Last weekend we had an amazing time. Staying on a farm! Actually, we didn’t just STAY on it – the kids WORKED on it! Here is the farm from a distance… ….and here is the little cottage we stayed in…. Run by wonderful Inger, ex-preschool teacher and now farmer, and her husband Bernt, they have [...]
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A Farming Weekend
Posted in Discovering Sweden, Journeys and Trips, Nature, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on May 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
November Days
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Books, Building and discovery, Everyday things.., Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.., Role play on November 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
November has been speeding by. Mormor (English grandmother) has come to stay. Papa has gone off to work in Hong Kong for two weeks. Some kids have been ill, some have not. The weather has turned colder, but it has not yet snowed. Here are some of the things we’ve been up to….. .…….. We’ve [...]
Where Can You Find….?
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Giant… Cinderella’s castle… Three bear’s porridge… One of the Billy Goats Gruff… A dwarf… The house of a troll… And a very old fashioned playground… At ‘Sagostigen‘! This literally translates to ‘story path’, and we came here a few years ago (and I see now that I seem to have taken very similar photos then!) [...]
Heavenly Hammocks, Hummus and Hippies!
Posted in Green Areas Around Stockholm, Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on September 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I haven’t written for a few days due to general life taking over (it happens sometimes…), but I must just tell you about one of our weekend trips… We went to Rosenhill Trädgård (Rosenhill Gardens) on Sunday. Unfortunately the website really does this place no justice, as so often seems to be the case, because [...]
Tractors, Trucks And Traffic Jams: Lådbilslandet
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on August 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The best place to teach your kids to drive – in box cars driven by lawnmower engines. At Lådbilslandet ‘traffic school’….. Children between the ages of 2 and 10 are encouraged to drive around tracks and on mini-roads, working out which way to turn the steering wheel, when to push down on the accelerator, and [...]
Possibly The Best Playground In The World : Paltorps Hage
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on August 23, 2010 | 10 Comments »
‘Paltorps Hage’ is amazing, fantastic, brilliant. What a find! And the website, I’m afraid, does it no justice… Started by the owners of the farm, and open only during late Spring and throughout the Summer, ‘Paltorps Hage’ is a non-profit playground full of fun and adventure, for ALL ages. The equipment is homemade by the [...]
A Trip To ‘Orebrö’
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have just come back from an exciting and energetic trip to ‘Orebrö’, a little town just 2 hours west of Stockholm. We stayed in a lovely little cottage for one night, and spent a couple of days moving rapidly in child orientated situations ! Our first day was filled with fun at ‘Gustavsvick Adventure [...]
Sigtuna
Posted in Green Areas Around Stockholm, Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we went to Farmor’s for the day, and ended up visiting Sigtuna, which is the oldest town in Sweden (1000 years old). Farmor and Alfie by the lake Alfie looking out to the lake The above photo is of “Tant Brun” (Aunt Brown), who stands outside the old coffee shop. This was the town [...]
Viking Festival
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently we have been reading some books about the history of the Vikings to the kids, in preparation for this festival. It was absolutely fantastic! Lots of stalls selling hand-made crafts and foods, lots of crafts to take part in, and best of all a chance to watch some viking games -which were absolutely hilarious!!! [...]
“Bergdagarna”
Posted in Green Areas Around Stockholm, Journeys and Trips, Nature, Places to visit a drive away from Stockholm.. on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We went to a village called “Berg”, which means “mountain”, where they had their annual farming festival at the school for farmers! Well, we couldn’t miss that now could we?! So after looking at the goats and the horses, we slipped on some blue plastic shoes, and popped into the pig arena with lots of [...]
