While planning the vacation part of the Sweden trip, multiple blogs and articles spoke of how a visit to an archipelago island was almost a non-negotiable part of […]
Scandinavian Summer, Days 11: Stockholm Part 2
After the conference, I headed into Stockholm. Once I got to the city, I headed to the hotel which was on a boat! Yes, after a less-than-stellar AirBnB […]
Scandinavian Summer, Days 8-11: Uppsala
Uppsala is a beautiful university town about an hour north of Stockholm. The whole reason that the Scandinavian Summer trip occurred is that I had a poster accepted […]
Scandinavian Summer Days 8: Stockholm morning
After walking with SMS to the train station to take the Arlanda Express out to the airport, I went for a run Stockholm until it was time to […]
Scandinavian Summer, Day 7: Stockholm
It was our last full day together so what better way to have couple-bonding time than borrowing a tandem bike from the hotel? Well, actually, there are probably […]
Scandinavian Summer, Day 6: Gothenburg to Stockholm
Although I loved Gothenburg, we woke up and it was time to move on. This trip, I booked two nights in each of the cities plus one night […]
Scandinavian Summer, Day 5: Gothenburg and Trollhättan
In reading these trip synopsis, I would caution you that part of the fantastic-ness of this trip was the incredible weather we were lucky enough to experience. Apart from […]
Scandinavian Summer, Day 4: Gothenburg and Garden Fest
After a great night of sleep, I was firmly a fan of glamping! We were both awake on the early side thanks to the jet lag and sun. […]
Hven is a Place on Earth!
Hven/Ven, Sweden is a beautiful island in the Øresund strait between Sweden and Denmark. The Denmark spelling adds the “H,” the Swedes just stick with Ven. It’s claim to […]
Scandinavian Summer: Intro and Day 1
An abstract I submitted to an international conference in Uppsala, Sweden was accepted back in April and I decided to go ahead with the presentation and the trip. […]