The Dad's version of a "Black Light show" ... a bit blurry, but you get the idea.
The Nutty Cracker Performance
12 Days of our Trip by the Juniors
The Eves New Years Eve Carolers
More Winter Wonderland
Snowflake Fairies??
We left the hotel in the dark at 6:15 AM for the airport. It never gets light here until about 9:30 AM, so I guess it did not feel that different. The flight to Stockholm was pretty short…only 1 hour 10 minutes. We were excited to be around smiling friendly people again. That was something that all of us felt was lacking in Russia. We also felt a bit more at home because we could at least recognize the alphabet even though we couldn’t read all the signs in Sweden. The bus that picked us up at the airport was a double decker!! Quite plush compared to the others we have had. And it did not smell like smoke. We can breathe again!
We checked into our hotel right by the rink in Lidingo. Then we went right over to the rink for a lunch that Elizabeth Philipson organized. She is the mother of Gustav, who played on the Battle Mountain team 2 years ago. She organized the hockey and most of our visit here. The younger team played first then the older team. (More to come from the players). Before the games many of us took advantage of the beautiful area and went for a walk. We found a walking path down by the “sea”. It looked like a winter wonderland.
After the games, we went back to the hotel for dinner and our New Years Eve Gong show. The creativity of this group was amazing. We were thoroughly entertained. The winners were the boys from Summit who put together a slide show of themselves modeling some of the souvenir wear they bought on the trip...Abercrombie models may lose their jobs! After the show, we could see fireworks that were happening in about 10 different locations across the city. The room we were in overlooked the entire vista. It was spectacular.
We checked into our hotel right by the rink in Lidingo. Then we went right over to the rink for a lunch that Elizabeth Philipson organized. She is the mother of Gustav, who played on the Battle Mountain team 2 years ago. She organized the hockey and most of our visit here. The younger team played first then the older team. (More to come from the players). Before the games many of us took advantage of the beautiful area and went for a walk. We found a walking path down by the “sea”. It looked like a winter wonderland.
After the games, we went back to the hotel for dinner and our New Years Eve Gong show. The creativity of this group was amazing. We were thoroughly entertained. The winners were the boys from Summit who put together a slide show of themselves modeling some of the souvenir wear they bought on the trip...Abercrombie models may lose their jobs! After the show, we could see fireworks that were happening in about 10 different locations across the city. The room we were in overlooked the entire vista. It was spectacular.
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