I only just got home, so it took a bit longer sorry. Really happy with this blog. This is my feel good blog.
My favourite aunt had her birthday yesterday and I thought that would be a great occasion to take a short break with the Sweden stuff and post some family pics. But I guess you’ve caught on to the fact that this photo isn’t my aunt. No, thats my brother. I really liked the photos, so I made my FIRST triptych and I think it works well. More photos to follow in a couple of hours.
So after many days of driving, a lot of photos and loads of times filling up with petrol, we finally made it to Kiruna. And a first on this blog a photo not taken by me and a photo with me in it, so actually 2 firsts.
The further north we went the colder it got. Which I guess makes sense but when I say cold I mean like snowing cold. And that we were not expecting. Anyway, we had to stock up with some warmer clothes.
After the national park we headed north on a road on which we didn’t see any people, houses or cars for nearly over an hour. We stopped in this little town, on a river and of course a lake, called Ytterhogdal. Brilliant name, isn’t it?
After Rättvik we drove to the Fulufjället national park which was close to the norwegian border. It was pretty amazing, I’m afraid my photo of the highest swedish waterfall, the Njupeskär didn’t quite turn out like I wanted. But with the sun right behind it I really didn’t know how to do it better.
From Karlsborg we travelled north past Örebro and Borlänge to Rättvik. We actually thought Rättvik was kind of nice. Basically for 2 reasons. Firstly we thought the hundreds of ducks living on the camping site were brilliant. It felt like camping in a nature reserve. And secondly it has this amazingly long pier which just ends in the middle of the see on this tiny island withe a couple of trees and benches.
I think I’m going to stick with these black frames. I think they look great.
We drove along the coast till we got to Lysekil and then started driving further inland. We stopped at Trollhättan to watch the opening of the Trollhättan falls which was a bit disappointing. We spent the night at Karlsborg, another nice little town next to a sea.
Bet you didn’t know that Sweden has 97 500 lakes. That’s seriously a lot of lakes
