Monday evening Mikael came home from work and changed Lucy's diesel filter and after supper, they all went fishing in the boat. I stayed home watching Lucy (read napping)

Mom finally caught a fish, not big, but at least a fish

Being out on the water is so peaceful says Mom, pretty sure I will find out eventually..........

after rain comes the sun and a  rainbow 

Buster decided he was going to become a lapdog just like me......not sure it's 100% appreciated by his Mom

Well, as the saying goes "All good things come to an end" 

It was sad saying goodbye I sure hope we can visit here again.

Every town and every village here has many roundabouts and they like to decorate them with art. Mom really likes this one.............flowers for our friends we just left

The next stop is in the town Mom was born. We parked south of the river and walked into town over the bridge she always crossed as a kid. It's so narrow it's now a oneway bridge 

Another one was being built upstream. That will be the fourth bridge over the river Mom noted. 

The park has changed a lot and the yearly cactus pot wasn't done yet

Amongst all the changes Mom was happy to see the old water fountain Johanna still in place

Coming up to the town square there's the much talked and written about wooden skyscraper 

The Sara Culture Centre is built from over 12,000 cubic meters of wood harvested from nearby forests

Mom thought it was the most hideous building she has ever seen and it was huge. 

It is a 20-story, 75-meter-high box with little holes for windows and is named Sarah after a popular Swedish author - opened its doors last September. As ugly as we think it is, it's very innovative and new

The cultural center, which takes up the lower four levels of the building, is built with columns and beams made of glued laminated timber and without the use of concrete. The cement industry currently accounts for about 7 percent of global CO2 emissions, per the International Energy Agency.

The building houses six theater stages, the city library, two art galleries, a conference center, restaurants, and a hotel with 205 rooms that offer views of the surrounding city.

Apart from being one of the world’s tallest wooden buildings and a meeting place for the city’s residents, the building’s energy system tries to be as carbon neutral as possible.

The building is equipped with solar panels, batteries, and a heat pump that works with electrical, water, and district heating. Even the sprinkler system, which in most buildings is usually powered by diesel, is powered by renewable energy.

Excess energy from the building is passed on to other parts of the city or stored in the cultural center’s on-site batteries.

We didn't stay in the city long, instead, we drove a short distance to the best campsite Mom knows of.

we set up camp and Mom did laundry 

?????? maybe Santa REALLY lived up there where all the reindeer were roaming?

but why would Mom steal his socks?

This campsite has chandeliers everywhere and the fanciest one is hanging in the room where you empty your toilet cassette ............everything here is polished and clean................just the way Mom likes it

tomorrow night there will be entertainment here so we might stay around longer than we planned says, Mom. 

The temperature is around 65 and that would be very pleasant if it wasn't for the chilly wind.

The sun is now going down at 23.30 and up at  1.51  which means we have a 21,5-hour daylight

Life is good

wet kisses to ya all

Henry