So, we decided to get some mom-and-dad time alone without the kids (basically for the first time in 7.6684932 years). And since we have one common interest (haha... no not that 
): geocaching, it was an easy decision to plan a geocaching trip to Calella and the Mega Event there (7/10-9/10)
The first part of the trip - actually being able to get away from home (is that a cough, a touch of fever, the first sign of stomach illness?) - was successful (yihaaa!) and the trip to the airport (Skavsta) was comfortable with just two short geocaching stops on the way. And then it hit me: I don't like flying, but with the help of a book and a hand to hold at take off and landing that part of the trip was also survivable 
And then - we were there, in Spain, in the relative warmth, with the sandy soil, the hills and mountains. Lovely!!
We went straight to the hotel, and in the hotel lobby it was even more obvious we were no longer in Sweden. Flamenco and football (soccer) at the same time (the men were turned one way, and the women the other)!
We couldn't complain about our room that had all the necessities (including a spa bath), and really... it's not often we can watch the Mediterranean from our private terrace
On friday night we took a short walk to the first of all of the events that would take place during the weekend. Surprisingly enough our gps led us to an "October Fest"-tent, where we signed the log book and tried to find some fellow geocachers, but gave up rather quickly since we were tired, the music was very loud, and none of us has ever learned to like beer
Saturday and Sunday we spent mostly at the event site registering, looking, going to an event or an event or another event. But we also took long-long walks up a hill and down a hill, and up and down (a bit whiny ehh?)
We met a lot of people, even some Swedes (so yes, we got to practice speaking swedish 
). Most memorable was our climbing-up-and-down-the-mountain-efforts together with bubbelfia & godatider - where we shared a lot of laughs (thank you!! 
)
All in all we had a great time! Markus getting to be geo-social with other gps carrying nerds (well, yeah me too ) and me looking at the soil, the trees, the sand, the water (the wonders of nature!). We were thinking we might go back next year, but until then we have the memories and the pictures to keep us company 
We're definitely going back to Spain some day anyway. Perhaps then we'll even bring the kids 