![Rökstenen, has inscriptions on all sides and is over 2,5 meters high](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Epc99GPaDQ8jDXItt-G6zlf-ViL1DqyGs0e3G-36WjFYYle9dE_sukK5VKfQOG0Y9mdiz2tLXxJIfMsAbDmDAVc6e-Yv4ooOAHLWitnTQi2Fo8jdvVi7Le_k7Lu7vfbzwUHikQ3t-aJT/s200/rokstenen.jpg)
Researcher still aren’t sure exactly what the stone says because it's full of poems and cryptic runes and from what I’ve heard they just came up with a new theory about it, but it was probably carved in the 9th century.
![A view of Vättern and the Omberg](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyCwPcvVK5LP9UdaKPWW43JPKHrcpsDvaSReYezYYG2-LwwOogpK30c2qpznG_SwwYbmVIMbKWFXlnlOTa72fcZp7qycw275yx5wqJMj-vEoyIYvIBfxHmp7FUZnMYvH8H9x6YyZLm_ml/s200/omberg.jpg)
From the stone a couple turned around in their car and picked me up just because I had the same backpack as the guy driving (he was selling them). They were heading to the same place as me, Omberg. Omberget is a mountain covered in a protected forest (an ecopark) just next to Vättern which is Swedens second biggest lake. I hiked with the couple to a camp where we set up our tents, during the hike we realized that we actually knew each other/had met before! Me and this guy Björn did our military service together 9 years ago, he lives
![Went for a swim in Vättern testing my new camera, hopefully this one wont break so easily!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXeW_gcSq-iGnhWB_shYZp2ay_hZbuADvEEUdefE14gQzXDoSh_FyNMrPSHMBMe6dwf6GmkLob0zWOb5G9Qr-bYZKCvE9b3yZRv3FkbPhutTy6DBd5nFrzq3xk44vUlwdjKvfudcfsS8v/s200/vatternswim.jpg)
Next day I had to walk a couple of kilometres before getting a ride but eventually got one and arrived in Vadstena which is one of the older cities in Sweden with a lot of history.
![Vadstena Castle, from the side so can´t see the main bridge and gate](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLbXal11W7NBIvLDWRnEupSDG4eji8Givd_t3-pnbjptQoVQbV6T-ZI_l-qQSyMN6vJF0lqHWq3IWTUEWX7Nsd2tRfeYwL8rVkBDRRfJgfIwjknrG2Zdf6n0uxPJcZvGKSqPoyG-tPW4r/s200/vadstenacastle.jpg)
![Vadstena Monastery, interesting to see how the monks and nuns lived seperate to eachother and was only allowed to talk through bars](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgki8rvbmANmrLQcGzx0XEWlOrc3aXMpKc2ep8_kWQdX70-kPSfJHm6KlffdQ-C7B_1VeXGMSwTyTQi_HwIbo6VBzeOKfVxZTMXK2Y7rNuaDwLvCnadzP8VP8V0CGhMmakSQ3BwSB0ptIXz/s200/vadstenamonastery.jpg)
I have started to get blisters on both my feet and I can feel my hips aren’t used to the weight of the backpack. Also my enthusiasm is really low most of the time, but whenever there’s a dip it always comes straight up again with things like Björn and Anna happening. And there is no such thing as giving up! Just thought I would be a bit further up north by now but I still have plenty of time.
![Last car of the first day is Björn and Anna (first day from left to right on top then second day, as before). 4th car was such a cool lady that lived in a really idyllic place and gave me an apple for lunch :D](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEgr9UrlNWbIcpJHRjhCZQZHeWFy4KlKlZvhQFPdQ4rGyk3vR5IVAe0ePlLF4FUXegZWf3yqxXTj8V8PHyuV8zd_C9aZk_Nr_aNxqHmLWMZmcccS_9bSSOqAh5To_QP5Y-CFfs3gTnZPq/s200/day11-12.jpg)
1 comment:
Kul att läsa, Simon.
Nu drar EDS till Dublin!! (det är sant...)
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