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Weekly Travel theme: Statues
Grave yards are some of my favourite places for taking walks. At Highgate Cemetary in London I can walk for hours in the calm and peaceful athmosphere. The statues are all very beautiful here.
This sleeping woman was found under the ivy last year, and totally intact, in one piece of marble. She had been sleeping under the ivy for decades.
This dog is another faithful friend, just like Bobby, sculptured to stay with his master or mistress beyond death.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture
Texture from Cee this week! One of my favourite textures is from New Zealand, South Island and the great Glaciers. We stayed for several hours – just enjoying.
Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Hot
Some like it hot…but who would guess that I was once going to quote Paris Hilton? This photo is from one of the hot areas on Iceland. Please stick to the path here…
For more hot stuff – go to Ese!
This is Earth. Isn’t it hot?
Paris Hilton
One Trip EVERY Month Challenge: Östersund and Maria
Marianne has begun a new challenge where you take one trip every month, near or far, and take photos or write all about it. Join her here http://eastofmalaga.net/2014/01/20/new-challenge-one-trip-every-month/
Here’s how:
- Each month, visit somewhere and then write about your trip or describe it using photographs – whichever suits you best.
- Don´t forget to title and tag your entry ’One Trip EVERY Month Challenge’, and link back to this page.
- Display the Challenge logo on your post or in your sidebar.
- HAVE FUN!
I should have gone before Christmas, but a storm closed down all transportation in the southern part of Sweden. My flight was cancelled only a couple of hours before take-off. I was finally going to meet one of my blogger friends, Maria, living in Östersund up north, and I can’t say how disappointed I was. And Maria too. We had been planning this for about half a year, and we both laughed in the phone at the disaster …there was nothing else we could do…
I had to book another flight – not until February was it possible for us to meet. I was looking forward to a lot of winter, snow and fabulous walks on their big lake, Storsjön. The trip turned out to be … something quite different, but maybe not less wonderful!
My room
The real thing – Yarri!
One good way of transporting yourself on ice
Östersund – on wet ice
Åre and the mountains
Studio glassworks – Storsjöhyttan
Hot chocolate and …..
Östersund by night
For more on Jämtland, see my previous posts: https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/en-pa-miljonen-one-in-a-million/
And MariaYarri who is the true source of Jämtland pictures and stories!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sepia tones
Some photos are enhanced in sepia tones – this scene from a street in Tibet shows a couple looking at a variety of bells for their cattle.
A local market in Tibet
Travel theme: Ancient
Ailsa at Where’s my Backpack? asks us to present something Ancient this week. My choice is an animal, a survivor from ancient times.
En på Miljonen – One in a Million
Två och en halv dag i Östersund med Jämtländsk gästfrihet av varmaste slag. Maria och Yarri bjöd både på sig själva och på det allra godaste i jämtländsk mat. Ren och älg, röding och västerbottenpaj… med mera. Frukost med hjortronsylt (egenhändigt plockade bär och hemgjord sylt) varje dag. Maria är också en mästare på såser. Nätterna tillbringades i en prinsessan – på – ärtensäng. Det går helt enkelt inte att beskriva mina dagar där med något annat än himmelska. Maria är En på Miljonen av värme och omtänksamhet. Tack än en gång, Maria! Jag vet inte hur jag ska kunna återgälda detta, men jag ska göra mitt bästa!
Maria öppnade sitt hem och vackre Yarri satt gärna hos mig på soffan och myste…Han vet att ta vara på livets goda den mannen. (Yarri – du är precis den man du är på bloggen du!) Jag blev guidad till allt vackert som finns att se både nära och långt bort. Vi började med Frösön och vackra Frösö kyrka (började byggas på 1100-talet), Wilhelm Peterson -Bergers ”Sommarhagen” och hans grav. Peterson-Bergers “Frösö Blomster” är i mitt tycke det vackraste en svensk kompositör någonsin har gjort.
Kyrkor är ett måste, men alla hanns inte med eftersom de vissa dagar inte är öppna och andra dagar stänger redan tre. Men, man ska inte hasta. Bättre att njuta grundligt i stunden av den man besöker. Stora kyrkan i Östersund och fina Hackås kyrka, den enda i sitt slag i Jämtland, är pärlor som jag hoppas få chansen att besöka en annan gång. Men, först vill jag ju visa Maria lite av vad Skåne kan erbjuda! Få en fin presentation, från Marias blogg, av Hackås kyrka här.
Fler poster kommer att handla om mitt besök i Marias Jämtland. Men, för att verkligen se och få veta mer om detta vackra landskap måste du gå till en äkta jämtska – besök MariaYarri!
Two and a half day in Östersund with the warmest hospitality I have ever met. Maria is One in a Million of warmheartedness. Maria and Yarri treated me with the most excellent, typically Jämtländska food: Reindeer, moose, char and Västerbotten pie. Cloudberry jam every day… (In the southern part of Sweden, where I live, these berries are very expensive.) Of course Maria picks the berries herself and makes the jam as well… My days in Östersund cannot be described as anything but heavenly. Thank you again, Maria!
Maria (and Yarri) guided me to so many beautiful spots in the vicinity – and far away – that I was afraid she might get tired of driving me around…but she insisted…We both like churches, so Frösö church (12th C) was our first choice. My favorite Swedish composer, Wilhelm Peterson – Berger, was buried here. His most famous compositions are “Flowers of Frösö” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Peterson-Berger
Unfortunately the churches are not open every day, so the eldest and most special church in Jämtland, beautiful Hackås, and the church in Östersund, were not visited – hopefully I will get the chance another time. It’s better to enjoy what you see, slowly and thoroughly. But first, I hope to show Maria something of Skåne too! Visit Hackås from Maria’s blog here.
More posts will be about my visit to Maria’s Jämtland – but the best way to get to know this part of Sweden is to visit MariaYarri!
By the entrance to Frösö church
View from the church, the mountains and Storsjön
”To fight for the Light, yes, that is the highest”
the belfry from 1754 with Birgittaklockan (Bridget of Sweden bell)
After a fire 1898 the church got its new interior look in 1930
Tha altar
The first organ was built in 1857 by Johan Gustaf Ek, but it has been rebuilt several times.
Maria talade mycket om den jämtländska blå färgen – och visst är den där – den genomgående blå tonen. Hela registret.
Maria talked about the typical blue colour of Jämtland – and it is there, in almost every picture – the beautiful blue.
Travel theme: Work
Work – what do I think of when I think of working? At Where’s My Backpack ? Ailsa wants us to show how we think. For me, I guess much of it is about hard work with your hands, but also work together with animals. We will never manage without their help, even if technology is taking over…other values are at stake here…
Fixing my roof
Cutting grass
Training birds
Cutting Tibetan carpets
Making incence
Amritsar and the Golden Temple
Sitting Under My Tree just now is a guest post on the Golden Temple of Amritsar. Welcome!
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