Linda Tilton's
Trip to Sweden

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Click for full view With Bryon Wiley at the airport near Stockholm
Cllick for full view On the train between Stockholm and Borlange, they had a children's play area on one of its carriages.
Click for full view. Malung Kyrka (church) has been in this location since the 1200's. It was enlarged in the 1700 & 1800's.
Click for full view Linda freezing next to a road sign pointing to the folk school where Byron was going to school. The word “Hembygdsgård” is the name for an open field museum, a collection of old buildings to preserve that area's architectural history.
Click for full view Linda perched on a Viking grave on the island of Sollerön in Lake Siljan.
Click for full view Articles found in a Viking grave. The cloverleaf shape in the upper left corner indicates that it is a historical marker.
Click for full view Linda next to a giant Dalahorse in front of the Olsson Hemslöjd in Nusnäs. The Dalahorse was named for the Dalarna province, the most traditional province in Sweden. The horses were originally carved & painted in Nusnäs for children's toys. It is now the national symbol of Sweden.
Click for full view An illustration on the front of a boys' lockerroom door in an elementary school in Rättvik.
Click for full view Gamla Stan (Old Town) taken from the bow of Chapman, the hostel where I stayed in Stockholm. The biggest building at the far right is the palace where King Gustaf & Queen Silvia live.
Click for full view A Christmas market in Stockholm. Rows of greenhouses were jammed with people buying Christmas gifts. This picture was taken about 15.30 (3:30 p.m.)
Click for full view Plants and flowers inside the Christmas market in Stockholm.
Click for full view A building in the rosegarden in Skansen. The perimeter of the garden is a series of apple trees, one from each province of Sweden.
Click for full view Linda next to the berries on a dogwood tree in Skansen. Gretchen took it because the berries matched the flowers on Linda' scarf.

 

photo by Gretchen Revay Esping

Click for full view Reindeer at a zoo in Skansen. They stood only about 3 ft. tall with their antlers another 2 feet.
Click for full view S/S af Chapman, nowadays a Youth Hostel
Click for full view The front of a 20 krona note.
This note is worth about $2.00 U.S.
Click for a full view The back of a 20 krona note.

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