10PM Summer Stroll
Last night I took the dog out for a walk. It was around 10:30PM. The sun was near the horizon but it was still an hour away from dipping below the hills.…
✳ Seven journeys to Sweden
A little further
north.
Seven journeys. A growing family. A story kept along the way.
From a first visit in 2002 to a full year of life in the north, and back again in 2009. These are our journeys to Sweden, documented in words, photographs, and little moments worth keeping.
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Juoksengi, Sweden
Juoksengi, Sweden
A slower kind of everyday.One Full Year
A chapter of our lives · 2007–2008
Four seasons.
A thousand little things.
In August 2007, we packed up life in California and moved to Sweden for a year. We watched the river freeze, the sun disappear, and the spring arrive all over again.
Somewhere between the first snow and the midnight sun, the everyday became the adventure.
Read “One Full Year”The chapters
Every journey, a story.
A journal for each journey.
Start wherever you like.
01Bill’s First Time
The beginning of our Sweden story.
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02Swedish Spring
Snowmobile rides, the Ice Hotel, and a very different kind of spring.
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03Zoe Goes to Sweden
Three plane seats. One four-month-old. A whole new adventure.
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04Lots of Snow
Back for winter days and time with family.
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05Number Five
Another summer, another journey north.
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We came for a year. We stayed for every season.
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07And We’re Back Again
A passport appointment, and the beginning of another journey.
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Days we remember.
Swedish Midsummer Party
Today we went the a Swedish midsummer party in Kuivakangas, a village just south of Juoksengi. The day started off with some games, and a quick pony ride.…
The Ice Hotel
We left the house at 6:00am and headed for Jukkasjärvi, a small village in Northern Lapland, Sweden that builds an entire hotel out of ice every winter!…
Through our eyes
A few moments, held still.
From our family to yours
Some places you visit.
Some places stay with you.