Lapland Clave.....

"Jarmo Hurri" 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.

Is this true? I just checked the timetables at http://www.tagplus.se/
and they do have trains going directly from Stockholm to Umeå
(Stockholm Central - Umeå Central).



So they say. The Northbound actually stops in a town about 45 minutes west
of Umea (Vannae), and a waiting bus takes you into town. Its not a bad ride,
but the schedule saying it arrives in Umea is a bit premature.

The southbound train I took departed from Sundsvall, so I had to ride the
bus to get there. It was a beautiful doubledecker bus ride, and I didn't
mind it a bit.

All in all, the train rides were very relaxing: the evening before I went to
sleep, I stood at the window and watched the forest roll by, with deep mists
rising from the grass and the occasional farmhouse with yellow lights in the
windows. It was excellent, and I wouldn't trade it for a plane ride.

--riverman

"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

riverman So they say. The Northbound actually stops in a town about
riverman 45 minutes west of Umea (Vannae), and a waiting bus takes
riverman you into town. Its not a bad ride, but the schedule saying
riverman it arrives in Umea is a bit premature.

Well, the infamous _they_ claim it can be done now with just one
train, no bus rides or other changes (byten=0)

http://tinyurl.com/ud8p

In any case, a one-hour bus ride is no problem. And, as you said, the
atmosphere during the train ride is something very unique.

--
Jarmo Hurri

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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.

And that will be quite enough of that joke, thank you!


come get me! Thanks, again, and I hope you've finished the whiskey by now.

--riverman

You're welcome, as was the whiskey (past tense), and to be fair, I think
Umeå is a godawful place. However, living here does enable me to have a job
and to live close to a LOT of woods, mountains and fishing. And there are
some rpety decent folk around if you can overlook the fact that they dont
talk for 6 months of the year, although I suspect Roger is immune from this
condition..... :-))

Vaughan

"Vaughan Hurry" wrote in message
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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.

And that will be quite enough of that joke, thank you!

I must confess at this point that I have never laughed as long and as hard
as when that particular conversation took place.
To quote someone on roff:
"Hilarious".


come get me! Thanks, again, and I hope you've finished the whiskey by
now.

--riverman

You're welcome, as was the whiskey (past tense), and to be fair, I think
Umeå is a godawful place. However, living here does enable me to have a
job
and to live close to a LOT of woods, mountains and fishing. And there are
some rpety decent folk around if you can overlook the fact that they dont
talk for 6 months of the year, although I suspect Roger is immune from
this
condition..... :-))

Hmmm....... I wasn't the one who felt the need to express that the river
runs towards the ocean in like fifteen different ways. BTW the comment that
the river mouth was downstream was IMHO the best of them all.

/Roger
Still laughing when he thinks back.

/Roger
Still laughing when he thinks back.



So am I - but I am sure it would have been funnier if it had been someone
else.................

"Vaughan Hurry" wrote in message
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/Roger
Still laughing when he thinks back.



So am I - but I am sure it would have been funnier if it had been someone
else.................


Me too. Chuckling as I sit here. :-D

--riverman
(and really no idea what was so damn funny....)

amazing... it looks like it would be two full days of traveling just to
get out there... 1 full day of airplane riding from usa to stockholm
(i'd be soundly drenched in alcohol for that flight), and 1 day or
overnight train from stockholm, with an hour bus ride to umea - not to
mention all the fun of the exchanges along the way. i'd be wasted
trying to recover for another day at the end of each traveling session,
so, imo, it would have to be at least two-week trip to make any sense
for someone on this side of the deep blue... .



Jarmo Hurri wrote:
riverman So they say. The Northbound actually stops in a town about
riverman 45 minutes west of Umea (Vannae), and a waiting bus takes
riverman you into town. Its not a bad ride, but the schedule saying
riverman it arrives in Umea is a bit premature.

Well, the infamous _they_ claim it can be done now with just one
train, no bus rides or other changes (byten=0)

http://tinyurl.com/ud8p

In any case, a one-hour bus ride is no problem. And, as you said, the
atmosphere during the train ride is something very unique.

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:11:46 -0500, Jeff Miller
wrote:

amazing... it looks like it would be two full days of traveling just to
get out there... 1 full day of airplane riding from usa to stockholm
(i'd be soundly drenched in alcohol for that flight), and 1 day or
overnight train from stockholm, with an hour bus ride to umea - not to
mention all the fun of the exchanges along the way. i'd be wasted
trying to recover for another day at the end of each traveling session,
so, imo, it would have to be at least two-week trip to make any sense
for someone on this side of the deep blue... .

If you flew into Umea you would save about a day.
--
Charlie...

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:11:46 -0500, Jeff Miller
wrote:

amazing... it looks like it would be two full days of traveling just to
get out there... 1 full day of airplane riding from usa to stockholm
(i'd be soundly drenched in alcohol for that flight), and 1 day or
overnight train from stockholm, with an hour bus ride to umea - not to
mention all the fun of the exchanges along the way. i'd be wasted
trying to recover for another day at the end of each traveling session,
so, imo, it would have to be at least two-week trip to make any sense
for someone on this side of the deep blue... .

If you flew into Umea you would save about a day.


A day in travel time, but you'd lose it in getting un-jetlagged. I prefer to
get caught up on my time zones while riding the train, and arrive ready to
go. What you lose on the roundabouts....

--riverman