Home from Sweden

  We got home from Sweden late Friday night, our bodies thought it was Saturday morning.  The jet lag from travelling is getting tough on my old body.  Saturday was bit of a write off but by Sunday things were back to normal, whatever that is?


   Our time is Stockholm with Joanna and Family was quite nice, setting aside the serious upset that came from me losing my wallet three days into the holiday.  It turns out that Stockholm is battling an invasion of pick pockets, so there is a chance that it was not irresponsibility but bad luck.
  
   We arrived on Tuesday around lunch time and discovered that the apartment that we had rented for the week was bigger than our house.  We rented an apartment through an agency called Cocoon and it was a very good deal considering there were four adults and two small kids.  A typical hotel would have cost a fortune, and not really be flexible enough to accommodate little kids, their playing, diet and nap times. 

view out the apartment windows at 4 am.  The boat is actually a youth hostel

K's room at the apartment.  Each of the rooms featured one of these ceramic fireplaces,and at least one of them was in current use.

Scott Sub 10

   About eight years ago I bought a pretty good bike, a TREK 520 touring bike.  The bike has lots of KM on it and was pretty much worn out, the bikes were a bit of a crap shoot and the gears slipped if I stood on the pedals hard.  After a frustrating spring riding season I gave up and bought the Scott Sub 10.
   The Sub 10 is not a touring bike but then I'm not a touring guy any more.  I have been able to ride for a couple of hours on the Scott and that is about the limit on my knees now so it is a good match I think.
   Interestingly, last week's bike cost almost the same as the Trek, bike technology has moved ahead in eight years and the the costs have come down.  Good for the consumer.