Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Home Again


It’s been almost one week since we have been home.  Quickly we fell into a new routine and it’s startling how fast Sweden has started to blur in our minds.  An epic trip for sure and as always, wherever you go there you are.  We’ve been busy unpacking, doing home chores, getting reorganized, and wrapping our heads around a return to work and school. I want to comb through the thousands of photographs I took and organize them. It would be nice to create a movie and perhaps even a book.  But that’s requires time and in this moment my time has been filled with tasks related to re-entry.  Our plan is to host a Swedish fika and invite our friends; we bought lots of candy to give out and we want to share a bit about our travels.  

The boys have been settling in too.  Reconnecting with friends, playing, and reacclimatizing to this life, our Burlington, Vermont life. Next week on Wednesday they begin school - it’s the first time in 6 years that they are at the same school again. Kuba enters 9th grade and Anders glides into his senior year. Here’s to every hope that this year will be a good one for both boys.  

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

August 17

Travel Day 47

wait I need your help
one last haiku for our trip
train planes Avis home








Tuesday, August 16, 2022

August 16

 Norway Day 46

last day of vaca

art museum in Oslo

calling it a wrap






Monday, August 15, 2022

August 15

 Denmark Day 45

ferry to Oslo

would like more time in Denmark

bye Copenhagen







Sunday, August 14, 2022

August 14

 Sweden Day 44

the party’s over

very last night in Sweden 

it’s hard to describe


Saturday, August 13, 2022

August 13

 Sweden Day 43

swimming in Ystad

birthday party was perfect

Barbro is 80 




Friday, August 12, 2022

August 12

 Sweden Day 42

finally it’s here 

eightieth birthday weekend 

the big kids play cards 


August 11

 Sweden Day 41

made it to Malmö
we do laundry at Christels
ran out of clean clothes


Wednesday, August 10, 2022

August 10


 Sweden Day 40

long day of driving 

Kuba threw up in the night

that sums up today

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

August 9

 Sweden Day 39

delightful Nusnäs

gift shop gift shop gift shop gift

dala horse love





gravfält calls to us

drive down the long-rutted road

swim in underwear 






August 8

 Sweden Day 38

 two cars to Mora

Anundshög och Dalarna 

Siljan at sunset









Sunday, August 7, 2022

August 7

 Sweden Day 37

Fåglarö island

meatballs crayfish sill

traditional meals







rowboat and kayak 

everybody gets a turn

watch out for the reeds










August 6


 Sweden Day 36

swedish kräftsvika

wearing crayfish party hats


the whole family