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To celebrate the longest days of sunlight, Sweden has an annual summer celebration called Midsummer. Today is Midsummer’s eve and the festivities have already kicked off. Most Swedes desert the city and head for the countryside. In the morning we rode our city bikes over to City Hall and climbed the tower for views of the quiet city. While I…
Today we got the City Bikes pass so we can bike around the city for three days. We really wanted to rent bikes in Stockholm, or even go on a bike tour, and decided this was the best deal. The three-day pass was 165 SEK and the full season pass (you can bike around Stockholm all summer long!) is just…
Today we realized how incredibly tired we were from the trip to Stockholm. We had an alarm set around 9 am and we completely slept through it. Until almost noon!! By the time we showered, ate lunch at the cafe downstairs and got out the door it was nearly 3 pm. Thankfully the sun doesn’t set until after 10 pm,…
We’ve finally arrived in Stockholm. It feels like I’ve had this trip on my calendar forever and I’m excited it is finally here. This is my friend Rosie’s first trip out of the country and she called me to see if I would join. Being noncommittal I told her maybe I’d take a trip to Europe. If she found a…
After a few fun and busy days in Las Vegas with work, I flew to Austin, Texas for Memorial Day weekend. Dan just got moved there for a four-month project with his job. We’ve been looking at Austin real estate options if we decide to move here on a more permanent basis. Incidentally, we have been looking into some of…
After exploring the Tuolumne Sequoia Grove and Yosemite Valley, we spent our third day exploring Hetch Hetchy, a reservoir and the locals’ top recommendation when we asked them about things to do in Yosemite. Hetch Hetchy, sometimes called a mini Yosemite Valley, provides water and hydroelectric power for San Francisco and much of the bay area. The water is pristine…