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Bye Bye Sweden

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It was a great month, lost in Swedish lakes and forests.The weather was variable.Going north it got quite chilly, but the last week was sunny and beautiful.The forest offered us mushrooms and lots of blueberries 🫐 and cranberries.  We picked them by hand and filled the freezer but next time we will copy the Swedes and buy a special kind of picker that they got here. Walking in the forest is like walking on a soft moquette.  The mosquitos weren't that bad, everyone scared us saying they're unbearable but in the places that we've been to there was a tolerable amount. We spoke to a Swedish couple and they confirmed that July is the most busy summer month. In August the weather is variable and the children start school on the 15th so most of Swedes go back home. Maybe this explains why we thought it was so quiet and not many people around. We missed a bit socialising.Think in Sweden is not that easy. There were some restaurants a...