Holiday from Hell!
Is this couple unlucky or what ?
Have you ever had a "Holiday from Hell" ?
A newly-wed couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately stranded in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe's worst snowstorms.
Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by one of the most ferocious cyclones in the nation's history.
From there, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement floor of a shopping centre with 2500 others.
"Trees were being knocked over and big branches were scattered across the streets," Mr Svanstrom told Sweden's Expressen newspaper. "We escaped by the skin of our teeth."
They then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped raging bush fires.
The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude 6.3 earthquake devastated the city on February 22.
Mrs Svanstrom said: "When we got there the whole town was a war zone.
"We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan."
But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japan's largest earthquake since records began.
"The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings," Mr Svantrom said. "It was like the buildings were swaying back and forth."
The family returned to Stockholm on March 29 after a much calmer visit to their last destination China.
Mrs Svanstrom added: "To say we were unlucky with the weather doesn't really cover it! It's so absurd that now we can only laugh."
Awesome! Witnessing such natural calamities 1st hand and living to tell the tale.
/Of course, pls tell me where their next destination is so I can avoid it at all costs too. :P
TB...dear god man! I told you not to attempt a brain switch!!!!
is crawling beneath every key on keyboard
Lmao TB !
OmG wHt Da hEcK iS Wid DiS St00pId TiePin?
Life's Litmus Test
cAn y0u hAv a h0ney m00n wiv uR kiDs..jUs cUri0s..mAy be dAt w0z da cUrSe?
Smoke said it.. If they can go thru all this, definitely if they can go thru all this and come out of it then surely they can make the marriage work.
I think it is other way round...if you stood by each other in difficult times there shouldn't be any issues to stick together in good times...
BTW I would also love to know there movements in future...just in case...
Someone tell them to get back to Sweden ASAP
TB if they can pull through earthquakes, Tsunami's and snowstorms...staying together should be a piece of cake right :P
proving that after marriage, we go thru hell :(
Kareena do you really think their marriage stands a chance after a start like that?
I'd appreciate it if they could tell us where their next destination is, so I can avoid it at all costs.
Why do you say that Timebandit? I mean why do you assume their marriage will end up in divorce?
Poor couples!!!
They will be extra cautious from next time if at all they will plan for their VACATION trip...:)
Yeah... watched this on the news last night. I would love to know what the bill for their disastrous honeymoon came to. But hey, this has given them something to talk about for the rest of their anticipated short marriage.
curse of traveling? soo unlucky..
Oh so they are the cause of everything huh?