Technically I guess the answer is no, since Rachel (my sister) is a "Long" and no longer a Witherspoon, but blood is blood and I can't believe the Swedish government allowed two of us in their country at the same time!
Rachel, Emily and Ethan were just here for about a 1.5 weeks and we had a wonderful time exploring Stockholm and the archipelago. One of our trips was to Vaxholm where we caught a ferry-boat to the island of Grenda. Once on the island we used a portable grille to cook up a picnic. The weather was a little windy right off the water, so that was a bit of a challenge, but once we walked inland a few hundred meters, the weather was really nice.
Rachel and the gang also explored the Vasa Museum (see earlier post on the Vasa), learned the Stockholm transportation system (see also post on buses are for losers) and ate the local food (fish eggs are fish eggs even if you call them caviar).
They also learned how to sleep in Sweden when the sun is out for almost 20 hours per day!
Here are a few pictures from their trip!
PS - the picture you see with the crowd of people is a Swedish Midsummer celebration. They are raising the "May Pole" - yes the celebration takes place in June, but its a May Pole. Go figure.
At any rate, it is too bad we don't have sound on these pictures, otherwise you would see my wife, my sister and her family dancing around the May Pole snorting like pigs...yes...pigs.
:-)
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