Visited the Inca Gold Treasures exhibition in the caves of Bergrummet on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm. Extraordinary gold and silver artefacts from Peru, tell the story of the old Indian cultures’ unique relationship with these precious metals. It is also the story of the search for El Dorado, the land of gold, and the Spanish conquest of […]
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Åland Monster Fish Tour 2011
Last weekend was the Åland Monster Fish Tour 2011 27/10 – 30/10. And it has turned out to be a great weekend with a monster score of fish. Last year my score was 0, so, I was very happy to catch some this year: 4 Gädda (Northern pike or Snoek) and 5 Abborre (European perch […]
Fishing at Åland
Looking forward to the weekend when we’ll be going out to Åland for some fishing. Will they bite this time?
Höstkantareller
Went out today to Bogesundslandet to find some höstkantareller. We found a lot of mushrooms, but were not really sure whether these are the ones that you can eat: When we got home, we had a closer look and the one we took, and concluded that all we brought home, were different mushrooms then we […]
Tre Kronor leaving Vaxholm
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Vaxholms Fästnings Museum
Vaxholms Fästnings Museum
Røros
During the week in Funäsdalen, we drove one day to Norway to visit the historic Røros, a village on the World Heritage List of UNESCO. More on Thomasgaarden galleri & kaffebar Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is linked to the copper mines, established in the 17th century and exploited for 333 years until 1977. […]
Funäsdalen
We spend one week in the Swedish mountains, southern norrland, in the wonderfull Funäsdalen. On road 531 between Mittådalen and Ljungdalen, park at the highest point at the information sign – Sveriges högst belägna landsväg! (Sweden’s highest road!), 975 meters above sea level. A very beautiful walk through a well preserved mountain farm area in […]
Bergs slussar & Vretakloster
On our way back from the west coast to the east coast, we visited Bergs slussar and Vretakloster. The famous flight of seven locks in Berg, called the Carl Johan locks, lift and lower boats a whopping 18.8 meters to and from Lake Roxen. Two more double locks, the Oscar locks and the Berg locks, […]
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