What other way to travel than first class? After months of travel in the most economy class of economy class, travelling first class on Swedish rail was absolute bliss. Stina booked our tickets well in advance, which meant that a student fare and a ticket on first class was the same price - definitely something to remember if you're ever planning a trip to Sweden!
So, on our way from Stockholm down to Nybro we made full use of the giant seats, free headphones, OJ, coffee, tea, and fresh fruit. Spoiled us for all future train travel I reckon. We were heading to Nybro to see Stina's Mum and spend a few days in the countryside. She still lives in the house where Stina and her sisters grew up and we (again) were absolutely spoiled with delicious home cooking including one of Stina's favourite dishes, raggmunkar, which are potato pancakes served with bacon, cottage cheese and lingenberry jam. Yum!
There's an end to all good things though, but this time it was onto something equally as good - two days sailing around the Karlhamn archipelago in southern Sweden with Stina's Dad. We cruised out past the million kroner homes (that used to be fishermen's huts) and stunning scenery, and then were lucky enough to get a bit of wind once we hit the edge of the islands so we could do some 'real' sailing. We anchored up for the night and then in the morning explored the island, picking our own blueberries, attempting to feed wild sheep, and checking out the biggest anthill I have ever seen! It was absolutely gorgeous and we were all even brave enough to have a swim in the chilly Baltic - although I don't think any of them lasted for more than 30 seconds...
Next stop, south to Malmo. (And here are the photos again if you missed them from the last post).
So, on our way from Stockholm down to Nybro we made full use of the giant seats, free headphones, OJ, coffee, tea, and fresh fruit. Spoiled us for all future train travel I reckon. We were heading to Nybro to see Stina's Mum and spend a few days in the countryside. She still lives in the house where Stina and her sisters grew up and we (again) were absolutely spoiled with delicious home cooking including one of Stina's favourite dishes, raggmunkar, which are potato pancakes served with bacon, cottage cheese and lingenberry jam. Yum!
We also visited the local history museum which included farm and house equipment that had belonged to Stina's family. Looking at all the old wringers and everything makes you glad that Fisher and Paykel was invented that's for sure! The weather also continued to be gorgeous so there was lots of sitting outside drinking home made cordial and reading books...
There's an end to all good things though, but this time it was onto something equally as good - two days sailing around the Karlhamn archipelago in southern Sweden with Stina's Dad. We cruised out past the million kroner homes (that used to be fishermen's huts) and stunning scenery, and then were lucky enough to get a bit of wind once we hit the edge of the islands so we could do some 'real' sailing. We anchored up for the night and then in the morning explored the island, picking our own blueberries, attempting to feed wild sheep, and checking out the biggest anthill I have ever seen! It was absolutely gorgeous and we were all even brave enough to have a swim in the chilly Baltic - although I don't think any of them lasted for more than 30 seconds...Next stop, south to Malmo. (And here are the photos again if you missed them from the last post).
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