European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine Siljan is a peaceful and picturesque Lake in Sweden land of lakes swe dents Lake country Stor Tupet  Lare a Ramon Nitt Sjo Ingojo Ratvik Lake Siljan Aslesen leks and ihtj6n to Lake Falun stories and photos by Linda White travel editor impossible to As Long As its Light out might As Well be up and after this is the land of the Midnight Sun or close in in mid Sweden at perhaps i did Nap a with the curtains because in not sure whether it is Sunset or Sunrise that has started the Birds it never really gets dark Here at this time of year but after Midnight a strangely invigorating dusk at 3 the Sun is a Ball of and so i dress a jacket but by noon it will be hot and go Down to the Serene one of the largest More so than Sweden is a land of from the it looks As if a giant had spilled an Ink pot Blue splotches on a Felt Green it is hard to imagine a More peaceful Lake Region than the province of where Sweden Folk traditions on every Shore Are clumps of red red red red Delarna almost Al ways in that regional pigment that came from the Copper and Iron mines in the province amidst the there is an occasional shocking yellow i am staying in one of the red at the Southern end of from it is easy to flit like a Hummingbird from Village to Lake to for a taste of the regional armed with Mosquito repellent and suntan of four lakes Are on my itinerary or ores on and i will see Many smaller even some tiny ones in Peoples front we would never dream of building a a swed ish woman tells her son lives beside a manmade Lake in the tourist offices of the larger towns Falun have English language leaflets about the sights in the if lying in the swimming and fishing Are not enough to keep you occur almost every Village of any size has its open air my a collection of old buildings Many furnished preserved so that present and future generations can see the life of the Gammelgard can be found at see Riol and and every Village has its Church set among firs and continued on Page 14 july 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13