Vacation is over

I have just finished a great week of vacation in Sweden. I have to tell you that I’m still deeply in love with that country. I have been in Sweden so many times that I have stopped counting a long time ago. I think that it is my parents that have made me addicted. My dad used to work in Sweden in 1955 to 1959 as a glassblower before he returned to Denmark and got his old job at Holmegaard Glassworks back. And ever since he has frequently visited Sweden, and growing up we were up there once every year. And after a period of about 10 years where I absolutely hated going there, I returned and just fell in love.

I can’t say what it is about Sweden that I’m in love with. Maybe it is the nature or maybe it is the people. I just don’t know. But that place are so special to me that I’ve go there at least 3 times every year, and I just need to go there to feel good. But this has been the first time I have seen Sweden in the “winter”. Well not really winter, but the lakes were frozen and we did have a little snow when we were there. But that only make the place more beautiful.

This week has been great. I did a lot of reading and relaxing. I kind of needed that I think. And we did see a lot of great places. We visited the first place dad worked when he first moved there. Made him a little sad I think. But it was fun for me. But the sad thing is that most of the glassworks up there are closing now. Just a few of the big ones still exists such as Kosta and Orrefors, but the little ones he worked at are really slowing down and are more for the tourists now and no real production anymore. And many of them are closing down completely. It is a sad thing. The industry was the foundation of the economic growth in that area. And now it is almost over.

But all that aside we did have a great week. We didn’t get to do any fishing though. The lake was almost frozen, but the ice weren’t strong enough to we could walk on it. I think that I have to go there a little earlier next year in order to try ice fishing. And it would be fun to see real snow again and maybe do a little cross-country skiing again.

Well it is back to work for me tomorrow. I don’t feel up to it, but it is just something I have to do to keep the money coming in. And we will soon go on our next trip. I’ll only have to wait to May the 26th, so that can keep me in good mood. And I will have some time to get my cell phone to work with my laptop, so I can post pictures and stories from the trip as we go along. Instead of just writing small e-mails on my cell phone witch are hard work.