Sun 15 July: Stockholm
Today we caught the comfortable ferry to Namdo, one of the islands in the Archipelago  where Lawrence's mother, Carina has the summer house that her father built in 1967.
People have been living there for hundreds of years fishing and farming, but it was only at the turn of the 20th century that wealthy Swedes started to build magnificent summer houses there. Sweden used to be poor but after WWII the economy picked up and people began to prosper.

Carina is a professional cook and it astonished us what she could produce in such a small kitchen with rationed water because of the drought. Not only were we treated to a lunch fit for royalty, but she then produced an early evening banquet in time for us to catch the ferry home again.

Andreas was kind enough to take us for a spin in his jet motor boat and anchored in a private cove where the men could swim. Peter was delighted to say he had been swimming in the Baltic. I was equally happy to sit in comfort under my parasol and watch the water antics.

We returned to shore and had time for an afternoon nap before dinner. What a sumptuous life-style!!!!!

Driving back to Stockholm, Graeme decided to call in to a friend who lives in an incredible compound of about 138 acres including 4 lakes. We walked down to one of the lakes as the sun was starting to set at 10.00pm. I was hoping to spot beavers who live there but all I saw was a beaver lodge with its many rooms. I did see some of the Russian Blue cats that reside there but they were not tame enough for us to get close to them.