Lukas & Kim

In July we went to Gotland, and it was magical! Since Lukas has never been to Gotland and I have never been there as an adult (only time was when I was 10) we had no idea what to expect and we've never understood the "hype". But it was the only region/county in Sweden we hadn't visited so it felt like it was about due time! And we were not disappointed. We've heard rumours about it being super touristy, but that was not the experience we had for most of the time. The island is big, it's not too hard to avoid the crowds. The nature was unlike anything we've ever seen in Sweden, overall, the feeling was very "Mediterranean", and not Swedish at all. It was also very warm and humid, at least when we were there. If you're interested in reading more about our trip, like what places we went to and what we enjoyed more or less, which places were more or less crowded etc, you can read more about that on the blog 🧡 (Link to blog in bio)

NEXT ADVENTURE 2025 🎉 What is going on behind the scenes? If you guessed another adventure, you guessed right! Actually, our next adventure will be in less than half a year. "In winter!?" Yes. And no, we are not doing Vita Bandet (The White Ribbon) as a lot of you might think. We have a long way to go before we are ready for that. No, our next adventure will be a long-distance hike on literally the other side of the world! 🌏 Or maybe we should just say we are going to do "a thru tramp". As our next project we will travel to New Zealand and hike their Te Araroa Trail ✨ The trail is approximately 3 000 km and stretches through the North and South Island of New Zealand. Most people hike Te Araroa from Cape Reinga in the far north, down to Bluff in the far south. Those who know us, know that we are not ones to follow the stream 🐟 So we will start from the south in December/January and hopefully finish in Cape Reinga around April/May. We can't wait to do this 🌿☀️

Weekend Kayaking 🛶 In the middle of July we wanted to go kayaking. So we did. And our friend August @langpromenaden wanted to meet us. So he did. It was a nice, chill and simple kayaking trip with an overnight stay on an island. First overnight stay while kayaking for Kim! We had a lot of fun, talked a lot and just cruised a short section along Strömsholms kanal. It also required some carrying (of course) and we also tested the buoyancy of the kayak by being 3 people + packs in it. There was not a lot of space, but the kayak floated!

GÖTEBORG 🚐🌧️ Two weekends ago we drove down to Gothenburg where we spent some time visiting a friend and hanging out with Kim's family. Of course we had great weather 🌧️🙄 13-15 degrees, torrential rain and lots of wind. We spent our 4 days mostly driving to be honest, but also finding plenty of geocaches, as our goal on our way there and back was to visit as many new municipalities as possible. We passed by a lot of interesting places that we definitely would like to come back to. In this weather we couldn't enjoy it as much as we would have liked, and we passed many places outside of their opening hours. One of the coolest places we visited was the Rock Carvings in Tanum. Kim has wanted to go there since forever and now we could finally do that. Luckily we also got a little bit of a break from the rain as well 🥹 And in Gothenburg we visited the ship Götheborg of Sweden, a full-functioning replica of the 18th Century ship with the same name. When we finally arrived back home, we did a quick stop at our local REKO-ring to buy some food from local farmers, and of course by then the weather had done a 180. It was 23 degrees, sunny and sweltering hot. Well, thanks 😆 Either way it was still a nice trip, but at some point we definitely need to go to this part of Sweden again!

FREEZE DRIED MEALS 🍝 When we did our first long-distance hike in 2021 - Gröna Bandet, we consumed a lot of freeze-dried food. But not all freeze-dried meals are made equal, and our memories aren't that great, so we needed a way to remember which freeze-dried meals were something we wanted to eat again, and what we really didn't want to buy. So we made a list that of course has just become longer since then. Since some of you have asked us what the list looks like, we thought we would share it! The list is now on our blog, which you can find a link to in our bio. https://www.lukasandkim.com/blog/the-freeze-dried-list/

Photo dump from Värmland 🌻 Two weeks ago we drove to Värmland! Mainly for geocaching. We got to see so many new places and learn a lot of new things. We listened to Äppelbo Gånglåt as we drove through Äppelbo, learned of and saw a historic place from the 2nd World War, visited a historic site which visitors from the Middle Ages also visited, walked through parks and graveyards, learned about John Ericsson, climbed and crawled in weird places and saw a loooot of churches 👀