A Swedish Odyssey......

Monday 9th July. Woke to an overcast morning. Did a small bit of packing as we were heading up country to stay for a few days with Agneta and P-G. Made a stop off in Sollentuna to buy Panadol etc as colds are still hanging around, and pick up Mia's car. We drove for about 3.5 hours through beautiful countryside to P-G's summer house in Leksand. Leksand is a town in the Dalarna region with about 16 000 inhabitants. Very quiet rural area with lovely red painted traditional houses and Friggebods.

Having settled in we all went for a tour of the immediate area. Leksand is on a lake and ringing the lake are the 'Blue Mountains' which look like ours but don't get their colour from gum leaves!


The lake is Lake Siljan which gives its name to the wooden horses that are carved in the area. Siljan is Sweden's sixth largest lake, 354 km2. It is located at the centre of a crater that was formed when a meteorite hit the earth 370 million years ago.

Most of the horses are smaller than this !!

Back at the house Jim and P-G cooked a nice BBQ.

Nice meal eaten indoors.


Followed by nice dessert, coffee and quite a bit of drinking. Talked until late by candle light and the light from the open fire.