(written by Dave) Before I go too far, I should note that yesterday’s post went out without review by the senior editor.  Nancy was too tired and went to bed while I wrote the post.  I thought about waking her but then reconsidered.  This morning, after the three Peterson girls had ample time to tease … Continue reading Great food and stern guards in Stockholm

(written by Dave) We had a good tourist day today.  We started with Skansen, a giant open air museum in Stockholm.  Skansen was started in the 1870’s when a forward thinking Swed noted how people were leaving the countryside for the city.  He feared that the country history would be lost so he began collecting … Continue reading Skansen and the Vasa warship

(written by Dave) I’m surrounded by Towheads and Petersons.  For the most part, this is ok.  First about Towheads.  Towhead is a term often used to describe young blond haired kids.  Somewhere, Nancy’s mum has a photo of Nancy and her four siblings as children.  There is nothing but blond locks as far as the … Continue reading Touring with Towheads and Petersons

(written by Nancy) Just a quick post to let you know we have arrived in Stockholm after a 5 hour train ride from Ystad and are now comfortably ensconced in a great apartment in the Gamla Stan area with my sisters Kathie and Gretchen, who arrived safely from Oregon about the same time we arrived … Continue reading To Stockholm (by train)

(written by Nancy) We have had a couple of nice relaxing days here in Ystad, courtesy of our great hosts Oskar and Julia.  Yesterday Julia’s mother Liselotte took us for a nice drive out in the countryside to the PGA of Sweden National golf club (http://www.pgaswedennational.se/en/), where Julia’s dad John is the golf pro.  It … Continue reading Relaxing days in Ystad

(written by Nancy) We woke up to the smell of bacon cooking this morning – Oskar has become a bacon and egg roll convert and he was up early on his own accord cooking us up another great breakfast.  We could get used to this…. Today’s main chore was to get the bikes into a … Continue reading Bikes, trains, mayhem and murder in the south of Sweden

(written by Dave) First up, thanks to all who sent birthday wishes.  I don’t feel that much older.  One year ago we were riding in Malaysia and I broke a spoke on my real wheel.  On my birthday this year we tried to get our bikes into a local shop for a full overhaul and … Continue reading Looking around Ystad and a Swedish grocery store

(written by Dave) Picking up from where we left off...  The ferry ride worked out great.  I know that readers are probably starting to think all this talk of Nancy and boats not getting along is nothing but a myth.  Believe me, I’ve been there when it hasn’t worked, there is nothing mythical in those … Continue reading We made it to Sweden – Old and new friends in Ystad