Wild ice skating is at once thrilling and serene, and central Sweden is one of the best places ... as we zipped across the surface. The pine trees became a blur, casting long shadows in the ...

Now, snow crystals crunched under my feet as I ventured outside. I didn't so much walk as pulsa, the Swedish word for laboriously plodding through snow. Considering my destination, the weather ...

My husband, kids and I are on our way, improbably, to get supposedly the best waffles in the entire country of Sweden ... but there are no trees at the summit, so you can ski down in almost ...