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Frans de Lange

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Hapiness is in your own hands!


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Scandinavia was on my holiday wishlist for many years, but with my previous wife I always went the other way. In 2005 I learned that hapiness was in my own hands after taking a few tough decisions. This was after I've met Anna-Lena. She speaks fluent Dutch (she lives in NL since 2001)  and is Swedish from nationality, but has Finish parents. So since then we are exploring Sweden, Finland and are adding Denmark to the list. In future we also want to explore Norway, but first things first. What strikes me is the fact that Sweden is so spacious, people are so friendly, food in a restaurang is reasonably cheap and there are no traffic jams. I really love Sweden and the people, but I am not sure whether I want to move to Sweden. There are not a lot of jobs out there and starting my own B&B sounds nice but in reality this would mean that I will be a slave of my own dream. You can say that I am a realist, but fortunately also an optimist. Maybe in a couple of years. Houses are a lot cheaper than in the Netherlands. Anyway this year (2009) we went to Sweden again. We spent a week on Gotland, a week on Fårö and a week in Finland. So away from my work as an SAP consultant, away from traffic jams. Anna-Lena and enjoyed it very much. We went by car and drove only 5600 kms. Not much this year because we spent a lot of time reading books.

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NOTE: Please stop sending me messages about (love)relationships etc. I am not interested!

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    By Tommy Sollén , 23 Aug 10

  • Thanks for friednship you are yet another guy who has sweden on its list of travels, I think sweden is great and i haven't even visited, hiope to get there in a years time, take care and best wishes, chris

    By chris wills , 25 May 10

  • Hej Frans, HAPPY NEW YEAR and sorry you did not hear from me earlier, I was offline and practically beached like a whale for 6 months, I am back and roaring ! You had asked me a question on your post: " what happened between 1989 and now ? " My friend too much happened it would take several books to answer that " hope I can help some other way, meanwhile my blessings to you and your lovely Swedish wife, I for one love knowing of a happy couple, cheers well 4:20 is more like it for me 2.

    By Roxanne ( Viviane ) Varan , 04 Jan 10

  • Hej Frans, I thoroughly enjoyed looking at your fabulous photos! This is education in itself. Thanks for sharing them with us. You mentioned you are exploring Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Surely that's a lot of territory to explore, isn't it? As if that wasn't enough, you're also thinking of adding Norway to your list. Cool, but do you really have that much time to explore all that territory? Best wishes!

    By Jim , 01 Nov 09

  • Important information: the problem with uploading new profile photos should now be fixed. We're very sorry for the frustration this has caused. The problem occured together with an update of the CoS dynamic page titles.

    By Tommy Sollén , 16 Oct 09

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    By Tommy Sollén , 01 Oct 09

  • Hi Frans, Thanks for sharing your photos on the website.It is very difficult to keep and cancel the photos taken on your own. Thank you for your kindness. I will contact you when I visit Europe. Have a nice weekend. Best regards, Heidi

    By Heidi Zhang , 25 Sep 09

  • Hi Frans, Thank you for your kind message and suggestion.I will look through the website carefully.Yes,I am looking forward to visiting Sweden and the Netherlands. Thanks & regards, Heidi

    By Heidi Zhang , 25 Sep 09

  • Hi Frans. Falun is 2 h drive from uppsala with car. Norrtälje is a beautiful little community, we where close to move there instead of Falun some years a go, but we chosed snow in witertime...

    By Håkan Forsberg , 24 Sep 09

  • Hi Frans! Thank's for your message. My family has spent summer holidays on Fårö since before I was born. We have our own house(s) there since almost 30 years. And we love it!

    By Anders Örtegren , 20 Sep 09

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