Since I was a kid I have wanted to go to one of these museums. I finally got my chance last month and thought I would share a few pics. Some of the figures looked pretty real…others…not so much.
This is for my fellow Minnesotans. Purple Rain is alive and well over here.
Me and Bob. Mir wonders how many people put that hat on before me….Ewwww.
I am making a little time jump back to a week ago. This all took place in Lund last Saturday when our friend just came to Sweden. We had left Copenhagen on Friday, spent a night at a hotel and then we were in Lund all day Saturday.
We started out at the old cathedral. They had a 30 minute organ concert and we listened to som Bach. It is beautiful with old pipe organs specially when they hit those lower notes. Then we started our walk through down town Lund.
First we stopped at the market where we bought straweberries and fresh cherries to bring with us out to the sea.
After walking out a long pier we starting munching on our fresh from the market fruits.
Three brave souls dared jumping into the water. Sam dipped his toes, me and Alex decided to stay safely far up on the beach gaurding all of our belongings!
The day ended with a great supper; Exotic plank with all kinds of fruits, chicken and cold cuts. Alex and Rebecka both showed us their drumming skills. Nathanael and Andy jammed a while together. This clip (just click on the picture below to go to youtube) is just at the beginning before they really get a hang of playing together. But it is still fun to see them and everyone else.
We had a great time with the family and created some wonderful summer memories in the beginning of May!
Hejsan. A lot of the events that have happened are listed below by S. and M. . It is neat finally visiting the great country of Sweden. I am a little dissapointed though that all the tshirts have English or Spanish phrases on them and no Swedish. I cannot complain though, S. and M. have been wonderful hosts, the weather has been fabulous all week, and I am having a blast. The language can be intimidating, but it is an great opportunity to pick up a lot of words and phrases. I have seen a lot of countryside and historical architecture. Copenhagen was an incredible city. Very full of life. The culture is not too much different than that of the US. But, it is definetely different. I would love to write more, but there is too much to do and see. PS. Sam made me write this.
It’s been a little hectic as we have been trying to show Nathaniel a good time here in Sweden. The blog has been a bit neglected lately.
Yesterday we all took a road trip to Lidköping. The weather was beautiful so we decided to picnic along the way. We stopped about an hour outside of Jönköping at the ruins of an old monestary. We sat outside and grilled hotdogs on a “one time grill.”
We spent a few minutes looking around the ruins…
Exploring the underground…Mir says I look like I am ready to fight in this pic…well…It was REALLY dark in there!
Then we were on our way to the castle in Läckö.
The castle has 250 rooms but we only were allowed to see maybe 10 of them on our tour.They were pretty restrictive when it came to cameras.
Nathanael loves his guns.
We picked up our friend at the airport in Denmark and hopped on the train to go to Copenhagen. We spent about 6 hours walking around the city. From the Central Station, past Tivoli, down Ströget the big shopping street and all the way to Nyhavn.
Copenhagen in the summer is such an energetic town yet laid back and people are just soaking in the season. We had no plans or agenda except for getting the feeling of the city and do what we felt like doing or going.
We stopped on the way and had our late lunch. The weather was wonderful. Sunny, not a cloud on the sky and about 74F or 24C. There were people out shopping, sitting at the cafés and restaurants. Street musicians were playing jazz in every corner. Copenhagen is known for its great Jazz.
There were street entertainers. We stopped by this lady that sort of stod still like a statue. Once you put som coins in the bucket in front of her she rang a bell and let you pose by her for a picture. Later on we realized she gave Sam bunny ears.
Towards the end of the day I was very tired. The baby has started to “lean”. It is hard do describe it. Like it is sort of pushing out on one side. It is uncomfortable and I sort of have to push back. Strangely enough the baby is always doing this on the same spot every time.
All in all, we had a great day with a lot of wonderful experiences. It has been like summer over here the whole weekend but tomorrow it will drop back down to mid 50´s.
Today we are starting our journey to southern Sweden. First, tonight we are going to pick up my mom´s car. Tomorrow we will drive down to Malmö and take the train over the bridge to Copenhagen (Denmark) to pick up our good friend Nathanael who is flying in from the US. We will be spending Friday in Copenhagen, Saturday in the Swedish city Lund and then head back to Jönköping!
Hopefully we will have some pictures up after the weekend.
I have never been the type to be overwhelmed by flowers, but I must say I was impressed in Holland. It is beautiful in the spring! Apparently, the farmers in Holland grow tulips in the fields, then harvest the bulbs after they bloom.
My co-worker and I took over 500 pictures. Every time we turned around, there was another amazing display of flowers! It was stunning!