booked our trip to Sweden. Our purpose was to visit areas outside of Stockholm, to absorb the landscape, … Read more
Åre (pronounced or-rey), Sweden, isn’t just a ski town, though it would be the first place I’d recommend if you want a top notch ski destination in Scandinavia, or anywhere. … Read more
Not a lot to say about this shot, other than we were at the Fotografiska Photography Museum in Stockholm and thinking of eating, when this big cruise ship passed by … Read more
There are 15 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sweden. On our visit in 2014, we visited two of them: the Drottningholm Palace and the Skogskyrkogarden Cemetery. Both are on the … Read more
2014 was our biggest year of traveling yet. We visited 19 countries, including a long driving trip in the western United States. We saw, in order, the United States, Belgium, … Read more
The Swedish film star of the early 20th Century, Greta Garbo, is probably the only person who is buried in the Skogskyrkogården Cemetery whose name you might recognize. We wandered … Read more
Drottningholm Palace, the ornate home of the Swedish royal family and a UNESCO World Heritage site, is well worth a visit from Stockholm.
This unplanned search for my ancestral homestead turned up many helpful people, some funny stories, and a look at my family’s backyard and grave sites.