Sisters and Mother Go on Holiday

This is a snapshot tale of a trip that Carol and Lois planned to take their mother to Sweden. The photos are just a small sample of the ones available and a link of all of them to view will be sent to relatives and friends that we expect would like to see them. By request we will send the link to those that they would like to see them as well.

For some time now Carol and Lois have been wanting to take their mother, Margaret, on a trip to Sweden to visit relatives there. Well the time had arrived and they left on the trip on Tuesday, July 17th beginning with a stop in England to attend grand daughter Lena's graduation from a missionary college in northeastern England. Carol and Lois chipped in together to buy airline tickets for Lena as a graduation gift so she could join them on the trip to Sweden. As this trip was being planned Lena's mother, Bev, was able to acquire tickets as well and joined them in England so that makes five on the trip altogether. Bev is married to Carol and Lois' brother Greg. Also, they are all Swedish descendants.

Margaret, Carol and Lois at the bus station
ready to ride to Boston's Logan airport.

Lois and Margaret at the gate at Logan waiting
to board for the trip to Manchester, England.

The train platform on their arrival from Manchester
to the town near to Lena's college.

This is a train that was going by.

Here's Bev on board the train from Manchester
enjoying the company, I'm sure.

This Lena's dorm.

Carol knows I like pictures of food, this is her
first meal at a local pub after checking in at
the campus. Ham, turkey, potatoes, peas, corn,
cranberries and Yorkshire pudding.

Lincolnshire countryside.

Couldn't help myself, there is never a shortage
of this being spread.

Nearby church.

A friend of Lena's, Margaret, Lena, Lois and
Carol after Lena's graduation.

Lena and Bev.

Parent's and friends of other graduates, the
folks on the right have a daughter who lives
in the same town as Carol and I do, small world.
This is inside their camper they were staying in.

We love seeing these campers as we have our
own though these European ones, "caravans", are
much smaller and are quite tidy and popular.

Lena having a snack on the train now to London
to fly on to Copenhagen where they will pick up a
rental car and drive to Sweden.

In the rental car Lena gets to sit between her mother...

...and her grandmother.

This is the bridge between Denmark and Sweden.

With Carol doing the driving Lois is the navigator.

On the right road to Lenhovda.

Here's the meal that awaited them at their
cousin Gunborg's house.

Lena outside a National Heritage site that they visited.

Margaret and Gunborg at Anders house.

Back to the rental car. They had reserved a "van" so
they could comfortably transport five adults and their
luggage and this Audi is what awaited them. Not bad.

Gunborg (2nd cousin), Margaret and Inga Brita (3rd cousin).

We won't get into how everyone here is related,
they just are. Lois, Magnus, Richard, Mecala, Carol,
Bertil, Margaret, Jonathan, Gunnar, Gunborg and Lena.

Bev, Gunnar, Anders, Bertil, Gunborg,
Margaret and Lena.

On the road home heading to Copenhagen to catch
their flight to London then to Boston.

How to pack a car for traveling.

Lois heading for terminal 3 at the airport in Copenhagen.

Margaret waiting to go home.