PREVIEW to 40 Days in Europe for our Midsommar Family Reunion in Sweden & Our 20th Anniversary

Here we go again!  It's been 10 years since we traveled through Europe and 35 different countries.  Time to go again!  It will be our 20th anniversary in July AND for the past 3 years, starting during the CoVid Pandemic, I found scores of new relatives.  In fact, I found nearly ALL of the posterity of my 2X great grandparents, Olaf & Brita Olafsson of Rättvik, Sweden. (That's a lot of people, both dead and alive!)

Olaf & Brita - in about 1845.

I started a facebook group called OLSON Family page - from Rättvik to Herndon and from March 2020 - May 2022, I highlighted nearly EVERY adult relative of Olaf & Brita.  283 DAYS of posts.  It was unbelievable and so much fun meeting everyone!  June of 2021, 120 of us went to Herndon, Kansas, where 3 of the brothers came over in the 1870's-1880's to settle, having come from Rättvik, Sweden.

REUNION 2021 - Not everyone is shown, but what a wonderful weekend we all had!

Descendants of Ole, Andrew, and Erik - in Kansas

REUNION 2023 - during Midsommar in June!  16 from the USA and 25-30 Swedish cousins will meet together for Olaf's 200th birthday celebration.  He and Brita had 10 children with their 2 daughters and 2 of their sons dying young.  5 of their sons went on to Kansas and Illinois and Bom Daniel continued to stay on the farm. 

MORE coming up on the reunion the week of June 19th, so stay tuned!

Rich & Shari's 20th Anniversary in July - we'll be in Lithuania for this!

Saint George - Dec. 2022

Not much change in 20 years, right?!

Cabo San Lucas - Dec. 2003

In 2013, we spent 7 months in Europe couch surfing, which means we stayed with complete strangers and slept on couches, dorm rooms, in a chalet, fancy houses, and even on a sailboat.  

We shared meals, enjoying their culture and history.  So memorable!  This time, we'll do Air BnB, Bed & Breakfast, hotels, and even camp in a camper van in Iceland.

Join us for the next 40 days as we travel to Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.  Rich will continue to stay in Switzerland for another 6 weeks at a couple of places during 'work away' projects.  I'll come home and work in the garden and our house that we're building.