Day 10 St. Olav’s, July 25th, 25km, Mälgsand > Anviken Hungover hiking We woke up the next morning with aching heads, wondering how we were going to manage a full day of hiking. Our generous …
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St. Olav’s: When You Ask a Swede for Water, Part One
Day 8 St Olav’s, July 23rd, 16km, Lake Stor-Harrsjön > Bräcke Today’s walk was shorter after the long distance we covered the day before. It was a nice walk, and we spotted a sign from …
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Day 6 St. Olav’s, July 21st, 24km, Rombäck > Borgsjö On our walk from Rombäck to Borgsjo, we walked through fields overflowing with wildflowers. It’s beautiful, and I am surprised to see so many flowers …
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Day 3 St. Olav’s, July 18th, 13K, Nedansjö > Stöde After a great night’s sleep, we woke up, and while Andy cooked breakfast, I started packing up the sleeping gear. Camp breakfast consisted of …
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A New Symbol Day 1 St. Olav’s, July 16th, 24km, Sundsvall > Matfors We cooked a breakfast of eggs, toast, and coffee, then hard-boiled some eggs for snacking on the trail later. Then we packed …
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A New Way At the bus station in Stockholm, I waited with our packs while Andy searched for some fast food to take on the long bus ride. Contrary to what many foreigners think …
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Sweden’s got (meat)balls Our flight landed in Stockholm late in the evening. The airport was tiny, and our flight was apparently the last one for the day because they closed it down behind us. We …
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Onward, pilgrims! When we boarded the bus from Muxía the next morning, it was the first time in 52 days that we moved faster than walking speed. Everything felt so fast. We took the bus …
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Looking back but moving forward Andy, Nicole, and I had breakfast together before a tearful “See you back in the States!” (not a goodbye). We jokingly wished each other buen camino! And promised to keep …
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An ending of sorts We woke up to a thick fog that made everything so quiet, so still, so close. It wrapped itself around us, the visibility only showing us a hundred yards or so …
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