Made famous whilst kayaking in Vänern

Oskar's girlfriend, Johanna, invited us out for an evening of kayaking approximately one and a half hours drive north of Göteborg. There we found ourselves at Sweden's largest lake, lake Vänern. This freshwater lake is 5650km² in size and stretches 140km from its furthest points.

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After a quick briefing, we (including Hector the dog) set out from Vänersborg to paddle along the waters. The scenery was no disappointment.

The water was ice cold so the fun in water fighting was short lived. After finding a nice bay we soon stopped for fika (a noun/verb that can't be directly translated but is closest to meaning coffee break).

On our kayaking adventure we we're also accompanied by a local journalist and photographer from Vänersborg. To our surprise, one week later, we made the front cover of the local paper! Page 10 included the full story, of which is all in Swedish and I am currently unable to translate it. I do know that the title does read 'Kayaking with a sense of freedom'; I think he summed it up pretty well.