Back on the road... what else is new?
Well this time we went through Sweden, looking for a cabin to buy.
We thought financial crisis and all that sort of thing... so we once again were trying to find the place we'd dreamt of for so long.
WIEDER EINMAL IN SCHWEDEN UND AUCH DIESMAL SCHAUEN WIR NACH EINER HÜTTE.
But even if you are able to the sum on the table in cash, it doesn't make any difference. It seems that what is meant to be is what is meant to be. And this seems to be something which wasn't meant to be.
The signs show we're about to enter Lapland and the town of Dorothea.
FAHREN QUER DURCH'S LAND
It isn't that we went into it completely unprepared. We've spent ages in the internet and my husband had everything planned down to the smallest details and I had checked out all the describtions and called many an estate agent, which really isn't the easiest thing to do, since they're often out in the woods, showing properties and mobile connections don't cover as well as they should...
HABEN ALLES GUT GEPLANT
Well to make a looong story short... we looked at 2 properties - a third one was sold, while we were on the way up there - and bought none of them.
One was more or less what we wanted, but the area was too domesticated, nothing wild about it and the access road was own by somebody else and lots of other flaws and then there was that young couple who really wanted to have it, it seemed to be their dream come true, so we let them have it.
So we made an offer for a place down in the south, close to Mora. Also not really what we wanted, but as an investment it was alright.
Meanwhile we were hanging around in Luleå - temps incredibly high - and i was wondering why it never gets as warm in Denmark. Do I really have to go close to the polar cirle to experience a heat wave?!
UND DOCH FUNKTIONIERT ES NICHT SO, WIE WIR UNS DAS VORGESTELLT HABEN...
Local market was cute and small.
DOCH TROTZDEM GENIESSEN WIR DIE REISE...
Smoked fish is something people really love in the north.
HIER DEN MARKT IN LULEÅ,
But this was nothing exciting, not even Siika, just trout I believe...
GANZ IM NORDEN DES LANDES...
fresh ecological potatoes...
ZURÜCK IM HOTEL
Rethinking our position we went back to our hotel.
DENEKN WIR ÜBER ALLES NACH.
Mind you, the receptionist was nice...
No, seriously, staff was very friendly and helpful in Nordkalotten, rooms okay, but breakfast really sucked. however, I hardly ever eat breakfast anyway... fruit is much better...
NORDKALOTTEN IST ZU EMPFEHLEN, GUTER SERVICE, ABER DAS FRÜHSTÜCK WAR NICHT GUT.
I loved the interior design of the reception and the dining area. Meant to take some pics of taht beautiful fireplace, but forgot.
EINGANGSHALLE, REZEPTION UND SPEISEZIMMER SIND SEHR SCHÖN, ZIMMER NICHTS BESONDERES, ABER TROTZDEM ANGENEHM.
In the back there was a small lake.
HINTER DEM HAUS IST EIN KLEINER SEE.
Eventually all calls were made - between potential buyers, sellers and estateagents and even the offer we had put in on one of the houses was rejected.
I can't believe the other buyer went this high, because the property really wasn't worth it. But there's a reason for everything and I guess they just really wanted it and then it's probably for the best taht they got it and not us. I hope they will be happy there.
As for us... it was really disappointing and heartbreaking to onece again having gone all the way up to Lapland, being sure that we'd at least buy one of these cabins and yet comming home again without nothing. When we went up before we had been completely sure of what we wanted and thought we'd take it as well...
But when we were finally home we sat down and brainstormed, checked for flaws in our thinking and then it hit us: what we were looking at all this time wasn't at all what we truely wanted. that's why it never worked out for us!
What we really wanted is a cabin FAR north, next to the arctic ocean.
So we checked out the market there and found definitely some possibilities.
And some good bargains!
One place was even available for just 1 Dkr.! Seriously!
But I don't think anyone is gonna buy that one, even though it's in excellent condition. You see the catch is... it's really out in the arctic ocean on a small island with your only neighbours being polar bears... not even as civalized as Greenland (which by the way DOES belong to Denmark!!!)
However... the place where we really wanna be... there are definitely possibilities and we will check that out in the near future.
SO, WIE SCHON GESAGT, DIE SACHE MIT DER HÜTTE WURDE NICHTS, ALSO FAHREN WIR WIEDER NACH HAUSE.
Finally on the way home, we found this nice place on the E 4.
You can see more here:
www.fiskecampen.se
SÜDLICH VON LULEÅ FINDEN WIR EINEN UNGEWÖHNLICHEN NATURCAMPINGPLATZ.
Had a great time, nice people, nice nature, great salmon!
IST ZU EMPFEHLEN UND GANZ BESONDERS AUCH DER FRISCHGERÄUCHERTE FISCH!
Not everybody has got the same type of boat...
HIER GIBT'S SO EINIGES ZU SEHEN...
A slightly different coffee shop...
DAS CAFÉ IST ETWAS ANDERS...
Dinner over an open fire, wog gets a different meaning...
UND AUCH DIE KÜCHE...
Outdoor-buffet and kitchen.
ES GIBT AUCH EIN MUSEUM
The place includes a museaum as well...
UND VIELE ARTIFACTS...
You can either camp out or hire a cabin...
We spent some time there before we headed south again...
HÜTTE ODER WHG KANN MAN HIER AUCH MIETEN...
Eventually we made it across to indlandsvägen, always trying to chose the roads which have the fewest speed cameras and the best views...
SCHLIESSLICH FAHREN WIR QUER DURCH'S LAND, VON DER E4 AN DER OSTKÜSTE ZU INLANDSVÄGEN...
I just loved this railroad crossing high up with a beautiful view over the mountains and all the forrest...
SCHÖNER BAHNÜBERGANG
So we didn't get a house, but still the trip was nice,
OBEN AUF DEM BERG, TOLLE AUSSIECHT ÜBER BERGE UND WÄLDER...
we enjoyed Mother Nature
MUTTER NATUR IST WIE IMMER GROSSZÜGIG UND VERWÖHNT...
and brought home lots of special food.
NACHTS SCHLAFEN WIR MEIST IM AUTO IM WALD...
Most of the time we'd sleep in the car in the woods,
DAS IST MIR WESENTLICH ANGENEHMER UND PRAKTISCHER, WEINN MAN AUF TOUR IST...
the one night in the hotel was an exception. I just find hotels too stiff and anoying, most of the time it's more practical to just camp out where you are.
WEIT NÖRDLICH ODER HOCH AUF DEM BERG WACHSEN NUR NOCH KLEINE BÄUME...
When you're far north and/or high up trees don't grow that well anymore.
Tiny birch trees are really quite charctaristic.
KLEINE BIRKEN SIND SO CHARKTERISTISCH...
Campfire under the bridge - not us though. But we haven't seen another human being for some hundred kilometres so it's proof, we're not completely alone...
LAGERFEUER UNTER DER BRÜCKE - DOCH NICHT UNSERS. ABER NACH ETLICHEN HUNDERT KILOMETERN SEHEN WIR MAL WIEDER MENSCHEN...
A typical nordic sunset
EIN SEHR TYPISCHER SONNENUNTERGANG... UND ICH SEHNE MICH NOCH MEHR NACH EINER EIGENEN HÜTTE. DOCH DIE WIRD AUCH KOMMEN, NUR WAHRSCHEINLICH NICHT IN SCHWEDEN, WAHRSCHEINLICH DOCH IN NORWEGEN - AM POLARMEER!
The property we had made a bid on. Quiote ironical that there is supposed to be a financial crisis and yet people still seem to have plenty of money for the things they really want.
Mind you, I've also seen it reversed: in times of a so called economical boom, where everybody was just supposed to be so well off and yet my personal situation was so much worse than it should have been... so as far as I am concerned, the media is never right. I wouldn't even trust their weather forecast! And as for you and me and our future... we make it anyway the way we wanna make it. If you wiork hard and deliver what is wanted and needed, then yiou're gonna be alright... if you've lost all believe in that you can win against any crisis - it's most likely to get to you. So whatever you do, don't believe the dooms-day-preachers. Make something of yourself and your resources and you're gonna be just fine!
DAS WAR EINES DER HÄUSER, DIE WIR KAUFEN WOLLTEN.
I have received a number of awards in the past weeks/months which I never put up and now is the time to share them with you.
But I won't limit them to just a few people. This here is such a beautiful award and it would be a shame to limit it to a few of you. Anybody who feels like we are having a friendship and who would like to have this award please feel welcome to take it and my friendship as well!
The two lovely friends who have awarded it to me were Brad and Jenny,
Thank you both for thinking of me and it's so nice knowing such gentle and lovely people like you two. you always try and be friends with everybody around you, that's what you have in common, even though you both live so far apart.
You are very nice, decent and faithful friends and you make the world a nicer place by spreading your gentle and helpful ideas through the bloggersphere and elsewhere in life. it's a pleasure knowing you both and I hope to be able to share your friendship for many more years to come!
http://jennyeshjey6567.blogspot.com/http://heretoannarbor.blogspot.com/DER OBRIGE AWARD WURDE MIR SEOWOHL VON JENNY ALS AUCH VON BRAD VERLIEHEN. ICH GEBE IHN AN ALLE FREUNDE WEITER, DIE IHN HABEN MÖCHTEN. ERFREUT EUCH DRAN!
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