HOT HOT H.E.A.T

Sunset in Stockholm (taken from our hotel window) Now I'm back home again after celebrating holiday in various places. I haven't had access to a computer when in hotels but for short periods of time that's why I haven't been able to write on my blog either. Anyway we have had the most wonderful time. After Dalhalla we went to Helsinki on a cruise with Silja line, of course in Commodore cabin with a balcony :-) Then we stayed a couple of nights at the most gorgeous hotel, hotel Haven , very close to the city center and right beside the market square. After waiting for a long time we finally got our room (the room wasn't ready due to peopel not leaving in time but we got complimentary wine and beer while waiting) which was beautiful. Facing towards the market square, the harbour and the sea we had a great view. The loo had a big window so we really had a loo with a view ;-) Our toilet in Helsinki :-) One of the days we rented a car and drove to the old town of Bo...

 The fireplace in our suite We are just back home after a wonderful weekend in Dalarna that didn't quite turn out the way we planned. We left early Friday morning going first to Gavle for a coffeebreak at Staffan's house. After that we continued to Svärdsjö to Per och Gunilla's place for lunch. Very good :-) Then off to Tällberg where we were supposed to see Diggiloo at Dalhalla which is outside. Since we live in Sweden you can't tell when the weather is fine or not even not at summer and Friday was the worst day ever. It rained and rained and then it rained even more. You know the rain that no umbrella or rainclothes can stand. You get wet no matter what. To make things worse it was just around 10C. So after checking in at Tällbergsgården and our beautiful suite we decided it wasn't worth going to Dalhalla and perhaps get pneumonia so we had a wonderful 3-course dinner with wine. Then we took some wine over to our suite, let a fire in the open fireplace and had ...

Yes, I'm on holiday and therefore don't have much to write about. Yesterday we throw out the bathtub and turned the bathroom into a shower room. Very nice and something I have been wanting to do for a long time. Today I went to my work (I know I have holiday but still) to check the mail, pay some invoices and water the flowers. Good thing I did because when I looked into the fridge there was a big pack of ice-cream melting away so I throw that away along with some other stuff that was there. Tomorrow we are off to Dalarna and of course they have predicted rain (it hasn't rained for a long long time) when we are to sit outside the whole evening. Also the temperature that has been very warm lately is said to be 10C!! So warm clothes and shoes. Otherwise nothing much has happened which is actually quite nice. That is holiday being able to do nothing :-) Have a good day everyone (or night depending on where you are)

Today I started out real early at 9AM to go down to Alby and visit my Mom. Since there are roadworks on almost every road out south from Stockholm I figured that if I went early on a Saturday it would be smother and it actually was :-) So I arrived to my Mom's elderly home by 9.30 and the staff told me she was on the run?! To Hawaii :-) OK she was at the hairdresser getting a long overdue haircut. So I went down and when she saw me her face lit up and she said with a big smile: Oh, it's you. That is much coming from her. I don't know if I had said it before but she has Alzheimers and had a stroke when I was in LA so it's not all the times she recognize me nor that she can talk. So after she had her haircut I went for a walk with her, she's in a wheelchair, almost down to the lake. It was a very nice day, warm and sunny although we had some rain in the early hours of the morning. Here's a photo of her. Isn't she beautiful? She even smiles on the photo :-) ...

This is my first day of my summer holiday and the weather couldn't be better :-) I worked so hard this week to get everything done so I could go and have a nice holiday. Today I'm not doing much. We just had coffee in the garden which was nice. Sunny with a warm breeze. Tomorrow I'm going to see Mom. She wanted me to buy her some new clothes which I have done so I will take them to her then. Next week are we going to Dalarna to see Diggiloo. Then to our good friends in their paradise in Söderbärke for a nice evening. It's always so nice to meet them and to be in their paradise.   Paradise in Dalarna After that we are going on a cruise to Helsinki where we will be staying at hotel for a couple of days. Maybe doing some excursions by boat and when we are back we will have a BBQ evening here with family and friends followed by a couple of nights at hotel in Stockholm (!) Yes, we will be tourists in our own city. That should be nice and we are staying at a hotel by the ...

Today was really a hot, h.e.a.t day :-) In the morning I first went to see my Mom and since the weather was very nice and warm I took her out for a walk in her wheelchair. She really enjoyed it and after we have walked for 20 minutes we on our way back sat down on a bench in the shadow and had some breeze coming which was really really nice. She was really alert today and I was so happy about it. She even said it was sad that I had to go. Then I went to Danniel. We had decided to go out for lunch (since the cruise didn't happen this weekend). So we started out with two different restaurants. Both turned out to be booked and had no place. So we continued on a beautiful countryroad leading down to Nynäshamn because we thought there might be a restaurant on the way down, but no. So we ended up in Nynäshamn. I do know a place there called Nynäs havsbad which is actually a spahotel by the Baltic sea so I didn't know if you could just have lunch there but luckily  you could :-) ...

  Beautiful sunset when we last cruised to Helsinki in 2009 I've been working since we got back from Dalarna and we have had really hot weather. Today is so humid and it feels like thunder but not anything yet though. I do hope it will come so my head will clear and you won't feel as moist all over.  Göran was the grillmaster together with Max Carola, Anders and Ulf Today we had a very nice lunch. The whole office (except for Lasse who's on holiday on Öland already and Helena who is in California) came together and BBQ. I bought all the stuff yesterday and what did we have? Of course hamburgers. Classical BBQ and with everything to go. Luckily we have the grill next door so they made some french fries and then we had all the sauces, tomatoes, onions, bread, sallat etc. We also had a lottery where the top prize was a grill. I didn't won anything, as usual, but it was fun anyway :-) It was also the last day for our intern Max and he had bought a great fruitcake and he ...