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• Take me to the trees •

• Take me to the trees •

• It is only when there is no goal and no rush t

• It is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world. •

No rush at all that day… We only did a part of the Jämtland Triangle (‘cause Mademoiselle Chanel 🐶 is getting a bit older… (But she’s still the prettiest there is)), but it was enough to make us promise ourselves to one day do the whole 3-day hike.
Waking up before sunrise, heading out while the hikers in the mountain station Storulvån were still asleep, we took it all in: the silence and emptiness, the mountains, the snow in July, …
No rush and no goal.
Except for enjoying all of it as much as we could.

• Light is easy to love. Show me your darkness.

• Light is easy to love. Show me your darkness. •

• If there is no way, create one • And so we

• If there is no way, create one •

And so we did…
On the border of Sweden and Norway, at Grövelsjön, you can either hike from Sweden to Norway or go by boat across the lake.
We couldn’t choose, so we did both.
At sunrise we started our hike to and across the border of Norway. Enjoying the emptiness and silence of the landscape. Nothing but mountains, rivers, beautiful birds, the sound of nature and a lonely wild reindeer (in Norway that is).
Well after lunchtime we took the boat back to Sweden, and to our van. Quite the experience all by itself, that boatride. Especially for our 2 muppets 🐶🐶.
And quite the memory, this hike… 💚

• Feet on the ground, heart as wide as the world

• Feet on the ground, heart as wide as the world •

We closed the door of our van in, what seems to us like, the middle of the night, just so we could feel like we have the world to ourselves.
We hiked to the highest point nearby to take in every single second of the sunrise, watching it paint the landscape in all different and beautiful colours. My favourite moment of the day. Just sitting there in silence. Taking in everything nature has to offer us…

• Where the world grows quiet enough for the sou

• Where the world grows quiet enough for the soul to speak •

• Sometimes, all you need, is good company •

• Sometimes, all you need, is good company •

• (Summer) endings • Watching the sun set ove

• (Summer) endings •

Watching the sun set over the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark. Our last night on our road trip through Sweden.
It was the perfect (pastel) ending to a perfect trip.
Just as fall is the perfect ending to a summer.
Can’t wait… 🍁🍂

• May you always be the one who notices the litt

• May you always be the one who notices the little ways light pours through, reminding you within the chaos there’s more to life and more to you. •

• And light will meet you at every place on the

• And light will meet you at every place on the journey •

Got up at an ungodly hour that morning, no idea what the day would bring us. The weather forecast told us it would be sunny, it never told us we would be getting these perfect dreamworld conditions. But we did…
We hiked up the mountain, slow but steady (it was by far the steepest climb we did on our trip), saw a few cabins on our way up and the sun rising through the fog.
Once we reached the top, the fog had lifted and the sun took over.
We had our morning fika while overlooking the world, taking it all in. Enjoying every second of it.
Our last hike before we headed back south…

#visitsweden #scandinavia #sweden #friluftsliv

• Tunnelvision •

• Tunnelvision •

• That’s a weird looking crop… • On our l

• That’s a weird looking crop… •

On our last morning in Sweden, just before heading back home, we were waved goodbye by what seems all the wildlife in the area.
Driving slowly and carefully ‘cause of deer jumping in front of our van, we saw some of them popping up in the fields, birds of prey waiting for their breakfast to show up and foxes taking their morning walk.
The most beautiful goodbye ever…

• The sea tells you everything will be fine. The

• The sea tells you everything will be fine. The mountains tell you it doesn’t matter anyway. •

A heavy one, this hike. With steep climbs, snow that turned into ice still left on the ground and to top it off, I was feeling sick.
Nevertheless we kept going and eventually reached the top, a closed off mountain cabin and 360 degree views like this… making it all worth while.

• Rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness a

• Rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness and radiate into the world •

• Once the lighthouse is seen, the rest of the s

• Once the lighthouse is seen, the rest of the sea is ignored •

Second year in a row we made a stop at this lighthouse on the way back home from Sweden. Last year at sunrise, this year at sunset. We decided to spend the night near the beach (in our van) and while we went out for our evening walk we saw a lonely fisherman, seagulls swaying in the wind and the sky changing colours.
For a minute we were living in a pastel world…

• On earth there is no heaven, but there are pie

• On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it •

Travelling through Sweden we stumbled upon this little piece of heaven… We parked our van, got ready for the night and fell asleep surrounded by reindeer. The next morning we got our wake up call from another herd of reindeer. It was surreal to say the least. Our little piece of reindeer paradise ❤️
We got ready, hiked up the mountain and drank our morning coffee at this isolated shepherd’s hut.
Rain became drizzle and except for the wind, it was quiet. It felt like we were all alone on this planet.
One of those core memories…

• Power • When the power of nature makes you

• Power •

When the power of nature makes you feel really small and humble 🙏🏻
Tännforsen, the biggest waterfall of Sweden.

• Conquer yourself • Hiking to Tre Cime, but

• Conquer yourself •

Hiking to Tre Cime, but loving the views around it more than the Tre Cime itself.
Don’t forget to look behind you.
Left and right.
Even up and down.
Nature is beautiful from every angle.

• Just focus on completing the step in front of

• Just focus on completing the step in front of you, the rest of the path will fall into place •

• One road leads home and a thousand roads lead

• One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness •

We weren’t planning on doing this hike, but since we were in the area, and we have been fascinated by it for a few years, we decided to go for it. We only did a small part of the Jämtlands Triangle ‘cause Little Miss Chanel 🐶 is getting a bit too old to do such hikes 3 days in a row (although she might disagree), but it was enough to convince us to come back and do the whole hike instead of only a part of it. Rather sooner than later…

• How wild it was, to let it be •

While you’re visiting/sightseeing one major thing, never forget to look around… You might see other wonderful things around it that no one else might notice, but are actually equally huge🙏🏻
- Sweden’s largest waterfall, Tännforsen.

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