Rödluvan in the snow
Part 65
Storuman 1
 December 2006
 

There was no snow in Umeå the first Advent. Ove and I  went to Storuman in the country. There it was real winter with snow.
The Bus was coming. This bus should go to Mo i Rana in Norway. But also stoped in Lycksele and Storuman.
I was getting on the blue bus.

Ove was putting the suitcases in the bus.

Taken from the bus. The Vindel river with ice.
Taken from the bus. Horseback riding.
Hotel Toppen in Storuman. The sculpture by the hotel is The Wild Man.
The bed in the hotel room.
The sofa and TV in the hotel room
The restaurant there we should eat dinner. Picture taken in the afternoon when there were no guests yet.
The Christmas tree in the restaurant.
A little Santa ornament in the restaurant.
The food. Julbord = Swedish Christmas table. Here they had all kind of fish.
The ham and mustard at the left and plums and apple sauce in the background.  The head of a pig is made of ceramics.
From left to right: Ham,  slices of moose meat, smoked reindeer meat and smoked sheep meat.
All kind of fish on my plate. At the left you see slices of smoked salmon and  sugar and salt treated salmon. Word Finder call it:  raw spiced salmon.
After the fish you take the meat. All kind of meat on my plate. There is also warm food. Sausage, ribs of pork and Janssons Frestelse = sliced herring,  potatoes and onion baked in cream. The pink  food it a salad of beetroots.
Me sitting by the table in a soft red hooded cardigan..
Ove taking food. There is a nice Santa ornament on the table.
Sunset over the mountains. Taken from the restaurant.
The mountains in the morning. Taken from the restaurant.
The mountains at lunch.
The yard with the hotel.
View from the window of our hotel room.
View from the window of our hotel room.
Winter wonderland
View from the restaurant.
View from the restaurant. The Blue Road that goes to the mountains. this road goes from Umeå to Mo i Rana i Norway.
A beautiful electric candle in the hotel.
Our lunch on Sunday was a dish named Pytt i panna Fried meat, onions, potatoes, egg and  pickled beetroots.
A part of the hotel.
Me in Storuman with my red suitcase.
Wildmannen. (The Wild Man)
The library in Storuman.
Another view of the library.
The railroad station in Storuman. Here also the bus depart. 
In winter there are no trains going. Now they only have trains for the tourists in summer.
The bus to Hemavan in the mountains.
Our bus is coming.

Country road take me home to the place where I belong.
Ove putting the suitcases in the bus.
A wonderful view.
I saw lot of beautiful pines from the bus window.
And when it was dark, I saw a lot of nice Christmas trees with lamps. This picture is not taken from the bus.
And the moon was shining over the river. This picture not taken from the bus. It is taken in Umeå. But the moonlight over the river looked like this picture.
 
Wilhelmina Schedin 2016-03-12