For New Years I joined two Finnish friends, driving to the lovely town of Uppsala, Sweden. Uppsala is "Sweden's Cradle," an historic university town slightly smaller than Tampere.
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A riverfront and beautiful streets, a majestic cathedral, rich Viking and medieval history, lots of energy... Uppsala may have become my favorite Nordic town.
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We came for a New Years conference at Livets Ord, a thriving church in Uppsala. It was amazing, a New Years I will never forget. Seen here is the celebration as we welcomed 2003!
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Ella and Timo, the two friends I joined for the trip. All the pipes froze in our cabin, so though we were having fun perhaps we weren't always so "shower-fresh."
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We spent our last day in Stockholm, Timo and Ella doing research in their archives. I ventured out alone, finding a tremendous surprise - the water in the bay had frozen strong enough to stand on!
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Stockholm is laid out on a set of islands, and with the water frozen I could walk from one to another. Others were skiing across the surface, a family walked their dog, and kids carved out little ice rinks.
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In a part of the ice too thin to walk across, a boat broke through as it traveled.
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It was a surreal experience, walking across a seemingly endless world of ice. Just the second day of the new year, I was reminded of how awesome and vast is the potential for this next year.
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For New Years I joined two Finnish friends, driving to the lovely town of Uppsala, Sweden. Uppsala is "Sweden's Cradle," an historic university town slightly smaller than Tampere.
A riverfront and beautiful streets, a majestic cathedral, rich Viking and medieval history, lots of energy... Uppsala may have become my favorite Nordic town.
We came for a New Years conference at Livets Ord, a thriving church in Uppsala. It was amazing, a New Years I will never forget. Seen here is the celebration as we welcomed 2003!
Ella and Timo, the two friends I joined for the trip. All the pipes froze in our cabin, so though we were having fun perhaps we weren't always so "shower-fresh."
We spent our last day in Stockholm, Timo and Ella doing research in their archives. I ventured out alone, finding a tremendous surprise - the water in the bay had frozen strong enough to stand on!
Stockholm is laid out on a set of islands, and with the water frozen I could walk from one to another. Others were skiing across the surface, a family walked their dog, and kids carved out little ice rinks.
In a part of the ice too thin to walk across, a boat broke through as it traveled.
It was a surreal experience, walking across a seemingly endless world of ice. Just the second day of the new year, I was reminded of how awesome and vast is the potential for this next year.