Umeå

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.  :) 



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