Day 4: Around Östersund
On Tuesday we got up and decided that we would explore the area a bit. Well, actually Bertil and Maud decided that this was a good day for doing that.
We drove through the countryside...our first stop the town of BOBERG!
There is not much there....a couple houses, some horses and that is about it. But we did get to have our photo taken by the town sign many many times.
Next was a small bakery in Selet where we purchased some lovely & fresh Swedish flatbread. Yummy.
After that we headed to Selsålandet which is where the house is where Steve's Great Grandmother Martha was born!!!!
Very cool and very old and full of lots of historical family importance.
Next stop was Köttsjön. Here is the house where Martha & August (Steve's Great Grandfather) lived when they were first married, before immigrating (or is it emigrating?) to the US.
There were beautiful wildflowers all around and my sweetie picked me some. Maud said - maybe a hundred years ago August picked some for Martha. Now 4 generations later you're picking them for Carrie. Awwww, very sweet.
After all that running around we headed back to Östersund and went across the lake (Storsjön) to the town of Frösön. This is a beautiful island. We went to a viewing tower for panoramic views of the lake & Östersund.
After seeing the views we went into Östersund for some dinner. There was a big music festival happening that week so we had a hard time finding a place to eat (all the restaurants close and then reopen on the pier by the water.). It was busy, noisy, crowded and slightly annoying. We finally found a place to eat where I had my 2nd grossest hamburger ever.
Dinner ended and we went back to Frösön to check out a very old church (from the 900's?)
and the beautiful views from the golf course. By this time it was nearly 11pm and both Steve & I were beat. It was a fun day but very busy. We looked forward to Wednesday which was scheduled to spend in the mountains!
We drove through the countryside...our first stop the town of BOBERG!
There is not much there....a couple houses, some horses and that is about it. But we did get to have our photo taken by the town sign many many times.
Next was a small bakery in Selet where we purchased some lovely & fresh Swedish flatbread. Yummy.
After that we headed to Selsålandet which is where the house is where Steve's Great Grandmother Martha was born!!!!
Very cool and very old and full of lots of historical family importance.
Next stop was Köttsjön. Here is the house where Martha & August (Steve's Great Grandfather) lived when they were first married, before immigrating (or is it emigrating?) to the US.
There were beautiful wildflowers all around and my sweetie picked me some. Maud said - maybe a hundred years ago August picked some for Martha. Now 4 generations later you're picking them for Carrie. Awwww, very sweet.After all that running around we headed back to Östersund and went across the lake (Storsjön) to the town of Frösön. This is a beautiful island. We went to a viewing tower for panoramic views of the lake & Östersund.
After seeing the views we went into Östersund for some dinner. There was a big music festival happening that week so we had a hard time finding a place to eat (all the restaurants close and then reopen on the pier by the water.). It was busy, noisy, crowded and slightly annoying. We finally found a place to eat where I had my 2nd grossest hamburger ever.
Dinner ended and we went back to Frösön to check out a very old church (from the 900's?)
and the beautiful views from the golf course. By this time it was nearly 11pm and both Steve & I were beat. It was a fun day but very busy. We looked forward to Wednesday which was scheduled to spend in the mountains!
Comments
That is incredibly cool about seeing those homes from Steve's ancestors! Wow!
So - when I come up - wanna go out and get a burger? :)