The sun finally has made an appearance in Sweden!We've had some dismal days weather wise, but as we crossed back into Sweden from Denmark and headed to the Port City of Karlskrona, we were blessed with blue sky's. Karlskrona is a gorgeous city. Not at all like one imagines a port city to be. Historic buildings and colourful flower boxes line cobblestone streets and with the sun out, it took on a fairytale quality.People were friendly too. We got chatting ...

We are much more comfortable on the country roads we find ourselves on now. They are in good condition and traffic moves very sedately. Frida had suggested we head up north to a town where Mid-summer revelries are legendary and they have a big maypole. It was raining and cold when we arrived and we found out that the celebrations did not start until around 4pm, so it was going to be too long a wait, hence we hit the road again, heading South towards Tanum.A stop ...

Hiring a car in a foreign country all goes quite smoothly in the paperwork stage and then suddenly we are given keys (and thankfully the GPS!) and let loose in the CENTRE of big cities. Our very flash Volvo was about the last car available in Stockholm as it is a huge public holiday here in Sweden (Mid Summer) when everyone goes away. The car seemed so big jammed in its tiny underground parking spot, but we put the GPS on the dash and eased our way out of the par...

Sweden. What does it conjure up in the mind? Volvo's and Vikings? Blonde's, Bjorn's and Benny's? Ikea too of course! There are lots we associate with Sweden, but Sweden has some surprises too. Whether it is the excellent state of the Aussie Dollar at the moment, or it is just so, but we did not find Sweden as expensive as we had feared. We were a bit surprised that in Sweden it rains a lot in Summer and you can not expect it to be dark before 11p...