I have been living in Sweden since 2001 (with half a year of interruption) and my mother had never visited me. From last Thursday until yesterday she finally was here. Although I had not spent this much time with her since I moved out from home in 1997, it went surprisingly smooth. The occasions where my patience was put to the test were few and I suppose those are unavoidalbe when you have a visitor for more than three days. I took my mom through the usual touristic things in Uppsala and Stockholm and on the last day we made it to Sigtuna, a pittoresque small town south of Uppsala. She did not have a camera with her so I had to take the pictures for her - which was fine with me since I like taking pictures. You can see the result here.

In case you wonder who the the two additional women (apart from my mother and my Sanna) are: They were on their way to a week of camping in the wilderness but had missed their flight, just as my mother had. They met during a long day waiting and were in need of a place to sleep to take the train up north the next day. They stayed for the first night of my mom's visit and joined for some sightseeing the day after. If you are travelling and need a place to stay in Uppsala, join the Hospitalityclub.