Saturday at the market

This past Saturday, June 12, we walked to Mullsjö and after a delightful pastry (we wondered if they call it Danish here in Sweden) and coffee at the local bakery, we caught the train to Jönköping.  We had heard there was a farmer's market as well as a flea market there on Saturdays, all we had to do was find it.  Even though it was gray, cloudy and a bit rainy, we decided to make the trip any way.  At one point during our search for these markets, we encountered fairly heavy rain but were able to avoid getting super wet by standing under some overhangs of the downtown buildings until it subsided.

With the help of a friendly grocery store clerk who spoke English, we found the farmers market and had fun viewing the fresh produce, cut flowers, flowering plants, freshly-caught fish, cheese and deli meats, and even clothing that was for sale in the open-air market.  We actually found a stand selling donuts!  So, far there had been no donuts served anywhere in Sweden but this gentleman was from New York and his donuts were fresh out of the fryer.  After enjoying that treat, I decided to visit "our" church again.  Lucky me, the organist was playing again so I was treated to another concert while David explored outside.

One of the reasons we like this church, is that in addition to being beautiful and having an organist who peforms lovely music regularly, they have a great bathroom (toalett).  So, this chuch is becoming our  favorite place to take a break.

We also took a break in a coffee shop and had warm chokolade.  It was served in a nice-sized pitcher with a very tall rounded stirrer.  The server briskly stirred the chokolade by rubbing the large rounded stick back and forth between her two hands, then poured the hot liquid into our mugs.  It was chilly enough that day that the warm chocolaty, not too sweet, beverage was just perfect for our break.

We finally found the flea market, located in a big building in the area that was a matchstick factory at one time.  However, we were too late, they were already packing up.  We will go there this coming Saturday, now that we know where it is, we can arrive in time to peruse the goodies they are selling.

We managed to catch the train only a couple of minutes after we arrived at the station.  Then we walked back to Mullsjö Folkhogskola after the train dropped us off.  It was an enjoyable but very tiring day so we decided to take a nap at 4:00 p.m. when we  arrived at our apartment.  Five hours later, we woke up from our "short nap" and got ready for bed!