Play Date in Sweden

I never imagined I would go all the way to Sweden and actually meet up with someone I've met through blogging and that our kids would have a play date. But that is exactly what happened!

Christina found my blog several years ago, soon after her son Vincent was born. Vincent has Down syndrome.

She used to live in Austria, but a few months ago they moved back to her home of Sweden. A fact I remembered when looking into taking the ferry to Sweden. I had no idea how far she was from Helsingborg, but I thought it was worth it to ask her if there was any possibility that we could meet up while we were in Sweden.

I think she said it was about a 2- 2.5 hrs drive for her and yes we could definitely plan to meet! I was so excited to be going to Sweden and meeting a friend that I've known online for several years. She was able to get some information from a friend of hers on what kid-friendly place we could meet at, that was also in walking distance for us from the ferry landing. There was this great pirate-themed playground near the water that the kids really enjoyed.

They had such fun playing with these handcuffs and yelling for 'help!'

Vincent signing 'crab'

My camera was on the wrong setting, but I still like how this picture turned out.

The only picture we managed to get of all us; minus Joe who took the picture :)

Thanks again Christina, for getting together with us!

 

Helsingborg, Sweden

We spent a nice day walking around Sweden. We walked to a pirate playground near the ocean where we had a very special play date with a blogging friend! (Pics to come in another post). We walked back through the center of town and then made our way up the Karnan - the very old (we're talking dating back to the 1300's!) medieval tower.

 

We climbed a lot of stairs to get to the top of that tower. I mean a lot. My kids were awesome with all the walking and climbing.

 

Looking out this stained glass window is where the ships come in to port.

The view from the top of the tower.

 

 

Ferry to Sweden

When we were planning our vacation to Denmark this past June, I knew I wanted to take a ferry across to Sweden. I knew it was a short trip across the water, the kids could experience a ferry ride, and we could visit another country. Thankfully our resort was about an hour from the ferry dock of Helsingor to Helsingbor, so we were able to make it happen.

On our way to the ferry we stopped so I could take this picture looking across to Sweden.

Leaving from Denmark

 

 

 

Making herself comfy on the ferry!

Arriving in Sweden. Not sure the reason/significance of the flags, but it was neat to see flags from around the world.

If I remember right this is City Hall.

 

 Begging for more ice cream.