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Ding

Welcome home Julie, and glad you enjoyed your trip! It looks like a cool place to visit.

deadlytoque

I'd always wondered about the Swedish Fish thing. What about Swedish Berries?

I suspected those buildings were not 13th century at first... architecture from that period tended towards the squat wood hovel or grandiose stone castle, and the former rarely survived. A quick bit of research put that doubt to rest. Amazing! I bet they assembled the damn things with allan wrenches, too!

It looks really lovely there. Big blue skies, and the like.

Glad to hear you had a good time!

deadlytoque

D'oh! A bit more reading of a site I was about to close down says those particular buildings were 18th century, which is more what I had originally suspected. They are nonetheless lovely.

Julie

I would agree that those particular buildings do not appear to be medieval. I've had a few drinks in an English pub (The Swan with Two Niches) that dates from the 12th century and even I had to duck to get through the doorway. I just thought that those particular buildings were cool. The info we had about this particular part of the city indicates that it was started around 1252.
Cool city, but gettin gused to the sun being in full shine mode at 3:30 in the morning takes some getting used to.

Library Cat

Sweden! Your work sends you to Sweden? I really choose the wrong profession. That makes the eight hour round trip bus rides to St. Louis my work used to send me on look like a KFC Famous Bowl.

Julie

Yes - work sent me to Sweden for a week. A Swedish-based company bought out the British-based company who bought out the local Pittsburgh company I originally worked for.

However, this was probably the one and only time for me to go over there. Carpe Diem.

Library Cat

Perhaps, my inability to choose the correct verb form had more influence on my chosen profession than a conscious decision. Glad you had a good time!

Anthony

"...the land that gave us Swedish meatballs, Ikea and my personal favorite, Swedish Fish -- although over there they are just fish."

So do they call Swedish meatballs "Swedish meatballs"?

Julie

My dear intellectually curious Anthony...I believe those would just be meatballs.

Smart Ass

Sarah

The Vasa! I knew that sounded familiar. In 10th grade, once a month we had to do a mini report of something "science related" from news media. I found an article about the Vasa and its startlingly good preservation. The information has apparently taking up valuable brain cell space ever since. What a waste. No wonder I can't remember anything useful.

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