Wow. It’s hard to believe one week ago, Anna and I were chilling with my family in Corpus Christi. We have since driven back to Houston, worked and packed for two days, and then flew from Houston to Stockholm by way of Newark. Can that all really happen in one week?

Anna and I flew out of Houston Wednesday morning and arrived in Stockholm Thursday morning. Thursday is now a blur. We arrived at the airport, drove around the country side a bit before getting to Eskilstuna. The countryside here in Sweden is absolutely beautiful—flowing fields of grass and wheat, fields of yellow flowers, churches on hill tops that peak through the foliage, and bridges over flowing water. And there is something to be said about the freshness of the air. It is all just wonderful.

Our adventures have taken us to the summer stuga (the summer house) up on Lake Mälaren, to various old churches, and through Eskilstuna. We also saw ancient rune stone that was carved over a thousand years ago.

I have loved the weather here. Even though it is the middle of summer, it reminds of September days in Cleveland. Some days are hot and other days are in the sixties and cloudy and the evenings are just pleasant.