Airplane strike!?!
Well, as usual things turned out okay. But we had a bit of a scare when my cousin Goran told us that SAS ground crew were planning to strike beginning Oct. 5 if they couldn't reach an agreement. Our flight to Amsterdam was scheduled for that morning. With his help, we had made plans to go to an airport in Karlstad and maybe from there to Oslo to make sure we could get to Amsterdam to pick up the RV in time. But then we wake up Wednesday morning to a note from Goran that tells us everything is okay and we can go to Stockholm as planned. (Thanks for everything, Goran!) So we did go to Stockholm ... in the pouring rain. I had wanted to visit an open air museum called Skansen, where they have reconstructed old houses and people dress and work as they did hundreds of years ago. But with the confusion about where to go and the bad weather, we ended up instead at the Vasa museum. The Vasa was an old warship that sank in Stockholm harbor shortly after being launched (one of the few times Swedish engineering did not go so well, and anyhow it was built by some Dutchmen, so...). It was almost perfectly preserved in the muck and ooze in the harbor until they brought it up in the late 50's and have created this fascinating museum about it. And now we are in the last hotel room we will need for a while, since tomorrow (Thur) we will pick up our campervan and begin part two (or maybe part twenty?) of the trip.
The picture this time is from Kristinehamn; Nils is playing the organ in the big town church because our cousin Goran asked the caretaker if we could see it and he (the caretaker) took us everywhere around the church, including letting Nils play. It was sooo cool! I think this is the church my father and mother were married in in 1943 or 44. I have such a wonderful family in Sweden and everyone was so kind. Halsning til Orsa and Kristinehamn familian fran Don, Karen, Nils och Alan - this is probably bad Swedish, but I think you know how I mean to say hello and thank you again for your attention and caring for us.
Well, it is late and we have to be up in a few hours for our flight. So until next time... wish I could get someone else to write a little something, but not so far. ~K
posted by katoutthere | 1:56 PM
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Hej
Hope you will have better weather driving through Europe than here in Sweden.
Drive careful and take care.
Ohlsén family
I am glad that the strike didn't impede your plans. You just never know what adventures you will encounter do you. Well, we will be thinking of you on Monday while we are at Training and wondering what marvelous adventures you are having. That is so special you have had time with family. I thought of you the other day as I discovered a hummingbird that is living in my yard. I put out my feeder and he is taking advantage of it. So I guess he is here for the winter. Also, the construction here at the library is moving along nicely. Paging has moved into their new area and they are starting to put up the hallway in the old paging area. You won't recognize the place when you get back. Thanks for posting and keeping us up to date on your travels.
hey there-vicki & pat are here! we've already done rainier, st helens and seattle. karen, the library is unbelievable! heading for bellingham & canada this morning. will send msg when we get back. love you. have fun.
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