L: Arrival at Arlanda! Flat Buncey enjoys being here! R: Fast new friends!
L: A beautiful AND delicious sandwich I ate while waiting at the airport to go to our next stop. R: Festis. Yum.
A collection of shots from when we met Anders the first time. The school kids walked by and were very excited we were filming in their town! These ruins were SO COOL!
This is a collection of shots from when my group got to wander around "downtown" Sigtuna. The food on that plate was SO delicious. Basically instead of a plate full of meatballs, it's just one BIG ol' meatball. Man it was good. Also, that is a picture of Shane and Becky tasting the water in the lake. Genius. HOW did that not make it on Episode 1?!? HA!
A variety of shots from Herresta Lada, the first place we stayed in Sweden. IT WAS INCREDIBLE! By far one of my most favorite places we stayed in ALL of Sweden. I wanna go back! Who wants to come along!?
Opening our first Amerika koffert was SO MUCH FUN! It was a fun way to get this adventure kicked into high gear!!!
Remember the scene with the 4 guys walking around smelling flowers? Yep. We did that.
Our FIRST breakfast in Sweden!!!! SUCH an incredible morning with perfect weather!
Becky gets ready to head off on her special day!
I took this on my phone our first night in Sweden. I wasn't tired so I went outside - at 12:45am - and saw sunlight in the distance. I feel in love.
So....a pack of wild hyenas walk onto a train....
and rode it all the way to Central Station in Stockholm!
Adventures OUTSIDE the ABBA Museum!
HEAVEN.
Delicious lunch with cast and crew friends after the ABBA Museum!!! We really had such a lovely day together! I want to go back to there!
SCENES from SWEDISH SCHOOL! This schoolhouse was SO cute and it was a lot of fun learning about Swedish! And MAN...Anders really broke that chalk for ME!
Getting set up and ready to find out our first teams!
New friends!
While we waited for the fire at the barn (which we didn't know was a fire at this point), Shane, Mike and I just walked over to a little church and hung out and chatted. It was a nice way to take our mind off the first competition.
While the fire burned at the barn, we spent time hanging out with our genealogist and friend, Helena Stark, and just chillin' with each other....
rolling down hills....
smelling the lilacs...
and celebrating the RED TEAM!
FINALLY - it was time to head to the competition sight...which the trip alone to get there was incredible!
Somehow, even the place of the fire was beautiful!!!!
Here are some shots of the competition - how I saw it that day! The pictures don't even do justice to how beautiful the field was - and the day was - AND how beautiful WINNING was!
Views from post-competition. I especially LOVE the shot of Mike being interviewed in the middle of that field with the pathway of sun streaming in. MAN Sweden...you take my breath away!
Post-competition fika to wrap up a long, incredible day! I especially love the picture of Shane, Kilmeny (our American friend from the crew), me and my Great Great Grandfather!
A few random closing shots - from our stay at Herresta Lada. Shane kept breaking chairs and the other 2 shots are after Becky returned home from her special day...sharing her story with us all!
THANK YOU ALL for watching Episode 1 and for your support of the show!!!!
Can't wait to continue to share this journey with you all.
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