Showing posts with label Halmstad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halmstad. Show all posts

Thursday, June 3, 2010

To Sweden, Or Not to Sweden

That was our question as we traveled to Halmstad this past week. Halmstad is a gorgeous little beach resort town on the west coast of Sweden.

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Eddy had a job opportunity, so we went over to check it out. After much deliberation, we decided it was not a great fit for us. At that point, we did it up tourist style!

We ate lots of Magnum bars and excellent Swedish waffles.

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Our hotel also had a very extensive breakfast smorgasbord, so we indulged every single morning. Turns out, one can get tired of smoked salmon and pickled fish products.

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We saw the rapeseed in bloom along the beautiful Swedish countryside.

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We also visited Tylösand, one of the world's most popular beaches. Since it was still a bit early for tourist season, we had the whole place to ourselves.

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Look for an upcoming post on our excursion to Copenhagen!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Authentic Sweden

We just returned from Sweden and will publish our exploits serially here per our usual. In the meantime, here's a little teaser...

Nothing could be more authentically Swedish than a pilgrimage to the IKEA in Gothenburg.

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We went crazy testing out all of their goodies.

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Sadly, the Swedish meatball plate at the IKEA was the only meatball we had while visiting. Happily, it was freaking delicious!

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Check out our continuing adventures in Sweden and Denmark over the next couple of days!