We left Sunday, June 19 for Gothenburg, Sweden, Sweden´s second largest city. Their art museum was fantastic and had plenty of images and information for the students' papers they are writing to earn their grade for the art history portion of the trip. There is a huge train station there with tons of train tracks, passengers, trains coming in an out, eating places, etc. David found a bookstore there and I bought the second in the Steig Larson "Girl with the . . . . " books in English. I read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on my e-reader but found that I couldn't purchase any books over here, has to be in the U.S. for my reader. The Dragon Tattoo was difficult to get into, but once a ways along, totally worth it. I could hardly wait to read the next one.
We had a nice meal at a Swedish restaurant in Gothenburg - a three course deal with appetizer (David had herring, he loves it, I had salad) main course and dessert. David left an umbrella and my book there so he had to walk back to get it after we had arrived at our hotel. It was only a few blocks away.
We loved Oslo. What a vibrant city! Tons and tons of shops of all kinds in the downtown area, a beautiful harbor, lots of gorgeous old buildings, parks, people everywhere. Lots of tourists, like us. Everyone is eating outside or just having coffee and chatting. The first night, we encountered a marching band, so we followed it as they played and marched around several blocks, then settled into a beautiful park to listen to them play in a band stand.
They also had an excellent national gallery with a host of paintings and sculptures to enjoy as well as files with large thin drawers that contained drawings and prints by famous artists including Rembrandt and some really old ones from the1400s and 1500s.
We had a nice meal in Oslo as well. The restaurant had a beautiful outdoor area with a fountain. I had fish soup with super fresh fish and a delicious broth. David had a fish sandwich.
David and I visited the Norwegian Resistance Museum and you had to really want to see it or you wouldn't bother tromping over cobbled walkways, up hills, and up and down stairs to get to the museum which was located on an ancient fortress. It was worth the effort as it was very comprehensive and they had lots of artifacts, recordings, videos, etc. So now we've visited two resistance museums - one in Copenhagen and one in Oslo.
We returned to Mullsjö Folkhögsköa today (Wed. June 22) in the afternoon. It is really good to be back here. David walked to town to get some laundry soap and I am doing this blog and reading my book. Only two more days here and then we leave for our last trip which is to Stockholm. Then next Tuesday we fly to Springfield. We are all talking about how we will be glad to get home and we know that once we are home we are going to be sad because we will miss this place a lot.
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