Midsummer Road Trip Sweden Part 3

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Here's more pictures from our midsummer road trip in Sweden. After staying a night in Sundsvall we started to drive more up North. The views along the way were great but then we hit a huge rain front and there was no end in sight for it. Oh well, it didn't stop us having fun.

Gorgeous sunny day.

Swedish countryside at its' best.

I was the back seat passenger most of the time and I my job was to make sure we had snacks, treats and drinks available at all times. 

In the mid parts of Sweden the landscape starts to get hillier.

Sometimes the roads go through the hills.

We stopped to stretch our legs and admire this gorgeous view!

The clouds were getting darker and darker.

There wasn't much traffic on the road.

More sunshine, please!

Our silly group.

Back seat survival kit; pillow, energy drink, sun glasses and happy vacation mood.

Aarne won this huge polar bear from the amusement park in Stockholm. He was my back seat companion.

Lunch stop at a Chinese restaurant in Umeå.

Pretty ceiling.

And then the skies erupted...

... and it rained so hard!

Pit stop in Luleå.

Yet another pretty old building.

Hello Luleå!

Old church.

Taking cover from the rain.

More views from Luleå.

Swedish candy store.

Back on the road.

My hair can't handle humidity or rain. It starts to frizz up.

Finally we arrived to our hotel in Haparanda. Last night in Sweden.

View from our hotel room. Finland is right across the river.

We ended up our last night in Sweden with a sweet note. We ate kanelbullar which means cinnamon buns in Swedish. A very typical pastry in Sweden as well in Finland.

Stay tuned! One more post to come about a visit to a wilderness park in Ranua, Finland.

Midsummer Road Trip Sweden Part 2

Hi there!

The next leg of our midsummer road trip to Sweden took us to Uppsala and Sundsvall. The weather was kinda gloomy but still fairly warm and humid. I made sure to wear more flowers in my hair and on we went with our adventure. Here's more pics.

Ready to take off and head to North.

Mean looking clouds.

Pit stop in Uppsala.

It was nice to stretch our legs after sitting in a car for couple hours.

Uppsala is such a pretty city!

Old buildings.

Rain just stopped when we arrived to Uppsala, so it was nice to walk around the city.

Some sort of canal that runs through the city.

Hello! My flowers match Scott's jacket.

It would have been nice to have more time explore Uppsala but this time we only had couple of hours.

The city was pretty empty because all the locals had left to celebrate midsummer at their summer houses.

Pelle Svanslös is a popular kids story book that tells about a cat that has a short tail and he lives in Uppsala.

Next we went to this old castle grounds. There we found this huge snail.

The castle is located on a hill overlooking the city.

One happy traveler!

Part of the castle.

The castle grounds have a really pretty garden.

I can only imagine the person who lived in this castle back in the day. This was their "back yard".

Aarne and I. You can tell the air was humid because my hair was starting curl up (*giggle*).

Boys will be boys.

Next up was Sundsvall. Along the way we found this cool Eurofighter military jet.

Sundsvall on a map.

In Sundsvall we stayed at this hostel called Södra Bergets Vandrarhem. It was big and had all the services we needed. The owner is super nice too!

Common room.

Since it was raining and fairly late when we arrived at the hostel, we decided to get pizza and just hang out in the common room. There we only couple other guests and they were staying in their own rooms, we had the luxury having the common room to ourselves.

R E L A X !

Next morning the sun was shining and everything looked so pretty!

Norra Berget is the highest hill in Sundsvall and it offers a great view of the city!

It was really windy at the top!

Group picture time.

Time to say bye to Sundsvall and keep on driving higher up North of Sweden.

Stay tuned to see where went next...