We had a beautiful 10 day adventure in Sweden thanks in large to Cuncle Chad and Erika. They literally gave up their beds for a tent in the woods under a radio tower during our stay in Uppsala. They loaded us up with homemade sourdough bread, tractor lunchbox, candy, and lingonberry jam which we took with us to Ostergotland. A region full of trees, lakes, and lots of dirt roads.
Mark and I celebrated 7 years of married bliss in the seaside town of Trosa. Then Chad lead us deep into the archipelago of Stockholm to the island of Grinda. There we slept in a Stuga for 4, ate crepes made by Jean Baptiste, and dove into the Baltic to cool ourselves off from the heat of the lakeside sauna. We spent our last day touring Stockholm by bike. A city made up of 14 islands, numerous parks, the best Thai restaurant ever, and a youth hostel on an 18th century ship that puts a 4 star hotel to shame.
By the way, sadly, after I purchased Coldplay's new song on itunes, it was blocked on YouTube, so you get no delightful soundtrack to this video. Sorry, just hum Sky Full of Stars and you'll get the idea.
