the middle of nowhere

that's where i am right now - in the middle of Nowhere, Sweden. we spent 2 days at the big Zoo here, Kolmorden, and then have spent the remaining week at Farmor's (Joakim's mom's) summer house out in the boonies. it's been interesting, being in this farm country-rolling meadows-lakes-and-more-lakes area. it's actually very beautiful, and probably everything i imagine when i think of rural Sweden. only drawback is, there's very limited entertainment. my days consist of playing with the kids, laying out at the lake and reading, eating, and running in the evenings. it's been slightly bittersweet, cause every sweet word or goofy thing that the kids do that would normally go un-noticed has been that much sweeter and sillier cause i know that i'm leaving them in just two weeks.

we're here for two more days, and then back to Stockholm for one week, and next Thursday we'll take off for France for five days. that should be really cool, i hear that the ski slopes next to their French chalet turn into cow pastures in the summer with authentic French cows donning cowbells grazing in the Alps. Is that a photo op, or what??