We rode the train 5 hours north of Uppsala to Umeå
All over Sweden people ride bikes.
So great.
Then we started looking for the towns where
Linda's other grandparents were from.
Djupvik (pronounced Youp-veek) was our first stop
There was only one house but the kind folks, Kjell & Inga-Mai,
invited us in for fika (coffee break)
Kjell is a hunter.
This is a Swedish brown bear
The black bear is from Vancouver Island.
He also hunted seal furs
Glad we didn't meet this claw in the wild!
They also had some Lapland Sammy people's paintings.
Inga-Mai's mother milking a reindeer (bottom left)
On to Robertsfors
And Pellaboda
We looked around the graveyard in Savar
within the amazing stone wall
We met a couple of women who were so
helpful in trying to find Linda's relatives.
Although we never did find any. :(
And they were so proud of their small Swedish town
where the last battle against Russia was fought.
Elwood liked the cannons.
Loved the old buildings in Umeå
The flowers here are magnificent.
Amazing to see with such a short growing season.
Great ride on the train back to Uppsala
Meanwhile, back home,
Adeline lost her first tooth!
And some had a fun time in Waco
and in the river there. :)
Comments