May 18
Today was a beautiful day in Sundsvall. We started with a workout at the gym. It’s been months since we’ve had a chance to work out, so we really enjoyed going with Martin to his gym.
Then we headed to the Sundsvall City Center for some lunch and a private tour. Maria had arranged for us to take a walking tour of the city center, or Stone City, as it’s known. We had a wonderful tour guide who gave us lots of cool stories about the city. Sundsvall has 3 major fires in its history that destroyed the town. After the 3rd fire in 1888, the buildings in the city were rebuilt in stone, hence the nickname.
The buildings are beautiful, and we had the chance to go inside some of them. It was a very enjoyable 90 minutes. After the tour we drove to a mountain overlooking the city for a gorgeous view of Sundsvall and the Baltic Sea.
We decided on Italian for dinner tonight. The boys made pasta from scratch while the girls made the caprese salad and the sauce. Lynn made Florentine Gelato last night so that was ready to go for dessert. The dinner was delicious, and we capped it off with chilled limoncello…very wonderful.
Tonight, it’s another movie on Netflix. Last night was Florence Foster Jenkins; Meryl Streep was excellent. To keep the boys happy this time it’s Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Not sure what we’re doing tomorrow as Maria is keeping it a surprise. But she says we don’t need to bother with showering in the morning which has us a little nervous. We’ll let you know what happens.