"Vaughan Hurry" wrote in message
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Stockholm. The train tracks don't actually go into Umea, but they are
constructing it, and it might be done by next summer. Vaughan?

--riverman


I think we will both be old men before they get that finished
mate.............. AND what do you mean - not much sightseeing to do
around
Umeå!!!! Just where do you get off slagging off our fair city like that?
:-)))


Whoops. Caught being ungrateful. ;-( Nice city. Nice nice city.

Actually, your fair city was a very pleasant place to have a beer and check
out the wimminfolk. But it really paled when compared to the beauty of the
drive north (I prefer a good deep woods over any interesting architecture).
Nontheless, I think there are some touristy things to see (like the river
mouth; where was it again? Down by the ocean?) so maybe next year I'll have
the chance to see more of the region.

If you join us again next year I promise not to leave you hanging around
the
bus/train station for several hours on a Sunday morning in
summer...........Hopefully the rest of the trip made up for the poor
start,
and in my defence, I did have an 800km drive to make that day.

Yes you did, and I think driving all the way from the SW and arriving after
an 8 hour high speed drive in a mood to have a stranger as a houseguest was
nothing less than Herculean. I absolutely appreciated the effort it took to
come get me! Thanks, again, and I hope you've finished the whiskey by now.

--riverman