Football supporter...

Back from Thailand. Today I was at a special lunch in Stockholm arranged by DNA - a networking organization  that gives social and economic support to Djurgården Football.

Select  Collection sponsored  a prize announced at the lunch for their member of the year Anna Omstedt Lindgren. 

Anna receiving one of her prizes

The prize we donated was a lovely stay at Daios Cove on Crete, 7 nights in a one-bedroom pool villa. Daios Cove is  a beautiful resort that is built down a hillside above its own turquoise cove and beach.

A pool villa at Daios Cove

One of the founders of DNA in 2010 - also its managing director -  is a lovely friend of mine Tom Davidson.

Tom at the lunch at the Grand Hötel 

Football is not a new interest of mine. My first company Aktiv-Resor began with sport travel 30 years ago, and the  first trips I arranged were football training camps.

Since Djurgården has a full range of teams right down to the little football enthusiasts, I hope that one day we can help get young teams to the sun in the spring, as the football season starts so late in Sweden on account of the Nordic weather…

It’s the weather that makes Nordic people  travel so much!