Travels and adventures in retirement

Friday was the day to leave Upsalla. I had planned to speed a weekend in Örebro visiting an old friend. Sadly she had an accident falling and hitting her head. So she is finally home recovering. I booked 3 nights at an inexpensive hotel in central Örebro. I had a very welcome from Camilla who…

13 August 2026 We had our exam yesterday on the first half of class. Then after mid-morning fika we came back to finish Chapter 6 with pronouns. Henrike graded all our tests on the day so we knew our results. Today we went over our homework and then he took us to the City Park…

Pa fredag har vi kulturell dags utflykt. Igår åkte vi till Strömsholm slott på middagen och till Arboga Medetida Veckan på efermiddagen. Strömsholm slott Originally the Queen’s castle in the 17th century it later became a riding school for the Swedish army. The building which is a museum is a remnant of what it once…

So now we have learned three songs – The Vowel Song, Vimse Mimse Spindle, and a lullaby The Mamma Troll. The Vowel song is just to teach us the nine vowels and how they change with consonants. Vimse Mimse Spindle is exactly like the Itsy Bitsy Spinder, excepts she Klatterer upp en trad (thread), and…

Well being back in school is a change – especially as I am probably the oldest person here but my fellow students are lovely and very helpful. So we have language class from 8.30 -1.00 they a mad dash to lunch at a local restaurant with our little tickets and we are spread out over…

25 July 2026 So it was Saturday and I had looked up Uppsala Parkrun but their statistics put them in the joggers & runners category as their slowest is 38 minutes and my personal best is 65 minutes. So I went along to see and the course director said I could volunteer and svan the…

So I checked out of the hostel after breakfast and rolled my suitcase, bedding, backpack 800 meters down the main street to get registered for the summer session. Richard, from Hong Kong and I were the first to arrive. Then as we went through the registration stations with different staff more fellow students arrived. When…

Friday 24 July 2026 So with encouragement from Judith I applied to attend a 3wee course in Swedish with UISS. I booked extra days before and after the class weeks. So Diny offered to drive me to Birmingham Airport for 2.00am. And I caught the 6.00am RyanAir flight. When I arrived in Stockholm a former…

An excursion we were booked for on Monday somehow got cancelled But Judith phoned up the organiser and explained the misunderstanding and rebooked for Tuesday after we checked into the hotel. It is a simple plan to make acquaintances by people inviting tourists in to the home for meals. They cook a dinner and you…