Heading to Sweden...

Tomorrow morning we leave for Sweden to meet up with our friend Joakim. I (Craig) shared a room with him on our trip to Kenya a few years ago. I remember him as a very humorous Swed. We look forward to visiting our friend. Mariella and I will be taking a train to Oslo then to Gothenburg, Sweden (about ten hours). The travel book describes the train ride from Bergen to Oslo as a “seven-hour journey past forests, alpine villages and starkly beautiful Hardangervidda plateau. The train climbs 600m through tundra-like landscape of high lakes and snow-capped mountains.” We are excited about soaking in more rugged Norwegian beauty from a train window, but we are saddened by the thought of saying goodbye to our friends Jon Andre and Crystal.