15 January 2008

Sweden 2008: April 17 - June 5

I booked the tickets yesterday and I can already nearly breathe the Swedish air. I haven't been home for 2,5 years, less five days, when we fly out. Mark will come too, April 30th - May 21st. His longest vacation on record. His only vacation in two years. He SO deserves it.

I plan lots of walking through the forests. Forest is everywhere and as a child I went on hour long exploration walks alone with the dog, searching for old forgotten paths and checking up on my friends the trees and rocks. No Poison Ivy, no Poison Oak. No venomous anything, really. Just trek on out, but wear rubber boots in spring. I can't wait to have the kids experience that which I took entirely for granted when I grew up.

Here's what you would see as you fly in, if you were to come with me. This seemed so unremarkable and boring to me as I grew up. Absence has made me appreciate it. Other Sweden pictures below.