In Hörnefors, Sweden

Our last full day in Stockholm was December 18th and the next day we caught a flight in the late afternoon to the town that is close to where Eva's parent's live - Umea.  Of course here in Sweden at this time of year, it starts getting light at about 8am and it starts getting dark around 2pm.  So, by the time we got to the parent's house it was already dark. Here we are all together having dinner.

And sitting in the living room after dinner.

The next day, December 20th, we all took a walk to the shore of the Baltic Sea, which is fairly close to their house.  Here we are on our way.

Now we have just gotten to the shore.

After standing by the Baltic Sea for a while, we walked back and then did a little stroll through the town of Hörnefors.

The view from the bridge we were crossing.

The next morning, when we woke up, we saw that it had snowed during the night and everything was covered so beautifully in white.  Fernando and Eva left right after breakfast to take a bus to the city of Umea, so when they went out, I went out also to take some pictures of how beautiful everything was.

This is how it looked as we walked out the door of the house.

The view to the left of their house.

The view to the right of their house.

Down the road a little from the house.

That is Eva's parent's house there on the left.

A closer view of their house.

Fernando and Eva waiting for the bus.

How it looked on the road close to where they waited for the bus.

At around noon, Eva's dad drove us to the city of Umea, where we were going to meet Fernando, and later Eva.  We met up with Fernando at a bookstore and then went to go get some lunch at a good Italian restaurant.   After lunch, by then it was dark and it was time for some Christmas shopping.  We did a lot of walking around downtown Umea, going in and out of stores until we finally found what we wanted.  It was cold out on the streets, but inside the stores it was hot, so it was a lot of taking coats, gloves and hats off and then putting them back on.  Then we saved about 45 minutes to do some grocery shopping before Eva's dad picked us up again to take us to their other house in Risvattnet, Sweden.