getting there

 

crossing the border

i had to drive 30 minutes to the swiss border and then another hour to zurich international airport where i caught a flight back to germany into munich international and transfered on to a flight to stockholm. sounds crazy but zurich is the nearest international airport to where we live.

welcome to our home 

i arrived at a terminal in stockholm that had huge posters on the wall of every single swedish celebrity that there is some with comments like “welcome to my home”. every actor, scientist (ake senning and rune elmquist, inventors of the earliest pacemaker), golfer annika sorrenstam, model elin grindemyr, and many more that i did not know. that terminal wall leading to customs was long and it was covered every inch of the way.  i of course dropped my bags and took my camera out the moment i saw the abba poster.

stockholm city

stockholm is a beautiful city.  i am in love, and it’s the best kind of love. you know, the kind when you least expect it? it is alive, diverse, historic, and very cosmopolitan, so sophisticated. it has to be one of the most beautiful capitals in the world. built on 14 islands, it is located at the border between the maralen lake and the baltic sea. i will post more photos soon.

 

aunt saba preparing our feast

i was then met by my cousins that i met for the very first time, merhawit and paulos and we were off to my aunt saba’s house where she prepared and was waiting with a delicious ertrean feast. 

 

we then had coffee and cake that my aunt saba (a hobby but master baker), baked especially for me. 

 

served in my honor, i was asked to cut it. a delicious torte with pudding filling and whipped cream icing.  so that was how my week in stockholm began. little did i know what else she

me with my cousins: jolie, merhawit, paulos, daniel, adiam, mike

and all my cousins had in store for me.  let me just say, i think i have stockholm syndrome.

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 at 1:39 pm and is filed under from my roots.

8 Responses to “getting there”

  1. Stephanie http://rodrigvitzstyle.typepad.com

    August 30th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

    oh yes…I am sure you will be back!!

    I never knew Stockholm was a city of islands….you are lucky indeed to travel and visit so many places….AND to have family there as well!

  2. Jonah http://www.maluhia22.blogspot.com

    August 30th, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    love all your travel photos elsa! i don’t know if i’ve told you that i received the chocolates a few weeks ago. i’ve eaten half of them already..lol..yummy! your stuff was shipped yesterday, sorry it took so long. i was home sick for 2 weeks and couldn’t go to the post office.

    isn’t it great to have family and friends in different places?

  3. traute http://spiritssoap.blogspot.com/

    August 30th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    elsa, next time we may go together…
    traute

  4. Amy http://petticoatlane.wordpress.com

    August 31st, 2007 at 3:45 am

    lol oh my goodness, Abba and Stockholm, two things I grew up with in the 1970’s…

  5. eb http://www.elizabethbunsen.typepad.com

    August 31st, 2007 at 4:02 am

    what an incredible city! - and you look transplendant! - beyond splendid!
    now I want to go there - a city of islands - all that water… oh my!
    so happy you had such a great trip Elsa and also I am glad that you are back - I have missed you too…

    xox - eb.

    ps - thanks for your comments on the Loop dee loos - you keep me going!

  6. somepinkflowers http://somepinkflowers.typepad.com/

    August 31st, 2007 at 4:03 am

    thank you so much for sharing all you stockholm fun…
    i could just dive into that yummy looking cake!
    [with bits of pink here and there!]

    please DO show more of the city
    as it is one i have yet to visit…
    unless, of course, you saw me there!

    :-)

    you look so happy to spent time with you friends and family.
    such a wonderful thing.

  7. superkwest

    August 31st, 2007 at 9:55 am

    WOW ELSA!!! How magnificent!!! Happy Happy Happy happy for YOU! When are you going back to Stockholm?

    eb had it right - you look transplendant! beyond splendid!

    You GLOW GIRL!

  8. beam

    August 31st, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    what wonderful stories you are telling. can’t believe your family is so wide spread and you are still in close contact.
    I ‘ve seen Stockholm some years ago and love it just like you do. one day we could go together, maybe in the time before x-mas - very special!
    wishing you a great party today and big hugs to your little girl.
    Beate

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