Sweden has been on the top of my travel list for four years. We are finally here. I met Dad at the Frankfurt Airport as he returned from Albania. I had packed his suitcase for a weekend in Sweden and we took off for Stockholm. I have to thank BYU's Young Ambassadors for the concert that put this trip on our calendar.
In our two days before that, we plan to visit the painter, Carl Larsson's, house.
He is sort of a Swedish Norman Rockwell. By painting pictures of domestic life he captures Sweden's spirit.
His artistic wife created a charming country house full of hand painted details. Their eight children were the models of his paintings in daily life. Today we will rent a car and drive 2 hours to get to this country house in Sundborn, Sweden. Its interior details are unchanged from his day.
Last night we arrived late in idyllic Sigtuna. We slept in a hotel called "1909 Sigtuna Stads Hotell." The crisp clean decor of grey and white is very simple. The breakfast room overlooks the lake. The only embellishments are the crystal lighting fixtures. A thousand years ago this was the most important town in the country. It is another town that time forgot. Dublin, York and Oslo had the same original Viking town plan, but in Sigtuna the layout is unchanged from the Vikings' time. How strange is that to think of?!
