It’s beautiful high summer days. The B & B guests have taken the Waxholm boat to Hjälmö island and sends inspiring pictures while I am taking care of the plants and redecorate a bit in the greenhouse. Zack (our youngest son) is chilling with a book and a glass of lemonade with ice in the…
Every now and then I happen to take care of journalists coming to Vaxholm. Now this week there was such an opportunity. A journalist and photographer from the French newspaper Le Monde wanted to make a report from the archipelago of Stockholm to tell their readers what to experience here. Together with the Stockholm Archipelago…
There’s a lot going on here at B & B right now. As always, when it’s spring, there’s a lot that shall be done. Outdoor furniture should be painted, seeds put and new ideas implemented. Such a news is that from summer we will not only offer accommodation and breakfast. We will also expand with…
Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent, which according to the Christian tradition shall precede Easter. A sign of spring as good as any. Not that I fast – luckily enough one can choose which traditions to follow, and fasting isn’t quite my cup of tea – but isn’t it wonderful to know…
Right now I kind of wish this was a fragrant blog, then I would be able to convey the aroma of coffee and freshly baked rolls that is currently spreading throughout the house. As many of you know, I bake almost all breakfast bread to the B&B-guests. I write almost, because sometimes I get a little lazy…
We have been away for a few days. All last week we were in Åre and fuelled inspiration and energy. Jesper and the guys went snowboarding on the slopes and I worked. Walked around and looked at how the Åre entrepreneurs are working to present their offers and meeting the visitors in the best way. And so…
No wonder I did a little happy dance in the kitchen when reading Dagens Nyheter (DN), one of Sweden’s largest newspapers, on the midsummer morning. They had made a Stockholm Archipelago Special where they recommended islands and places not to miss on this Summer’s archipelago trip. Vaxholm was on the list, on top of that they wrote: “Classic Vaxholm Bed…
It is raining today. Not a sweet summer rain, it rather pours down from the sky. One of those days when you would rather stay in bed and read all day, you know. But also a perfect day to visit the The Vaxholm Fortress Museum at the Citadel and then take an Afternoon tea with scones,…
– You know that summer is on the way when eating breakfast out, says our youngest son Zack. And he is so right. It will be a really lovely pre-summer weekend here in Vaxholm. Already at six o’clock in the morning when I got up to bake the breakfast bread to the guests the thermometer showed over 10…
It takes 9.5 hours to drive your own boat from Helsinki to Vaxholm’s marina. There could two happy Finns tell when they checked in with us earlier in the week. The boat, a Yamarin 68 DC, was sold and would now be transported to it’s new owners somewhere in the area of Mariefred. What a cool thing to do, I…
