We went to the Nobel Museum. We also went to a folk museum and saw someone making glass. I had a lovely strawberry ice cream. Someone said, "get out of my way I'm having a photo." Words by Daniel

A sad farewell to Leksand this morning - our home for the last week and setting for some enjoyable memories from this trip - but with a lot of the 'Midsummer crowd' also having departed and the rain showing no signs of stopping it made it slightly easier to leave. On to Stockholm and rush-hour traffic - why do we never learn to plan the timing better?! Having negotiated the traffic and found our aire we realised that we were only a 2.5km waterside walk t...

So for the second day of our free Sommarland pass we woke to.... more cold and rain... but undeterred the brave trio (Roger, Megan and Daniel) donned their swimsuits and braved the waterslides. They all decided that wetsuits were much more sensible before attacking the Wipeout course on the lake. I was cold in my jumper just watching them so I was very impressed they persevered but even more impressed with those who stuck with the swimsuits. In Spain we were lau...

So, Midsummer Day was the opening day of Sommarland next door to our campsite and we had free tickets. We had been eagerly awaiting this waterpark since leaving the UK, but Midsummer Day started grey and cold. Nevertheless we headed for the park hoping the rain would pass - only for it to get heavier and heavier until we decided to abort and return to Bob for full waterproofs! Luckily Sommarland had numerous other activities as well as swimming so we spent the...

Midsummer is celebrated in Sweden by raising a maypole and dancing around it. Girls and ladies often make wreaths with flowers they've collected. In the evening girls collect 7 different varieties of flowers to put under their pillow and then they dream their future husband. We spent the morning on the campsite and then went into town to join the celebrations. I dressed up brightly and put flowers in my hair. Me and mummy walked along the beautiful lake with mi...