{"id":704,"date":"2009-07-25T17:53:19","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T17:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/?p=704"},"modified":"2009-07-25T17:53:19","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T17:53:19","slug":"parents-visit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/archives\/2009\/07\/25\/parents-visit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents&#8217; visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Mum and Dad came over to Sweden for a few weeks in June, this time they got much nicer weather than they had in November.  I&#8217;ve only just got round to sorting out the pictures from their trip.<\/p>\n<p>We started off with Midsummer weekend in Stockholm, enjoying the sunshine and seeing the wildlife at Skansen.  We also visited the Vasa museum and saw the changing of the guard at the palace.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/ElkAndCalf_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/ElkAndCalf_t.jpg\" title=\"An elk with her young calf.\" alt=\"An adult female elk and her young calf stand in a fenced enclosure.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/Seal2_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/Seal2_t.jpg\" title=\"A seal basking in the sunshine.\" alt=\"A seal lying basking in the sun in shallow water.  The seal is looking at the camera.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/Cubs2_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/Cubs2_t.jpg\" title=\"Bear cubs playing.\" alt=\"Two bear cubs standing on their hind legs play-fighting in a large wooded enclosure.\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/MumWithTroll_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/MumWithTroll_t.jpg\" title=\"Mum with a tomte in Gamla Stan.\" alt=\"Mum standing beside a small dummy wearing a bright red hat in an old cobbled street.\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/YachtsInHarbour_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/YachtsInHarbour_t.jpg\" title=\"A yacht in Stockholm harbour.\" alt=\"A white yacht surrounded by smaller vessels.  In the background is an island with trees and buildings.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/GuardAtPalace2_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/GuardAtPalace2_t.jpg\" alt=\"A soldier in ceremonial uniform (complete with spiked helmet) stands guard in front of a crowd of tourists.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a lovely morning close to lake V\u00e4ttern at Omberg, where we also visited the ruins of the monastery at Alvastra.  The tops of the ruined walls have been covered and then flowers grown on top.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/AlvastraMonasteryRuins1_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/AlvastraMonasteryRuins1_t.jpg\" title=\"The monastery ruins at Alvastra.\" alt=\"A ruined church, stone arches against a vivid blue sky.  A tree-covered hill in the backgroun.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/FlowersOnRuinedWalls_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/FlowersOnRuinedWalls_t.jpg\" title=\"Flowers growing on the ruined walls of Alvastra monastery.\" alt=\"Bright yellow flowers against a vivid blue sky.  In the background (out of focus) a ruined wall can be seen.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/MumAndDadAtOmberg_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/MumAndDadAtOmberg_t.jpg\" title=\"Mum and Dad at Omberg eco-park.\" alt=\"Parents sitting at a picnic table in the sunshine.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the week we also took a trip along the G\u00f6ta canal from Berg to Borensberg with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcruiseline.se\/gotacanalberg.htm\">M\/S Wasa Lejon<\/a>.  It was a very relaxing trip, although we were puzzled about the people queuing an hour before departure.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/LookingDownBergLocksToRoxen_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/LookingDownBergLocksToRoxen_t.jpg\" title=\"Looking back down Berg locks to lake Roxen.\" alt=\"A short stretch of canal with two lock gates which then broadens into a basin, narrows again for more locks and leads to a lake.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/CowsByGotaCanal2_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/CowsByGotaCanal2_t.jpg\" title=\"Cows by the G\u00f6ta canal.\" alt=\"Cows below a tree by the banks of a canal.  In the background fields under a blue sky.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/WasaLejonAtBorensberg_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/WasaLejonAtBorensberg_t.jpg\" title=\"The Wasa Lejon at Borensberg.\" alt=\"A white tour boat moored at one side of a canal.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eleanor come over to join us for a long weekend, so we spent Saturday and Sunday in Kalmar.  For some reason I don&#8217;t seem to have taken any pictures with Eleanor in&#8230;  On the way back on Sunday we visited Vadstena again, although the weather was much better than the last couple of times I&#8217;d been there.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/KalmarCastle_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/KalmarCastle_t.jpg\" title=\"Kalmar castle.\" alt=\"A pale stone castle with three green-roofed towers\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/OldCannonAtKalmarCastle_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/OldCannonAtKalmarCastle_t.jpg\" title=\"An old cannon at Kalmar castle.\" alt=\"A rusted cannon sits on a wooden carriage, pointing out into the clear blue sky over the sea.\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/VadstenaCastle1_w.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/Sweden\/ParentsVisitJune09\/VadstenaCastle1_t.jpg\" title=\"Vadstena castle.\" alt=\"A castle with a moat and tower, in the sunshine.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Mum and Dad came over to Sweden for a few weeks in June, this time they got much nicer weather than they had in November. I&#8217;ve only just got round to sorting out the pictures from their trip. We started off with Midsummer weekend in Stockholm, enjoying the sunshine and seeing the wildlife at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,26,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-sweden","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caboose.org.uk\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}