Thursday, July 14, 2011
Stockholm and Skaa
We managed to time our arrival in Stockholm to catch the annual flying meet up at the airfield just east of the city, Skaa Edeby.
We cycled into town and caught up with Kina, who I met skiing in Chamonix 5 years ago, and partner Cedric with their new baby Leon. These two are both marathon runners and generally super fit and motivated which is always good to see. Cedric is a great guy who moved up to Stockholm from France while he was still a student and now runs his own IT consultancy and has a partnership in some Swedish running stores. We were both really pleased to have met with up them while we were in the area.
H washing bugs off the strut;
Jimmy took us for a tour around his town of Sigulda, north of Stockholm. The country was run from here several hundred years ago and the town is rich with history. Jimmy is a captain with Next Jet, flying twin turbo props with about 70 passengers up and down the country. This man knows about ice.
Mats and Tina, who we met last year, invited us to lunch and showed us some awesome hot spots in Stockholm. They know where all the good lunch spots, lookouts and little mid city islands with interesting timber buildings are. Mats had just run the Stockholm marathon. Inspirational. I've actually been running myself since then and all I can report is that I'm a loooong way from being able to go the marathon distance. Mats was in the military, a member of the super elite 'kysten jæger' (coast hunters, like SAS). All I can say is, if you see a sticker with a trident on the back of a car in Stockholm, don't get into a road rage incident with them.
H washing bugs off the strut;
Jimmy took us for a tour around his town of Sigulda, north of Stockholm. The country was run from here several hundred years ago and the town is rich with history. Jimmy is a captain with Next Jet, flying twin turbo props with about 70 passengers up and down the country. This man knows about ice.
Mats and Tina, who we met last year, invited us to lunch and showed us some awesome hot spots in Stockholm. They know where all the good lunch spots, lookouts and little mid city islands with interesting timber buildings are. Mats had just run the Stockholm marathon. Inspirational. I've actually been running myself since then and all I can report is that I'm a loooong way from being able to go the marathon distance. Mats was in the military, a member of the super elite 'kysten jæger' (coast hunters, like SAS). All I can say is, if you see a sticker with a trident on the back of a car in Stockholm, don't get into a road rage incident with them.
Michael working the new grill at the aero club at Skaa Edeby. It has a built in bottle opener! Sweet :)
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