Road trip

This week the kids, my parents and I went for a little road trip with the camper whilst Shawn was working. The hopes for warm and sunny weather were quickly put down by the weekly prognosis and for once they were spot on; it absolutely poured down with rain! Very unlucky for Noah who was planning to go golfing and being outdoors and enjoying the camping experience. "Luckily", our destination was Ullared! Ullared is a locality, situated just 1,5 hours drive from Gothenburg, with about 800 inhabitants. You may wonder what this little place has to offer...well, the village hosts a large department store, Gekås. It is one of the largest stores in Sweden and the growth of the store and surrounding shops have made Ullared more or less synonymous with low prices among Swedes :-).

Noah checking out "mini Gekås" all made of LEGO

Since we moved here, we try to visit Ullared twice a year to stock up on pretty much everything. Simply because in Ullared you find most things you need, all from brand clothing, toys and electronics to cheap freezer bags and laundry liquid. The toys section at Gekås is massive and Noah got to run around and have a play and then get his favorite pick of the day. In the end, all the things he choose to buy to keep him occupied in the rain was of course; LEGO. I spent hours and hours in the shops and after 2 days (!) I was all sorted and had ticked off almost everything on the list of things to get. Sounds a little crazy I know but really, why buy things for the double the price in the city when you live around the corner from Ullared...?

In the camper, I slept...in the middle... :-)