Today was an adventure…well more of a Swedish history day. If there was an AP Swedish History test I’d get an 3 (if I didn’t have to write the essays in Swedish, haha)
After my normal breakfast of cereal in yogurt and some cheese, we went to Karlskrona. Today it was Victoria’s (the Crown Princess of Sweden) 33rd birthday. So they had a 21 gun salute in honor. At exactly noon it started and we watched.
Then we drove to the rock carvings in Torhumn. They were really cool. They were made during the late Bronze Age in Sweden which is during 1200-500 BC!! Wow! Really old! There were depictions of horses and people and the sun and boats. And they were painted in a red color but on the sign it said that was done recently so that people can see the carvings better.
Then we drove a bit to a place on the water but I don’t know what it is called. We were planning to eat lunch there but we didn’t because they don’t accept credit cards there. So we drove to Kristianopel, Sweden and ate there. I ate a waffle and it came with ice cream :) it was very very yummy!
During the 17th century, Kristianopel was the eastern most part of Denmark. And then of course there was a treaty and Kristianopel, as well as the area around it, became part of Sweden. It’s pretty, and apparently lots of people sail there for a day or 2 from areas near by. I saw boats with flags from Denmark, France and Norway.
After a bit we drove to Brömsebro, Sweden where the, I'm guessing its called, The Brömsebro treaty was signed. In Brömsebro there is like an island and on one side the danish were and the other the swedish. and in the middle, representatives from each side plus some french guy (I guess you can call him a middle man or something) signed the peace treaty. And it gave Sweden: Blekinge providence (where I am living) and I think 2 other providences.
After all that fun and very interesting history lesson/ exploration, we stopped by at the grocery store (like we do everyday) to buy more yogert and some other things.
I learned a lot today. Some other, non- history related things. One, Swedish people eat everything with forks and knives. And two, you have to pay for the bags in a grocery store, they are about twenty cents each.
Yup yup that was my day!
Did you try to climb the rocks at Torhumn ?
ReplyDeleteI love the note about eating with forks & knives! If Grandma was with you, they'd look at her funny cuz she sometimes eats with her fingers (kamayan style) - lol.
ReplyDeleteWill you be downloading a few pics of your outings and/or host family? Imagine if every store in the US charged 20 cents a bag? Someday it will happen, just need to change customers behavior :-)
Love you Deanna - you blogging has become our morning ritual!
Can you recycle your bags? =)
ReplyDelete@ daddy: no those rocks were flat on the ground so no climbing...ive been keeping my eyes open for some nice boulders to climb but the only ones ive seen are on the side of the roads so thats not really safe.
ReplyDelete@ Uncle Jesse & Auntie Paige: yeah they even eat pizza with forks and knives! and they use thier left hand to hold the fork. is that how it is at home? cuz i always hold the fork in my righthand and knife in my left. and there was a thunderstom the other day so i couldnt upload cuz it killed the internet. i think in SF some places started charging for bags but i could be thinking of some place else...
@Olga: yeah you could reuse the bags and i keep telling them to bring bags from home but they say no, they can just buy them...but i think that really adds up cuz we go to the store everyday!
Thanks everyone for reading and commenting!