Hello, Midsommar in Sweden! Or rather, the
eve of Midsommar Eve. Undoubtedly one of Sweden’s biggest days for travel.
Which means the usually speedy 2-lane (sometimes 4-lane) roads that cross the
country are jam-packed with travelers, eager to celebrate the coming of “summer” (which means rain and 10 degrees C today) with snaps and pickled herring. Isn’t that what we all crave when we think of
summer?
But before all that, we sit in a very long
line of cars which, for NS and I, has made what is usually a 4-hour drive from
Stockholm down to Västervik more like 6 hours. But that’s just speculation –
we’re not there yet.
It feels like half of
our journey so far has been at a full stop. And when we’re not motionless, our
bus driver is driving in circles trying to find the next pick-up spot. One
disgruntled passenger went so far as to yell at our driver from the back of the
bus (this never happens in Sweden).
Transportation in Sweden doesn’t get more
exciting than this. And it’s not only the start of Midsommar weekend.
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