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Pictures From Our Last Week

JAKE AND JOHN TRYING ON JAKE AND JOHN TRYING ON THE SWEDISH FASHION, CHEAP MONDAYS JEANS

OUR GUIDE AT SKANSEN

OUR GUIDE FOR THE GHOST WALK

BLUE SKIES OVER STOCKHOLM

THE SQUARE IN OLD TOWN

Here are pictures from this week. We are at school all day today, Friday, and will leave for the archepelago this afternoon. The weather continues to be incredibly warm. As the Swedes say, we are very lucky!

A Week of Activity

First photo - After our boat tour
Second photo - In The Kings Garden, one week later. The blossoms are gone; pink has turned to green.
As you can see, we are experiencing fabulous, unseasonably warm weather!

Since the last post, we have experienced so much. It was a long weekend with some families taking excursions and some group activities as well. As a group, we have seen the eve of May 1st bonfires, visited the amusement park and toured Stockholm on a boat. It is hard to believe that we have less than a week left on this adventure.

Tonight we will take a Ghost Walk tour around Gamlastan, the old town. Tomorrow we plan to tour Stockholm Castle and watch the changing of the guard. Thursday includes a trip to Skansen, a wild animal park, and Junibacken, a display of Astrid Lindgren's (author of Pippi Longstocking) work and life. We will finish out the week with a trip to the archipelago for Friday and Saturday nights. Sunday night we say farewell at a party and leave early Monday morning. I am grateful for all the Swedish hospitality and this fabulous experience.

Hello to all of you at home.

On our way to the Natural History Museum - Tuesday

You Would be Proud of our Presentations

The welcome party was tonight. The smorgasbord of pickled herring, salmon, Swedish meatballs, and much more typical Swedish fare was enjoy by a group of more than 50 (maybe 70-80). Following dinner we presented and the kids were outstanding. They shared pertinent, entertaining, and insightful information about themselves and our culture. Every person's style showed personality and was a real performance. All the parents should be very proud - I know I am!

Tomorrow we are off to the Natural History Museum with Tina, Viking's mom as our coordinator. I will try to post pictures tomorrow so keep checking and responding.

Day One - Touring Stockholm

After poking around Stockholm on our own, we visited the Vasa Museum and toured Stockholm with Marie. It was a beautiful day with the crab apple trees in bloom in The King's Garden.

Leaving Steamboat