Tag: Måns Jonasson

Måns’ 38th Birthday

Last week was Måns’ 38th birthday.  We spent his birthday in Italy with presents and a great lunch in Lecce.
Yesterday was the celebration back home.  We were lucky to have a beautiful day in Katarina’s garden.  Måns made a wonderful chocolate cake with Oreo cheesecake filling.

Gotland 2012

This weekend we visited the island of Gotland.  Gotland is 3 1/2 hour ride by ship through the Baltic Sea.  Christer and Birre have a summer house there.  We had a great time and the boys especially loved all the nature!  On the last day, we visited the main city of Visby.

Berlin 2012

Måns and I have just returned home from our 12th anniversary trip to Berlin! We stayed in an apartment located in East Berlin which was actually a very beautiful part of town.  We went to the top of the T.V. Tower, saw pieces of the wall and even visited the Stasi museum (East German Secret Police) – though I was disappointed there was no gift shop at the Stasi museum.  I would have enjoyed buying a secret camera tie.

Prague 2011

This week we visited Prague in the Czech Republic.  Prague is a beautiful city and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about a vacation.  We were lucky to be there in December to see the big Christmas market.  The Russian president visited at the same time as well.  And I thought all those police and snipers were just for us.  Oh well….

Prague sells lots of fun warm drinks all over town in Christmas booths – hot wine, hot mead, hot rummy chocolate, hot cherry punch, etc.  I think the booths open up around 9 or 10 so I suspect many Czechs (or maybe just the tourists) walk around slightly drunk all day.

The prices were cheap, but I compare it to Ryan Air where it looks cheap on the surface before they add service charges and charge you for bread and water.  Shopping was quite cheap though, but not the food at the Christmas market.  Måns and I paid 400 czk for cabbage and potatoes!  (Look that up, it’s more shocking if I don’t translate the price.)

Anyway, we had a wonderful time and we plan to visit the city again!

Göteborg (Gothenburg) 2011

We spent this weekend in Gothenburg where Måns and Leo competed in the national pinball championship.  Leo was the youngest player.  We all had a great time.

We spent Friday evening at the Christmas market at Liseberg amusement park with Julia and then joined Theo for dinner.  Saturday was the competition.  Lots of fun and great people.

There was a bad wind storm Sunday in Gothenburg so we were lucky to catch a train back to Stockholm.  Many trains were cancelled.  I think our only casualties to the wind storm might have been 2 umbrellas.

Italy October 2011

We have spent the last week on vacation in Italy.  The weather was wonderful and it only rained one day!  We stayed in our own house high up on a mountain.  We met wild boars, goats, donkeys and mysterious monster goat creatures along with a scorpion who came to say hello in our bathroom.

We were by the Mediterranean Sea and took a day to visit Monaco and France which were both just an hour away.  Monaco was very pretty – a small city in the mountain facing the sea.  Lots of yachts, casinos and fountains.  Very pretty, even though our pizza and sodas cost 60 Euros.

Nice was much bigger than I thought.  There was a beautiful beach with smooth rocks and the most tropical blue color we’ve ever seen.  The boys had a great time splashing around there.

It was a great trip and we got in lots of relaxing at the house and by the pool.  Already planning the next trip!