Jennifer and Cam are just back from a wonderful week-long trip to visit the land of Jennifer's forefathers...Sweden. There is probably no country on earth more gloriously displaying Nature's Fall colours than Sweden. Everywhere we went, people were friendly and the scenery was spectacular. We enjoyed staying with one of Cam's Kodaikanal India Class of '68 classmates, Kristina Ajaxon, her son Nils, and her husband Ragnar. Thanks to all of you for being such great hosts! The conversations were always lively! Thanks too, Kristina, for letting us try all kind of Swedish delicacies, including caviar and reindeer.
Our quick tour took us by Ryanair (Latin for "no legroom sucker") to Nykoping, just south of Stockholm for a day or two of visiting with the Ajaxons. Then...on to Stockholm for a visit to the harbour and a day of walking down the Strand and through the Vasa warship museum....fantastic! The last few days, we spent driving north to Varmland, the area of Sweden where Axel Nathanael Bergstrom (and 139,999 other Varmlanders) emmigrated to North America from many years ago. In Dalarna we also visited the home of the great Swedish artists, Carl and Karin Larsson. Both of us have a much greater appreciation for all of Carl's beautiful paintings now.
Let the photos do the talking!
