The longest day of the year, the summer equinox has always been a time for feast in Scandinavia, long before we got christians around 1000 years ago. The famous Light of the North makes the night a mere twilight, lasting a couple of hours, depending on the latidude you are at.

Our celbrations consists of meeting family and friends and also, I have rented the house. Since we are planning to live our life for years to come with the boat as 'our house' it makes sense to let someone else make use of it and also take care of the garden.

Because of this we had to move my remaining landbased possessions to a storage, and visit my parents at the same time.

We managed to do a bit of 'tourist work' too, as can be seen from the latest uploaded pictures. The cute village of Bönan, s few kilometers north of my home town Gävle (at the coast 180 km north of Stockholm) with the old houses of the fishermen, the lighthouse built in wood and the pilot station. Unfortunately I was unable to show Isabelle the interior of the lighthouse since it was locked. Only a few guided tours are held here durng the summer vacation period these days. This was a surprise to me since I've been spoiled with the possibility to go in there on my own since many years.

The times are changing even here.

We also had a look at Stockholm, especially the Old Town and the adjacent waterways. 'The Venice of the North' showed itself from it's best side this sunny summer evening.

In a few days we'll go to France to visit Isabelle's family