Hey Everybody,
Today was a good day all things considered! We over slept (11:45) missed breakfast, it was cold and raining but hey................ We made some lemonade! We ordered cereal from room service and hit the streets walking.
We went to the Gothenborg City Museum which was very interesting and spent the rest of the afternoon walking around town. We had a wonderful dinner at Jensen's and we actually had water with ice AND lemon! (Oh the little things that make life grand!) We walked around and saw a group from Korea playing drums and then it started to rain so we headed back to the hotel.
We actually got to watch New Adventures of Old Christine and House tonight. I know I know, we watch too much TV but hey you just try going cold turkey with TV, Cell Phone and even conversations with others in English and you would be happy about a little TV too!
Anyway, tomorrow we start our great Castle and Manor adventure to Thorskogs Slott. I will post some pictures soon.
Good Day or Good Night!
Blessed and feeling better!
Robin
P.S. My stomach issues are better but it seems as if my bronchus is trying to return.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Finally Some Pictures
Good Afternoon Everyone!
It is 7:11 pm here. By the way did you know that there are 7/11 Stores in Sweden? Anyway, today was an exciting day. The day I got my car! Our day started out early since we got out of bed at 6:30 that is 12:30 "Tennessee" time. Volvo picked us up at 8:30. We were first in line to get our car. It really is a exciting process! Here are some pictures.
Yes, we actually made it back to the hotel with some help or maybe not with a gps. I made some wrong turns and it had to "recalculate" several times. Dennis was the co-pilot and we did make it without hurting each other. :-)
The weather here today hasn't been wonderful! It was cold, windy and raining this morning when we left. On our way back it was just very grey with a brisk wind. We checked out the local "mall" for some people watching and of course some shopping. I only purchased a neat hat and a scarf. Speaking of a hat my hair has it a growing "spurt" and it also seems to be turning to a "prettier" color of something. Maybe black??
Anyway, if you don't mind, please say a prayer for me. My stomach is not feeling well all of the sudden so I am praying that I am not getting what Dennis had! Tomorrow is a "free" day so we will be spending it around the city. The following is a picture of me getting on the train Sunday for our 4 hour ride.
Well I need to go now. Thanks for following along! I will try to update again before "morning".
Blessed!
Robin
Robin
It is 7:11 pm here. By the way did you know that there are 7/11 Stores in Sweden? Anyway, today was an exciting day. The day I got my car! Our day started out early since we got out of bed at 6:30 that is 12:30 "Tennessee" time. Volvo picked us up at 8:30. We were first in line to get our car. It really is a exciting process! Here are some pictures.
Yes, we actually made it back to the hotel with some help or maybe not with a gps. I made some wrong turns and it had to "recalculate" several times. Dennis was the co-pilot and we did make it without hurting each other. :-)
The weather here today hasn't been wonderful! It was cold, windy and raining this morning when we left. On our way back it was just very grey with a brisk wind. We checked out the local "mall" for some people watching and of course some shopping. I only purchased a neat hat and a scarf. Speaking of a hat my hair has it a growing "spurt" and it also seems to be turning to a "prettier" color of something. Maybe black??
Anyway, if you don't mind, please say a prayer for me. My stomach is not feeling well all of the sudden so I am praying that I am not getting what Dennis had! Tomorrow is a "free" day so we will be spending it around the city. The following is a picture of me getting on the train Sunday for our 4 hour ride.
Well I need to go now. Thanks for following along! I will try to update again before "morning".
Blessed!
Robin
Robin
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Vacation is for Rest?
Hello from our hotel room in Stockholm. Unfortunately that is where we have been from most of the day. Dennis is under the weather. He was sick most of the night and has slept most of the day. We did get out and walk around some tonight but he had to come back to the room again.
I think this is the most sleep I have gotten without my chemo cocktail's help ever! We are listen to the Alabama game via the internet. It will be 1 a.m. when TN's game starts so I think we will just find out the score in the morning.
Since I don't have any exciting stories today I thought I would share a few things that I have discovered on this trip. There is not Diet Coke in Sweden................ it is Coke Light. I know I think that I would have had to cut the trip short if there was no Coke Light!
To buy any type of drug, even "Advil" you must go to the Pharmacy. Ibuprofen comes in 400 mg(?) We made a trip this evening.
Dennis wanted some crackers or something like that and they were nowhere to be found. I didn't even find "water crackers" or peanut butter snack crackers.
The Swedish people appear to be a very cold natured bunch! Yes it is cool here but they are bundled up with scarves, hats, gloves and boots. You would think it was below freezing.
Well I think I will turn in. We need to get up at 7:00 so that we can catch the train @ 11:00. We are going to try to see some of Stockholm before we leave. The train ride will take 4-5 hours so it should be interesting.
On a side note as we were listening to the game, they started talking about the starting time for the TN game next week. Guess what they said "Alabama time" I just had to laugh and point that out to Dennis. Alabama just made a huge stop on 4th and inches!
Leave us a comment or email me at RGF1998@aol.com.
Go Bama Beat Rebels!
They've GOT to FINISH!
Blessed!
Robin
I think this is the most sleep I have gotten without my chemo cocktail's help ever! We are listen to the Alabama game via the internet. It will be 1 a.m. when TN's game starts so I think we will just find out the score in the morning.
Since I don't have any exciting stories today I thought I would share a few things that I have discovered on this trip. There is not Diet Coke in Sweden................ it is Coke Light. I know I think that I would have had to cut the trip short if there was no Coke Light!
To buy any type of drug, even "Advil" you must go to the Pharmacy. Ibuprofen comes in 400 mg(?) We made a trip this evening.
Dennis wanted some crackers or something like that and they were nowhere to be found. I didn't even find "water crackers" or peanut butter snack crackers.
The Swedish people appear to be a very cold natured bunch! Yes it is cool here but they are bundled up with scarves, hats, gloves and boots. You would think it was below freezing.
Well I think I will turn in. We need to get up at 7:00 so that we can catch the train @ 11:00. We are going to try to see some of Stockholm before we leave. The train ride will take 4-5 hours so it should be interesting.
On a side note as we were listening to the game, they started talking about the starting time for the TN game next week. Guess what they said "Alabama time" I just had to laugh and point that out to Dennis. Alabama just made a huge stop on 4th and inches!
Leave us a comment or email me at RGF1998@aol.com.
Go Bama Beat Rebels!
They've GOT to FINISH!
Blessed!
Robin
Friday, October 17, 2008
Do You Know What Time it is?
It is some where in the neighborhood of 8:00 p.m. here. We ventured out and got some dinner or maybe you might call it lunch. They served breakfast this morning in the plane but it was yogurt (I don't like) orange juice and a hot roll. I had the roll and juice and called it done. Who knows maybe I might just loose some weight on this trip. I say that before I think about all of the amazing desserts I saw while out today.
We went to what I would call Stockholm's version of the food court at the mall. There was even a Cajun place that featured a Tennessee Bearnaise sauce really. We stopped at the 7 Eleven at the train station on the way back and saw a funny sign it was referring to the lottery but it said
"Full Fart" I just had to laugh! Dennis is laying here beside me snoring or I would have him add some pictures. I will make him take care of it tomorrow.
We are going to take a Hop On Hop Off bus tour tomorrow so that should be fun. We will be quite the train riders by the time we get home. We are taking the train to Gotenburg on Sunday and it will be a 4 hour ride. We should get to see a lot of the country.
I will end this post with a funny story or at least it is funny now. When we got on the train at the airport both Dennis and I were to take care of our luggage. Remember we have 2 suitcases each plus a computer bag, purse and bag. Anyway, we made sure we were getting on the right train and I was the first to get on. I was struggling with putting my bags in the rack and getting out of the way so Dennis gets on and takes over the task. Well, when we get off the train 20 minutes later Dennis only had his small carryone bag. Before the train took off I was like Honey get your big bag! He gets back on and his bag is no where to be seen. Now there were only 6 other people in our car and I was like why would some one take Dennis' bag?? After all some people we have seen are very small (skinny) and I was thinking boy will they get a surprise when they open that suit case. It was all of Dennis' clothes except for 1 pair of jeans, shoes, shirt and all of his underwear :-). Anyway the good Lord was looking at for us because we went to the information/ticket office, they called and the suitcase was at the train station where we got on. We just wanted 20 minutes and some nice lady brought it to us. Both Dennis and I laughed and said Thank you Lord! We didn't know where we would find any "big boy" clothes!
Jessica called this afternoon and Tristian has his first tooth! Both Jessica and Tyler were sick Thursday night so Tyler couldn't go to the pumpkin patch today :-( Grandmother and Granddaddy were looking forward to it I know.
Anyway, I need to turn in. I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will update tomorrow!
Blessed!
Robin
We went to what I would call Stockholm's version of the food court at the mall. There was even a Cajun place that featured a Tennessee Bearnaise sauce really. We stopped at the 7 Eleven at the train station on the way back and saw a funny sign it was referring to the lottery but it said
"Full Fart" I just had to laugh! Dennis is laying here beside me snoring or I would have him add some pictures. I will make him take care of it tomorrow.
We are going to take a Hop On Hop Off bus tour tomorrow so that should be fun. We will be quite the train riders by the time we get home. We are taking the train to Gotenburg on Sunday and it will be a 4 hour ride. We should get to see a lot of the country.
I will end this post with a funny story or at least it is funny now. When we got on the train at the airport both Dennis and I were to take care of our luggage. Remember we have 2 suitcases each plus a computer bag, purse and bag. Anyway, we made sure we were getting on the right train and I was the first to get on. I was struggling with putting my bags in the rack and getting out of the way so Dennis gets on and takes over the task. Well, when we get off the train 20 minutes later Dennis only had his small carryone bag. Before the train took off I was like Honey get your big bag! He gets back on and his bag is no where to be seen. Now there were only 6 other people in our car and I was like why would some one take Dennis' bag?? After all some people we have seen are very small (skinny) and I was thinking boy will they get a surprise when they open that suit case. It was all of Dennis' clothes except for 1 pair of jeans, shoes, shirt and all of his underwear :-). Anyway the good Lord was looking at for us because we went to the information/ticket office, they called and the suitcase was at the train station where we got on. We just wanted 20 minutes and some nice lady brought it to us. Both Dennis and I laughed and said Thank you Lord! We didn't know where we would find any "big boy" clothes!
Jessica called this afternoon and Tristian has his first tooth! Both Jessica and Tyler were sick Thursday night so Tyler couldn't go to the pumpkin patch today :-( Grandmother and Granddaddy were looking forward to it I know.
Anyway, I need to turn in. I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will update tomorrow!
Blessed!
Robin
We're Here!
Good Afternoon from Stockholm!
We arrived here this morning at 7:00. After a 20 min train ride and a minor scare we made it to our hotel which is right by the train station. They had our room ready so we checked in and proceed to take a long nap. It is now 3:00 in the afternoon and we are off to see some sites. I will post more details later.
I just wanted to let you know that the hillbilly has arrived safely in Stockholm.
Have a wonderful Friday!
Robin
We arrived here this morning at 7:00. After a 20 min train ride and a minor scare we made it to our hotel which is right by the train station. They had our room ready so we checked in and proceed to take a long nap. It is now 3:00 in the afternoon and we are off to see some sites. I will post more details later.
I just wanted to let you know that the hillbilly has arrived safely in Stockholm.
Have a wonderful Friday!
Robin
Thursday, October 16, 2008
And We're Off!
Hey Everybody,
We are currently in the Windy City waiting for our 4:25 p.m. flight. So far the only excitement has been trying to make sure that our lugage was under 50 pounds. I came in at 48.5 and Dennis was over at 52 lbs. That is what he gets for preaching @ me about watching the weight! :-) We have been through Security several times now so I think we have the taking our shoes off down pat. When I did log on to the blog it was in swedish, maybe that can count for some excitement too?
I've had several people who wanted to know more of the how's and why's of our trip so for all those questions here are some of the answers. Most everyone is aware of my health, and the status of my legal case. I had decided a while back (May) that I wanted and needed a new car. The BMW is great but now that Tristian is here Nana needed a bigger car or at least one with a back seat. I knew that I wanted a hard top convertible so we were checking them out and stopped by Clayton Volvo. We met the nicest guy named Nort who was more than willing to talk with us even after the store had closed. He told us to come back the next day and we would take one for a spin. We did and I liked the car a lot. Me being the bean counter I am asked about the pricing "best deal"offer and Nort told us about the overseas delievery program. Volvo is flying us round trip, putting us up in a 4 star hotel for 2 nights and we pick up MY car at the factory on Monday. We will tour the plant, have lunch and learn all the bells and whistles of my car and then we are off to drive around Sweden for a week. We purchased a couple of tour packages, one of which we will stay in Castles and Mannors as we travel to the different towns.
On Monday the 27th we will drop my car back at the plant, they will ship it back to the USA and Dennis and I will continue on our BIG adventure to Rome where we are staying 3 nights and 4 1/2 days. Then we go to Copenhagen for Friday/night and we will head back on Saturday morning.
I would say we got a SWEET deal! If you are interested just give Nort a call. I would highly recommend it!
The flight over is 8+ hours and Sweden is 6 hours ahead so we will arrive at 7:30 a.m. Friday morning local time. I am sure jet lag will cause something else to lag on me! Anyway I am so excited! The hillbilly goes to Europe. Please follow along and we should be able to update from Stockholm (Friday & Saturday) and then we are taking the train to Gothenburg Sunday afternoon. Once we leave Gothenburg the access maybe spotty so we will just see.
Leave us a message so we will know if anyone is out there!
Love!
Robin
We are currently in the Windy City waiting for our 4:25 p.m. flight. So far the only excitement has been trying to make sure that our lugage was under 50 pounds. I came in at 48.5 and Dennis was over at 52 lbs. That is what he gets for preaching @ me about watching the weight! :-) We have been through Security several times now so I think we have the taking our shoes off down pat. When I did log on to the blog it was in swedish, maybe that can count for some excitement too?
I've had several people who wanted to know more of the how's and why's of our trip so for all those questions here are some of the answers. Most everyone is aware of my health, and the status of my legal case. I had decided a while back (May) that I wanted and needed a new car. The BMW is great but now that Tristian is here Nana needed a bigger car or at least one with a back seat. I knew that I wanted a hard top convertible so we were checking them out and stopped by Clayton Volvo. We met the nicest guy named Nort who was more than willing to talk with us even after the store had closed. He told us to come back the next day and we would take one for a spin. We did and I liked the car a lot. Me being the bean counter I am asked about the pricing "best deal"offer and Nort told us about the overseas delievery program. Volvo is flying us round trip, putting us up in a 4 star hotel for 2 nights and we pick up MY car at the factory on Monday. We will tour the plant, have lunch and learn all the bells and whistles of my car and then we are off to drive around Sweden for a week. We purchased a couple of tour packages, one of which we will stay in Castles and Mannors as we travel to the different towns.
On Monday the 27th we will drop my car back at the plant, they will ship it back to the USA and Dennis and I will continue on our BIG adventure to Rome where we are staying 3 nights and 4 1/2 days. Then we go to Copenhagen for Friday/night and we will head back on Saturday morning.
I would say we got a SWEET deal! If you are interested just give Nort a call. I would highly recommend it!
The flight over is 8+ hours and Sweden is 6 hours ahead so we will arrive at 7:30 a.m. Friday morning local time. I am sure jet lag will cause something else to lag on me! Anyway I am so excited! The hillbilly goes to Europe. Please follow along and we should be able to update from Stockholm (Friday & Saturday) and then we are taking the train to Gothenburg Sunday afternoon. Once we leave Gothenburg the access maybe spotty so we will just see.
Leave us a message so we will know if anyone is out there!
Love!
Robin
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Counting Down
One week from tomorrow we will be on our way! I can't believe that we are actually going to Sweden and Rome and that we will actually be gone 2+ weeks! There are so many things to take care of and lets not forget packing. I think the trick will be layering because of the different temps. Sweden will welcome us with temps in the high 40's low 50's and then Rome will be in the low 70's. With that being said don't you think layering is the only way to go? But wait a minute.......... what about the weight limit on luggage and the extra baggage charges!
And all of this for a car!! I know it will be a tough job but hey someone needs to do it and I am glad it is going to be me. It is getting late and I need my beauty sleep so I will sign off for now. Please stop by again next week. We look forward to sharing our trip with you.
God is Good All the Time!
Robin for "us"
And all of this for a car!! I know it will be a tough job but hey someone needs to do it and I am glad it is going to be me. It is getting late and I need my beauty sleep so I will sign off for now. Please stop by again next week. We look forward to sharing our trip with you.
God is Good All the Time!
Robin for "us"
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