Roadtrip with old car

Last Summer we made a road trip with family. We drove through eight countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

In ten days in June we drove 4400 km, with an 16 year old car (Opel Vectra). During the road trip the car surpassed 320 000 km. Well done, for an old car!

We drove from Umeå in Sweden to Trondheim in Norway, and forward to Larvik in the south.

The first picture is from Sweden and the others from Norway.

During a road trip there is not always time to stop and take pictures. When we were driving in Norway, I tried to catch beautiful views with my camera. 

These pictures are taken through car window.

Route map

Our road map route in Sweden and Norway.

Brudslöjan Waterfall

Last summer on our road trip with the family we found a waterfall called Brudslöjan. It´s easy when you can find places where you can stop on Google maps.

We found the nature trail to Brudslöjan (the bridal veil) in Sweden, close to the Norwegian border.

What we didn´t realize, was that there was some walking downwards to get to the waterfall. If we had been driving a bit further, the walk would have been shorter.

Follow the trail with us!

Our cruise to Stockholm

We have a nice tradition of going to Sweden a few days before Christmas by boat. It's a good way to start the holiday, and still have time for Christmas preparations. This time we went with Viking Gabriella. On our way to Stockholm it was quite stormy, although not as bad weather as it could have been. So we managed to eat at the restaurant and went shopping. In the morning it was calm again.

Beautiful sunrise after the storm.

Kids enjoyed playing in the cabin.

In Stockholm we took the bus and metro to downtown. There we went to the railway station to buy some Swedish magazines and a book for the kids. Of course we visited Åhléns department store as we always do. After that we took the metro to Stockholm's Old Town. There we had lunch with Swedish friends.

Downtown without snow.

Walking towards the restaurant in Old Town.

When we came back to the boat there was enough time for swimming, sauna and eating at the restaurant. The sea was calm, and the kids stayed up a bit later, so we could watch some of the programs at the boat.