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Hi Marcel, and thank you for your friendship, you photos are absolutely stunning. You are another strong convert to Sweden as I am, I will visit in the summer of 2011 and in the meantime, I am learning as much as I can before I go. Best wishes, Chris

Hej Marcel ! Many thanks for accepting my Friends Invitation, it's good to have another "Nederlander", on board here. Your posted portfolio of photographs, is rather splendid indeed, a wonderful assortment of stunning images, and in particular, the photo' of the house you stayed in, during your 2008 visit to Varmland, has us very envious, a real gem of a property, and in such a peaceful, pastoral setting. Met vriendelijke groet, aan u en uwe. Jim.

Hello Marcel, nice to meet you here, you took some nice pictures

great pics!

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Hejda Marcel, your photos are fabulous. Two weeks in that lovely yellow house must have been wonderful. One thing about countries with a lot of wood, we build a lot of wooden houses. A friend from Romania was surprised at the wooden houses in Canada. She once said, "In Romania, we live in stone houses, wooden houses are for chickens." That yellow house is definitely not a chicken house, but in Romania, they have more stone available for building than wood. One nice thing about being a teacher is having the same holidays as your children, and generally the summer holiday is quite long.

Hallo Zwolle! Thank you for your tips and yes, it would be gr8 if you manage to find more photo's. I hope you are having a good time in Värmland, I love the nature there as well, even if I do have a slight preference for the coast. The whole summer I weill working surrounded by trees! haha. Njoy your holiday and let's stay tuned, Groetjes, Marz