Visitors in Sweden

This fall, I was so lucky to have a marathon of four wonderful visitors.  Two of which, had never been to Europe before.

 Välkommen till Sverige, Danielle, Chris, Tiffany, and Kelsey!

Välkommen till Stockholm, Danielle!

 Dala häst and Kirsten.

View from Monteliusvägen with Danielle. 

 Capturing the picturesque view of Gamla Stan from Södermalm.

Hours after Danielle's departure, Chris and Tiff arrived in Sweden for the first time from Germany.

It had been years since the last time I saw Chris.  Time spent with him is always so special.  

Tiff and I.

Oldest and youngest sibling in our family.  Emily- 23.  Chris- 33.

Of course I had to take Chris and Tiff out in Stockholm, and have them meet the girls!

Princess tårta with a mustache for Swedish father's day.

Big brother, little sister and espresso martinis.

 I love when everyone special in my life meets each other.

The last push of visitors came one week after Chris and Tiff left.  Välkommen till Sverige, Kelsey! <3

Directly from the airport, we went north to the small town of Hedemora, where Kelsey's relatives live, in the county of Dalarna.  

Dala horse ring a bell?

They come in every color!

Dala factory.

Dala horses are hand carved and hand painted. It took this woman 3 minutes to paint a large Dala häst.

Smallest Dala horse in the world. 

Largest Dala horse in the world!

I enjoyed seeing another part of Sweden, but I was eager to return to Stockholm and show Kelsey the Sweden I know and love.

Kelsey overlooking Strandvägen. 

 Beautiful Biblioteksgatan lined with Christmas lights.

Gamla Stan.

Monteliusvägen in Söder.

Fika.

Gamla Stan.

 Christmas market in Gamla Stan.

Glögg, my favorite drink to warm you up in the cold weather.

Kelsey in front of the Royal Palace.

 Kungstragården ice skating rink.

One of the many amazing sunsets we see from Lidingö.

Naturhistoriskamuseet with the kids.

 Crazy kids.

Walking around the old cobble stone streets of Sweden as preserved in Skansen, a museum and zoo in Stockholm.

Kristina, Kelsey and I enjoying one of our last days together.

 Biblioteksgatan at night.  Thanks for visiting me, Kelsey, I miss you already!