1. The trail wends its way through leafy woodland and sunny meadows.

2. Starting in 1540, Swedish kings (following Denmark) were styled Suecorum, Gothorum et Vandalorum Rex ("King of the Swedes, Geats, and Wends").

3. One of the great rivers of the world, the Brahmaputra rises in the Himalayas and wends its way first east, then south, then west, until it joins the Ganges and spills into the great Bengal delta