Perhaps you are wondering why we write this blog in English? Well, I could answer "Why not?", but I'll tell you a little story that might perhaps explain it:

"Once upon a time there was a young girl (Maria) that spent most of her time working. Her boss decided that she should go abroad to develop systems and give lectures in English, and so she did. Well, when she came home on the weekends she was so tired, she just couldn't stop speaking English. Most people thought that was weird (well yes, but keep in mind she was veeery tired), until she one day found someone (Markus) that just simply started speaking English as well. And from that day on they used English as their common language..."

Well, needless to say, when we started having kids there was a need to switch back to Swedish again - so when we are with the kids we speak Swedish, but when we're just "us grown-ups" we still speak English.

And: Geocaching is a worldwide game, so having a blog that can be read by non-Swedes should only be positive, shouldn't it? ;-)

It is nearly two and a half months since we started geocaching and so far we have only been searching for caches kind of close to home: Kolbäck, Hallstahammar, Västerås, Eskilstuna; and close to Markus current office in Örebro.

Within a 30 km radius from our home we can currently find 442 caches, which is kind of a good starting point. We live close to several larger cities - and where there are people, there are caches ;)

We started out with a goal: "if we can find 200 caches this year, we've done good". And yes - 200 caches plus some more ;)

Hallstahammar

In Hallstahammar we went on a real treasure hunt in the middle of a roundabout, which was not an easy task. To get close to the cache we tried the "weird person taking pictures of flowers"-trick - and that worked. In Hallstahammar there is also a place called Skanzö - perfect for family adventures

Västerås

In Västerås there are so many nice caches, and on a beautiful autumn day we went to Djäkneberget in Västerås and took these pictures whilst searching for caches

The harbour in Västerås is also well worth a visit

Strömsholms Kanal

Strömsholms Kanal is a beautiful canal close to home. And it's also a series of caches that will take you to really nice places by the canal