For many people in the winter it is standard to want to be in a warm climate and, although I love warm climates, my dream vacation would be to go back to Sweden.
It is true that I didn’t take advantage of the many sights of beautiful Stockholm and I didn’t take advantage of a year of learning Swedish. This is regretful.
So with that in mind I took a few days away and went to an Upstate New York beautiful, cozy Inn. It was here I sat in front of a nice fireplace complete with blanket and a pot of tea and contemplated what I would be doing if I were to go to Sweden now.
Here’s my list:
- Getting on the plane I would start speaking Swedish immediately with confidence.
- I would try some special Swedish food and venture out of my comfort zone to include all types of restaurants.
- I would interact more with the locals.
- I would do as much sight-seeing as I could which would include going to all the standard sight-seeing attractions such as the Vasa Ship, Skansen Park and the Royal Palace.
- I would plan a few good trips with the concierge to Uppsala and Kiruna.
- I would spend some time in the different sections of Stockholm such as Gamla Stan and Sodermalm; just two of the many areas I didn’t have much time to go to.
- I would take more pictures of everything including pictures of things that might not seem important at the time.
One thing I have realized is that we all should take advantage of everything that we have the privilege of experiencing and hopefully there will be more good things then bad things.
I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity for a “do over” in the near future. I know these mini daydream vacations would never happen if I had done everything right on my last trip so I do kind of like them. They put me in a good emotional state and make me smile.
So as I sit here in front of the fire with my eyes closed daydreaming I smile and realize that perhaps this is as good as being in Sweden…well…hmmm…not quite but almost!
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