A week ago we came back from a small family
vacation in Sweden. Sweden isn't one of the hottest tourist destinations, and
in our book store I couldn't even find a guide about it. There are a lot of
places with much more spectacular and dramatic scenery and views, more attractions,
and with richer histories. But all we wanted was a calm and cool place with simple
nature close to our house, and a big city not very far away in case we missed
urban life…. And, the most important element, a place where there was no need
to rush around, nor run from attraction to attraction, but simply offered us the opportunity to
escape from the heat and pressure here, and to find ourselves living in a
different kind of world. In our farm cottage that we rented close to beautiful Stockholm
we got this all, and much more!
As usual on family trips I couldn't sketch
everything I wanted to, but every page in my Swedish sketchbook reminds me of
all those precious moments I had during this charming trip.
I'll start with sketches done around or inside
the house - honestly, I didn't need
anything else: just to wake up every morning to this spectacular (for me!) view
of the lake from our balcony, and to be minutes from a real forest full of
smells, sounds, mushrooms, berries and memories of my childhood.
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| our charming cottage |
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| during our first walk in the nearby forest - it was like going to back to the childhood! |
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| not very successful fishing at our beautiful lake |
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| on the right - view from our cottage window |
Here are some more sketches from the closest surrounding - small towns and villages, and again - lakes and forests!
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| center of Ekerö - small nearby town |
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| drinking coffee in Ekerö main coffee shop - miss its bakery! |
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| traveling around - at Tyresta National Park |
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Dalarö - one of the small villages on the Baltic sea
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I'll tell you about our Stockholm trips in the next post. Meanwhile, you can find the
entire Sweden sketchbook on flickr.
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