On the Road Again & Again & Again: And it begins...after a year of planning!

Thursday, July 10, 2014

And it begins...after a year of planning!

Wow...we are really on our way! With the remodel underway...so many details to complete. Add to the mix Halley in the hospital in MSP with cellulitus... We are extra thankful we are even on our way!

We we're welcomed on the plane and finally felt we could start to relax. Of course, the champagne they gave us didn't hurt either. After we took off, it was a short time later when we saw all the some from the fires roaring east of the mountains...it was a lot! Prayers for those with homes in the area.

Hiccups in the homefront continued... but one of them we fixed while at JFK Airport. The other one, the TNT, is still hanging...

From JFK it was weird, since we took off we took off at 10:15 pm, in the dark... and needed some good sleep for this 8 hour flight... that the sky was getting brighter and brighter... Sun rising as we headed east. Makes sense since Scandinavia has a sunset around 10pm while the sun rises about 3:45 am... Glad we have blackout shades!

After settling in, we got word, Halley goes home today...yeah!!!! With that news and getting all checked in, we were ready for a little explore and spent about 2 hours in Old Town. Mostly the original buidings of the area. Walked past the Royal Palace, and so many other great buldings; we learned Stockholm is really a series of islands with canals; additionally, our room looks out at The Stockholm City Hall, where the Nobel Peace Prize Dinner takes place (they all seem very proud of that... the dinner??) Our room is blessed also with a beautiful view of the water and canals.

Italian Dinner tonight with a a great Chianti and reasonable prices...We like that cuz things are very expensive in this area! Oh... and we can say we found a geocache in Sweden... I'll just show a pic of the area.

Alright... the eyelids are getting heavy!!!! Our bed is calling!