Sweden
I had never been to Sweden, and Kelly really wanted to revisit his childhood home. We booked the short flight from Geneva, and off we went.
Catching the last train in Switzerland to the airport to go to Stockholm
Our AirBnB in Dandryd, Sweden
3:30 am, sun is up
High school graduate celebration tradition
The super long escalator descending to the Tunnelbana. Back in the day, Kelly saw guys try to slide down these escalators....no, no, NO!
The Tunelbanna train ready to leave Mörby Centrum. This was our stop where we were staying.
Riding the amazing subway, (Tunnelbana), system
Reinacting the crime, Linda stands in front of the Royal Palace Museum and other Parliament buildings. There is a picture of my mother standing here in 1967
Crystal obelisk in Sergelstorg
Sergelstorg at T-Centralen
Remember, no matter where you go, David may be watching!
Back at the B&B for adult beverages
These burgers had no father? We did NOT eat there.
Konserthuset, Hotorget
Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (the Kings Theater) in Nybroplan, Stockholm, where we caught the water taxi to Saltjobaden
Disembarked the SL water transport at Nacka Strand to meet Judy and Olle.
Judy and Kelly
Linda, Olle and Judy.
Dinner in Saltsjöbaden
SL water transport docked at Slussen, returning from Saltsjobaden after a visit with Judy and Olle
NK department store
NK interior
Kungstragarden, where they ice skate in winter
Sunning in Kungstragarden
Sunning in Kungstragarden. After a long dark winter the Swedes love their long sunny summer days
Danderydskirka
At Gamla Stan looking south to Slussen. This is the neighborhood where the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" lived in the movie
Barbara Hutton's yacht, now the Malardrottningen hotel
Onboard the Malardrottningen yacht
At the wheel on the Malardrottningen Yacht
Riddarholmen Church
Solbaten, (Sun Boat), sculpture with Stadshuset, (City Hall).
Taking the SL water taxi. View of Gröna Lund amusement park
Drottnigsholms Palace
Drottningsholm Palace gardens
Gamlastan
Musicians arriving for the Stampen Blues jam in old town, which has been going on since 2003
Stampen, (The Pawnshop), Club. Jazz and Blues and a beer outside when it's warm. Nice Porsche!
Musicians hit it at the Saturday Blues Jam held at Stampen in Gamla Stan, (old town), since 2003
Derek January sings at the Blues Jam. He runs the show
Jamming in an ancient underground restaurant of S:ta Clara Bierhaus in Gamala Stan, (Old Town). It was run by a cat from Seattle
Milesgarden, on the Island of Lidingo
Hotel Foresta apartments, where we lived for a few months starting in Sept. 1967
This was the Tanzanian Ambassador's residence back in 1967
Kelly's playground as an 11-year-old at Hotel Foresta, 1967.
Humlegarden Park
Gröna Lund entrance. Back then we walked up, paid a few crwons and went in . Now you must purchase online then stand in line to go through bag inspection and metal detector. Times, they have changed!
Kelly next to a picture of Jimi Hendrix taken at the show he attended on August 31, 1970 at Gröna Lund
Gröna Lund, Stora Scenen stage where Hendrix played. It has been updated since then.
A very odd thing to see in Gröna Lund Amusement Park....a vintage instrument store
Hmmmmm this might be worth a few bucks
One of these roller coaster crashed and killed several people about a week after we were here
The Vasa museum. A small model stands next to the real deal which was salvaged and restored in the 1960's
Old Swedish coins found onboard the Vasa at Salvage
Subway station at the Technical School in Stockholm
Beam me up, Scotty
The Tunnelbana, (subway), Technika Högskolan station, aka, the Royal Institute of Technology. The art here takes on a scientific feel
The SL transportation dept. decided to "jazz up" several of the Tunnelbana stations. They really are a work of art. This is the station, Stadion (by the Olympic Stadium, and no, this was not initially intended as what some might think back in the 70's
Östermalmstorg Tunnelbana station art
Standing at the doorway of my old grade school, Anglo-American School, now known as the Stockholm International School. On our visit we learned that the school would be moving to another location in the fall of 2023 so we just made it. This building will now serve kindergarten and lower grades.
Entrance to Stockholm international School. Kelly went through these doors many a time.
Woman pushes a stroller along Johannesgatan by the old grade school
Entrance to our apartment on Kommendorsgatan in the Karlaplan area of Stockholm. It was the last place we lived before returning to the states
At the driveway of our home in Djursholm on Sveavagen
Our apartment in Karlaplan
The old "hood" in Dursholm
Dock at the end of our road, Sveavagen, in Djursholm.
Our home in Dursholm from 1968-fall, 1969
Brother Mike's old bedroom...
Kelly's old bedroom...
Current owners and two very nice people to let us come back and reminisce a bit.
Going into the basement where we all hung out playing pingpong and listening to the Beatles' Rubber Soul album on tape
This is crazy, they have a ping pong table in the exact spot where we had ours back in 1969.
Djursholm back yard
The old barber shop at Brevik Tram stop in Lidingo, where I first developed my infamous "look."
Train conductor on the Lidingöbanan line
Our first home in Sweden from 1967-1968
Kottlasjon Lake, where we fished and ice skated as kids.
Outlandish fashion in Stockholm. THESE boots are made for walkin'
Frieda, and friend, celebrating graduation. She thought that we looked "cool" and stopped us to have a chat
Korv is Sweden's answer to the hotdog. Mums Mums!
More squirrels recommend Serla toilet paper more than any other brand!