> southern Sweden to visit more relatives who have roots in Norway and because > of economic conditions, moved to Sweden in the 1940's. > To be continued............. When we were dropped off at the Central Station in Trondheim for our adventure to Sweden, we wondered what kind of accomodations we would have for the overnight trip from Storlien to Gotteborg. We got on the train at 16:17 and traveled to Storlien. There it was raining and cold. We jumped on the train that looked like it was going the right way and tried to find our sleeping car. Being the American I am and not much knowledge about the language, I thought I best ask some questions of the purser. I showed him our tickets and asked if we were on the right train, he proceeded to say, "That train left 10 minutes ago......." Then all started laughing in the Bar car that were observing our conversation. I went back to let Sonja know that indeed we were headed in the right direction. We found our 3 person sleeper room and decided to check out everything as this was a new experience for both of us. We videotaped the room and then took the key for the Shower room and videotaped that also (for the hubby). I decided that it was time for a cool one, so went down to the Bar Car and found a Heineken. When I got back, Sonja was outside our room with a roll of duct tape she had brought with, taping up a door that the latch did not work on. It was banging and making much noise. We decided we needed to videotape that also. :-)) Later that evening a Swedish lady named Marit joined us in our car, she was very helpful as to what the purser was saying as he never repeated it in English like they did in Norway. We had a restful night and arrived in Gotteborg about 8:30 the next day. We were picked up by Ann Viking Saetre and Britt-Marie Blixt. We were taken on a tour of the city and then off to Taberg, about 2 hours north and east. We of course had to eat right away a big meal which was really good. That evening we had a tour of Taberg and Johnkoping areas. The next day we were off to Varnamo area. We visited with relatives and had a great meal and visit on a private estate and a tour of the grounds. On Saturday we were treated to a Swedish Smorgasboard of food that did not end. :-)) Eat......eat..........eat! Sunday we awoke to more food, then a trip to Varnamo and a tour of the city and the park. It was very interesting for us. Later that day, we left for Johnkoping, for the train station. We caught the overnight train for our trip back to Norway. This time our accomodations were in a 6 person sleeper. The purser came to check our tickets and told us we would be the only ones in the sleeper that evening. This sleeper was much different then the last one we had slept in. It was straight out of the 1950's. No shower on this trip! We made a video about the train trip for the hubby. :-)) We arrived back in Trondheim on Monday, May 26 about 11:45. To be continued............ Margit & Sonja