Sweden - Road tripping in castle country

Sweden fondly holds onto its pagan holidays. The biggest one of these is Midsummer. It is such an entrenched celebration that we probably did the pagan thing by heading out on a road trip on Midsummer's Eve. We drove south from Dalarna to Södermanland. 

In a roundabout way we passed through Söderköping where we met Aunt Annika for ice cream. We took a ferry across Bråviken (the boys though that mode of transportation was second to none!). We stayed at Södertuna Slott (one of the few places where you can find an open pool on Midsummer's Eve). 

We finally arrived in Ålberga where we visited with Ericka's relatives in Sweden. We had a fabulous day catching up, reminiscing abut the old days, sharing photos, eating, and having fika (see previous post) with relatives we see much too infrequently!