To ABBA land

Today's outing was to Sweden, to a small ski resort called Åre. Thankfully we didn't have to hear any ABBA songs on the radio LOL!

The road on the Norwegian side of the border followed a river which is slowly freezing over. There were some lovely waterfalls along the way as well as some gorgeous landscapes.







Crossing the border into Sweden was a non-event. I took my passport along just in case but it was not necessary. Below is the border post:

In Sweden we also experienced the lowest temperatures: -17 degrees! It was quite chilly LOL! I was so grateful for the heater in the car every time I got back in from taking photos.

The landscape in Sweden was a little different because we were up on top of the mountains and the conifers were no longer the dominant tress. I fell in love with it!



 

Åre was sort of what I expect Aspen, Colorado to look like. It is ski slopes and holiday houses everywhere.




We stopped in a little cafe for some hot chocolate and marzipan cake and then did what quite a few Norwegians do in Sweden - we went shopping. Sweden is apparently cheaper for quite a number of things. Once we had what we wanted we started home. We stopped at a moose farm to see some of these animals but they had the afternoon off so we didn't see any! I did see this really chilled bicycle though ....

We also went looking for trolls but had no luck with that thank goodness .....

It was a really good day out but I was happy to get home this afternoon and just curl up on the couch. Tomorrow we are going to spend the day close to home relaxing.

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