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  The fasade of the hotel a former mill (qvarn or kvarn means mill) and landmark Back home again after a wonderful weekend at "our" hotel. This time we stayed Friday-Sunday and this was (as I might have mentioned) my prize from the cooking competition at work. Part of our room We arrived on Friday at 2PM and didn't get our favorite room but the exact same room one floor below. We were this time greated with wine and chocolate in our room complimentary from the hotel. It's such a nice gesture which we totally appreciate. Thank you Elite :-) Here is the outside restaurant and in the window you see Hasse in our room Later in the afternoon Emil and Viktoria arrived and we had dinner together. And what a dinner it was. So good!! We were completely full after that and just went up to the room to relax before they headed home. Great evening and we fell asleep listening to the sound from the waves hitting the shore. What a way to sleep and to wake up to. ...

  My friends Rubina, Annika and me Yesterday I had lunch with three good friends. All of them friends from the Rheumatic association. We met at Ingvor's place, a wonderful house, in beautiful summer weather. I came earlier so that we two could plan our road trip next week to Helsingborg. After a while came Annika who is the chair woman in our association in Stockholm. Me, Annika and Ingvor is part of our working committe in the association in Stockholm. We are 4 in the committee but one couldn't come because she's on holiday. It was so nice to sit down and talk, laugh and just relax together. After a while our friend Rubina joined us. She had been cooking the meal which was Indian (or maybe Pakistan) dishes. I don't know the name of things but I think one was called Dahl (or something like that). Good but very spicy. I had made Västerbotten pie and a big salat with feta cheese, avocado, salat, tomatoes, cucumber and more... And to that I had made a vinagraitt...

 Me outside the pension with the view down to the bay Today me and Danniel had a day on our own which was very nice. It was a beautiful day and we first drove down to Södertälje and visited this wonderful old pension built in 1860 and situated so beautiful by a seabay.   A part of the livingroom   View from the livingroom to the bedrooms The other side of the livingroom at the pension   When you got in it was like taking a step back to the 19th century and I loved it! It was fully modern though and all rooms had en-suite.  One of the rooms, every room has its own look .   The conference room  The dining room   View from the parking lot The view from the dining room After visiting the pension we continued on that road until it ended and there was this beautiful little inn also by the bay. On the opposite side from the inn there was this wonderful little seaside beach.   Danniel waiting for food a...

  View from our hotelroom Yes, we do that sometimes during summer which is quite fun. On the ship at Anderson's club room First we went on a cruise ship for a ship visit while the ship is in port here in Stockholm. We were a small group of 20 allowed on board. This is something I get an invite to in spring. I get to choose from several ships and hopefully I will get one. This year we are actually going on two, the other one in August.   M/S Aurora But this time it was P&O Cruises and the ship Aurora. This is an English ship which you could tell by the decor. This ship also do around the world trips where they are out for 3 or 4 months.   Hasse in front of the center piece on board   Wonderful flowers on board I liked the style on board, it was cosy but a bit dark like an English pub, but of course much more luxurious. Hasse was more concerned about the narrow and long corridors in case of fire. The fireman in him never dies ;-)   ...

  View from our beach Directly after the funeral we, that is me, Hasse and Emil, went to our summerhouse in Gotland. We arrived on Midsummer's Eve in the afternoon to a wonderful and sunny weather. Happy men having coffee The only downside with Gotland is the travel to the island. It cost a fortune nowadays to go over. The only way is by ferry and in 4 years the prices have gone up with 50%. And since I had to make a last minute change we had to go with the smaller ship and of course there was a high sea so people threw up around us :-( We paid this time for 3 people and 1 car return ticket SEK 4000 which is like a week for 2 in a warm place like Spain. Luckily we have a house already. Just think if we had to rent one as well! The price for one week of renting a house is like SEK 7000.  In Gotland there are 92 churches everyone just beautiful. Here are a couple of them. First Hemse church   The very old paintings in Hemse church  Fröjel church ...