2007itinerary

After travelling to Copenhagen or
Malmö on your own, your Guide picks
you up in a van to begin the tour.
There will be a maximum of 5 tour
members.
The first day will be spent crossing the
southernmost province - Skåne.
Sights may include a pristine national
park, 1000-year-old churches,
thatched-roof houses, and the Baltic
Sea.   We arrive near the resort town
of Kivik.

Activities on Thursday and Friday will
include meeting local musicians and
folkdancers, visiting museums, and
sampling local traditional cuisine.

Saturday is the National Fiddle Festival
(riksspelmansstämma), with musicians
from all over Sweden participating.
There will be concerts, jamming,
workshops, and dancing.    Traditional
folkcostume will be worn by many
participants.

Sunday we travel north to Småland.
The change from farm country to rocky
forest land will be quite evident.
During the next few days we will visit
local musicians and dancers,
world-famous glassworks, the Emigrant
Museum with extensive collections
concerning Swedish emigration to
America, unique churches with
spectacular artwork, the special
candycane factories in Gränna,
Europe's most massive (and oldest)
tree, and much more.

Thursday we move to the island of
Öland.   After touring famous Kalmar
Castle, we will move into a cottage on
a working dairy farm.   From there we
will tour the island, enjoying the
hundreds of windmills, the "blue fire"
wildflowers, and other unique aspects
of Öland.   We will celebrate
Midsummer with local musicians and
dancers - experiencing both public and
private traditions connected with the
holiday.

Sunday we head to the West Coast,
and have a chance to explore nature
and the maritime cities close to
Denmark.

Our last days together will be spent
touring the countryside and cities,
visiting local musicians and
craftspeople, seeing the fantastic
cathedral in Lund, and perhaps visiting
a zoo of exclusively Swedish animals.
We could also visit a recreated Viking
village.

Wednesday you will be dropped off at
your point of continuation, for travel
further on your own, or for the trip
home.