Goodbye Venice

Goodbye Venice

One of the best things about Venice was our wanderings. We would literally head out from the hotel with one person taking the lead, and making random decisions about direction whenever coming to an intersection.  Yes! – we did re-trace our footsteps many times...
German Christmas Spirit

German Christmas Spirit

Leaving Carl and Juli with Ulli, Uta, Paul, Greta and the Ingrams headed off to the nearby village of Bensheim to see the Christmas markets.  Rugged up, we walked to the centre of town where the first thing we saw was a huge Ferris Wheel.  The 6 of us, minus Uta (who...
Vasa and Skansen

Vasa and Skansen

Vasa One of my favourite things in Stockholm is the Vasa museum.  Today is my third visit.  The Vasa is a massive war ship, built to the King’s specifications.  The King was determined that his new warship would boast two gun decks and that is what she had. ...

Stockholm – with the full crew

After another great breakfast before we rugged up and headed off to the bottle shop – System Bolaget (In Sweden, alcohol can only be purchased directly from a government shop).  Pete, Simon and all the kids in the bus and the rest of us with Ylva. The kids...