That year in Sweden caused something I never thought I would experience before... fernweh (there is no real translation for this word; it means - literally - distance-ache, but you could say its the longing to be somewhere else, away from home). Travelling has never been something I was really interested in before... but now things have changed.
Perhaps I did not realize back then how animating it is to just go out into nature and .. walk. Now I am reading into literature about trekking and this is definitely the way I would like to spend my next holiday. My dream is to go to South Africa (where my brother is currently doing his PhD in chemistry...) for trekking. I thought of this February, but already found out that more planning is needed than I thought. Also, of course, it is not really recommendable to travel alone in certain regions (and not only because of lions or hyenas). So it would be best to get some practice before going for it... but somebody wrote already about the importance of having dreams.
Anyway, maybe I get back to the topic which is Sweden and I just intended to post some pictures I took while in Stockholm in July. Enjoy!
Typical Swedish coastal landscape (tour to Utö in Stockholm's archipelago)
walking in dry moss... the moose like to feed on these and they left their "signs" everywhere...
The youth hostel or vandrarhem I stayed in on Fjärdlång (an even smaller island in the same area). I just love those wooden houses in red...
the entrance, after the veranda. Some things about Sweden are most fascinating. One example is how places like this are run. There is no reception; you pay for your room at the local (and only) shop - a grocery store (where they also serve breakfast if you apply). You are trusted to clean your room after you and - of course - not steal anything (like the books in the shelf on the picture or kitchen stuff, the television...) and it actually works. It is unthinkable at home - with that Swedish trustfulness you would be ripped off in no time. But there, rules are obeyed out of conviction, not because you could face punishment.
A view of the archipelago. From the top of a hill on Fjärdlång. Who would have guessed this scene is from so far in the north?
Till next time, cheers W.
A view of the archipelago. From the top of a hill on Fjärdlång. Who would have guessed this scene is from so far in the north?
Till next time, cheers W.
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