This week has been intense, with visits from American researchers at my (Helena's) job all week. This weekend there will be the Alpine World Cup in Åre, and it will surely be just as intense. In addition, we are rebuilding the blog's design ... Happy Friday!
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All this week we have had American researchers visiting my (Helena's) workplace. Researchers in Chicago have spent many years developing a programme to promote the health of adults with intellectual disabilities. We brought the programme to Sweden, translated it, and then pilot tested it in a municipality in Stockholm.
During the week, the American researchers came here, and we organised a large seminar to inform and invite more municipalities to participate. During the seminar, Swedish and American researchers, staff in municipal organisations and participants with their own disabilities presented - dynamic and fun!
What did the Americans like about Sweden? That it's smaller than they expected, the food is good and the snow is much cleaner than at home - even when it melts!
World Cup in Åre this weekend
This weekend will be spent in Åre, in cooperation with the Austrian Tourist Office. We will experience Alpine World Cup 2019which will be very, very fun. We like to blog on location, but this time we're not sure if it's possible.
We will be staying in Östersund (as all accommodation in Åre is sold out) and we will have a full programme from the moment we wake up, until the bus goes back from Åre to Östersund at night. When will we blog? Yes, we are wondering that too... Just in case, we have prepared other posts, and you might not get to read about Åre until Tuesday.
New layout of the blog
Have you noticed that we have a new layout on the blog? If you're reading via Bloglovin or any other rss reader, you might not have seen it, but if you usually open up the blog's homepage, you could hardly miss the change. We've been preparing this for a very long time and have a great programmer helping us. The basis is online now, but there are still some fixes and teething problems. Hope you can put up with any hassle while we fix it!?
What has been the best part of your week?
Did you miss the last Happy Friday? Read the Winter, hard work and ... stop smoking!
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Ama de casa says:
Will you be competing in the World Cup too? It looks like you have a great chance of winning... 😉 .
Have a great time up north!
08 February 2019 - 8:50
Helena says:
Haha, I think it is a VERY lucky that I will not be competing 😉 But it will be really exciting to check! 🙂
08 February 2019 - 16:23
Maria/ Magnolia Magis says:
Oh, have a nice weekend! Yes your site looks very good! Best of the week? Getting many different craft projects done...?
08 February 2019 - 11:03
Helena says:
I'm glad if you think it's good! We have a good guy who helps us, but it's still not easy ...
08 February 2019 - 16:24
Our Vantastic Travels says:
Changes take time to implement, but usually turn out well. Would like you to put dates on your related posts because then it will be easier to see which ones you haven't read in a few days!
Have fun in Åre!
08 February 2019 - 11:35
Helena says:
Thank you for your comment! When you say "related posts", do you mean the five below each post? They are usually not the most recent ones but the ones about similar things.
08 February 2019 - 16:26
Our Vantastic Travels says:
Ah, I was thinking of the latest ones, which can be difficult to find quickly!
08 February 2019 - 19:32
Helena says:
I understand! At the top of the page, so if you go to http://www.freedomtravel.se are the three most recent posts. Below them it says "load more" and if you click there you get three more etc etc. Does that make sense?
08 February 2019 - 22:49
Mr Steve says:
As usual, you're always up to something new.
So much fun to attend the Alpine World Cup in Åre. I am following the competitions on TV.
The best thing this week is that a stubborn cough I've had for three weeks has finally started to subside. I should also mention an overnight visit from little Liv.
08 February 2019 - 11:36
Helena says:
Yes, it's always something, haha 😉 Will be very fun! Good to hear that you are feeling better!
08 February 2019 - 16:27
Mr Nils-Åke Hansson says:
Then you will have a nice winter stay.
08 February 2019 - 11:41
Helena says:
We are here now and Östersund is white and beautiful in winter! 🙂
08 February 2019 - 16:29
Ann-Louise Paulsson says:
I really like your new layout. Very nice! Have fun in Åre.
08 February 2019 - 13:22
Helena says:
Glad you like it! We have a good guy who takes care of the technical stuff, but it's still not easy. Feel that we want to fix a little more 😉 .
08 February 2019 - 16:30
Ditte says:
The new design is great! Nice to have really professional help-an intense week for sure! And both rewarding and fun with a bunch of American researchers visiting.
Living in Östersund and commuting to Åre is not a hit at all. But necessity has no law. So use the time for something other than blogging. Maybe you'll also have time to do some skiing in Duved. I guess the slopes are closed in Åre now that the competitions are going on. Otherwise, the skiing there is really good.
Wishing you nice and fun days.
08 February 2019 - 17:34
Helena says:
What fun that you like the design!!! 🙂 Agree that it is a bit too far to commute between Åre and Östersund, but now during the World Cup there were no alternatives ... In any case, we have a chartered bus that drives us door to door! And believe that there are open slopes, we have on the schedule to go skiing on Sunday! 🙂
08 February 2019 - 22:51
Lena - good for the soul says:
Since I usually enter via Bloglovin, I had of course not seen anything so I had to go straight to the page now. Nice. Like the design. Very clear and easy to find. Nicely done!
Hug Lena
08 February 2019 - 18:11
Helena says:
Glad you like the design! Great fun to hear! 🙂
08 February 2019 - 22:51
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
The new design will look great!
It's great to see major competitions on site. We would love to see the biathlon world championship IRL but we're already in Spain...
The best part of the week is undoubtedly the Friday off, which is spent with the daughters at the spa in Gbg.
08 February 2019 - 19:00
Helena says:
It will really be fun to see such competitions on site! Looking forward to it!!!
08 February 2019 - 22:52
BP says:
If the Americans were here today, they probably wouldn't think that melting snow is cleaner than in the US;-)
Fun with Åre. Maybe you can talk about "pure" snow there;-)
Like the new design created. Stylish and really good looking.
Have a great time in Åre! Maybe you'll get an interview with one of the winners too.
08 February 2019 - 20:31
Helena says:
Yep, the snow here is the giant! And what fun to hear that you like the design! You are good at that, so I will be very happy to hear it from you! 🙂
08 February 2019 - 22:54
Åke Hammarbäck says:
It is only the slopes around the World Cup arena that are closed, very good skiing can be found all around.
As far as I know, cabins are still available for rent at Duved Camping.
Could even offer space in my motorhome at the campsite, free ski bus to Åre every half hour directly from the campsite.
Åke at Duveds camping
08 February 2019 - 21:19
Helena says:
Hi Åke! It sounds nice! We have skiing booked on Sunday! 🙂 Interesting to hear that there are cottages left! It is Austria's tourist office that booked this for us, and they probably only looked at hotel rooms 😉.
08 February 2019 - 22:55
TravelAnna says:
What a fantastic job you do with the blog! Everything is and will be really good.
Wishing you a wonderful stay in Åre!
09 February 2019 - 1:05
Ruth in Virginia says:
Nice new blog.
I wish I could join in the skiing.
Was in Squaw Valley, Calif. on New Year's Eve 1952-53. At that time, there was only ONE
"chair lift", and in 1960 the Olympics were held there!
Let's hope there's no avalanche.
Skiers in white clothes are hard to find in the snow. 🙂
09 February 2019 - 4:09
4000mil says:
Congratulations on the new layout! Looks professional. 🙂
09 February 2019 - 9:47
Daniela | Discovering The Planet says:
Super nice layout. Liked :)!!!
10 February 2019 - 15:24