{"id":2108,"date":"2009-12-27T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T05:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popnea.com\/blog\/my-favorite-place\/"},"modified":"2009-12-27T05:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T05:38:00","slug":"my-favorite-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popnea.com\/blog\/my-favorite-place\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just because I made it to Arlanda last night didn\u2019t mean I made it to my final destination. I arrived at Arlanda Airport at 11pm last night and it took us about 3hours to drive to my parents house cos of the bad weather. Had a few hours of sleep and then on the road again to head south.<br \/>There\u2019s apparently a 30 minutes snow free guarantee on the major roads in Sweden, but the Snow God does not care about that. This is the major road you would take to if you were to drive from Stockholm to the European continent. The snow was falling so heavy there were no time to maintain the road and keep it snow free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziMFVbHDII\/AAAAAAAAE1I\/8HI3QwiBObo\/s1600-h\/DSC_0027.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziMFVbHDII\/AAAAAAAAE1I\/8HI3QwiBObo\/s400\/DSC_0027.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420236174818479234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>My family says we\u2019re related to Per Brahe, the dude that lived here. I\u2019ve been driving passed it countless times, but I have actually never stopped to take a closer look at it. I will though, next time\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziNaeuCZBI\/AAAAAAAAE1Q\/jZcKDucIs1s\/s1600-h\/DSC_0031.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziNaeuCZBI\/AAAAAAAAE1Q\/jZcKDucIs1s\/s400\/DSC_0031.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420237637602665490\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>My parents didn\u2019t want me to drive in this road condition so they put me on a train down to visit my grandfather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziMEgZnzhI\/AAAAAAAAE0w\/PnuVVqjY3I4\/s1600-h\/DSC_0035.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziMEgZnzhI\/AAAAAAAAE0w\/PnuVVqjY3I4\/s400\/DSC_0035.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420236160585158162\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>I made it to B\u00e5stad at 4:40pm on the 26th, about 39 hours after I left Los Angeles. This is possibly my favorite place on earth, I have yet to find a place which I feel so strongly about. I spent all my summers here, from the age of 1 to 20.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLdC5eeDI\/AAAAAAAAE0Q\/QfA_Npzxipw\/s1600-h\/DSC_0081.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLdC5eeDI\/AAAAAAAAE0Q\/QfA_Npzxipw\/s400\/DSC_0081.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420235482650802226\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>This is the doormat that welcomes you to my grandfathers home.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLcrHerFI\/AAAAAAAAE0I\/M9NwhDA6VpE\/s1600-h\/DSC_0086.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLcrHerFI\/AAAAAAAAE0I\/M9NwhDA6VpE\/s400\/DSC_0086.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420235476267084882\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Be aware of the Old Man<\/span><\/div>\n<p>My grandfather has got the coolest things, just look at this wallpaper!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLd6ZQphI\/AAAAAAAAE0o\/CCZ3pxqIqXU\/s1600-h\/DSC_0043.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLd6ZQphI\/AAAAAAAAE0o\/CCZ3pxqIqXU\/s400\/DSC_0043.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420235497548064274\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I think this might be one of the reasons we get along so well&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLdgvFCHI\/AAAAAAAAE0g\/pIGySeEf6SQ\/s1600-h\/DSC_0048.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/SziLdgvFCHI\/AAAAAAAAE0g\/pIGySeEf6SQ\/s400\/DSC_0048.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420235490660255858\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Order is just for idiots, Geniuses can handle chaos! <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">When you are from south of Stockholm, everything north of Stockholm is &#8220;up north&#8221; even though there&#8217;s still 2\/3 of the country north of Stockholm. 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