The brother- and sister-in-law visiting

It is very busy and a lots of fun having family here in our cottage.They are soo amazed about the light here in Sweden at this time of year, I mean how it never gets really dark. We have totally lost track of time most nights and end up doing like the Spaniards, having dinner at eleven o'clock at night. This is usually followed by a ferocious game of cards which keeps us up even later. My dumb luck and not really knowing what is going on has helped me a few times. The others are sitting there planning and trying to foresee every move and I think they overthink things and therefore sometimes lose it completely when a wildcard like myself plays without thinking of the consequenses.

So let's see, what other things have we done so far?  Well, we have been to Uddevalla in the pouring rain to change money in a changing office because you can't expect a bank to be able to help you with that, can you? That is another universal question. What do the people who work at a bank do all day? They don't change money, they don't do your banking (you are doing that yourself over the internet). Will they soon become extinct?

We have also had a nice outing to Grebbestad and Vitlycke museum, where they have rock carvings from the bronze age, this time in gorgeous sunshine. This museum is a World Heritage place and very interesting. I recommend a visit!

My sister-in-law and myself also took my mother to Sarö, the place where she grew up, and had lunch there, and it was very nice.

Lunch at Blomstermala restaurant

Today we went to a place called Marstrand which has a fortification called Carlsten which was used for keeping prisoners. It was a bit chilly and quite windy but still nice. It's not quite the tourist season yet so it was not crowded.

Midsummer is coming up this week-end and we will pick up my mother and nephew to spend the week-end here and we are really hoping for a few nice and sunny days.

Until next time, "Far bu vel ok heill".  It means something like "take care" in old Norse. I happened to have to look up something else and saw it.