Please don't picture us on some hot beach because we've been hammered with rain for the last few days. Although luckily our accomodation at the castle was just perfect so we've had a lovely few days. Hackerberga Slott near Genarp, gorgeous. We forgot to mention a highlight in our last blog, we visited a town named Boras. We went to see this nine metre sculpture named Pinnochio, it was just as good in person! The town was lovely, great coffee - next time we'll st...

Actually pronounced by the local as "Yo-te-bor-ee", Gothenburg has been quite a vibrant city. It's difficult to rival the incredible Stockholm, but Gothenburg still has delivered well. There has been PLENTY happening here this weekend. We've counted about 5 different outdoor exhibitions, festivals or concerts. We stumbled across the "Way Out West" festival as we were out and about. We think this is where they put the Goth into Gothenburg. Coul...

Located at the southern point of Lake Vattern is a town called Jonkoping which we stayed in for 3 nights. Again we weren't blessed with the nicest weather but we made the most of our time here. Andrew turned 31 here and as he wished we spent the morning in the gym of all places (contributed by a guilty conscience to work off some of the fantastic food we've been lucky enough to experience). We mixed it up with some swimming, spa, sauna and massages before heading...

We've had a few huge storms recently, one of which damaged our rental car in Finland, lucky we weren't in it at the time. Karlstad is about 3 hours drive west of Stockholm, situated on the huge Lake Veren, which is the third largest lake in Europe. We've had a lot of wet weather here which makes us appreciate the sunshine when it comes out! We went for a bush walk through the forest, resulting in half of the skin on Sj's leg being left behind and Andrew's ankle a...

So here we are in sunny Stockholm and we were quickly reminded why we like it here. We've hired bikes for the duration of our stay and we're making good use of them. The weather has been perfect and the sun isn't very strong, so it's impossible to get burnt. We are spending a lot of time in Soder- a very cool area with hidden bars and shops everywhere. We found a blog about this city which we've been living and breathinghttp://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/06/s...