Many of the older scouts were helping their leaders at the stalls of the Christmas market – a glimpse of what the future may old…
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Vendelsö Scouts Christmas Market 2009
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Seasonal on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas Market in Stortorget
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Seasonal on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the first Christmas markets of the year has opened – in Gamla Stan (The Old Town) in the main square, Stortorget. Christmas markets are a huge tradition in Sweden, where most articles sold are handcrafts or homemade delicacies. This particular market is rather touristy, but very pretty – the red painted stalls are [...]
Livrustkammaren (The Royal Armoury)
Posted in Journeys and Trips on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘Livrustkammaren‘ is one of Leon and Maya’s favourite museums, and one we have visited many times – so we just had to take our guests there!
It is full of beautiful carriages, suits of armour, swords, and the clothes and articles of Kings and Queens of Sweden. Everything is laid out in the carefully lit darkness [...]
The Aquarium in Stockholm
Posted in Journeys and Trips on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was a cold and rainy November day, so we decided to take the boat over to Djurgården to visit ‘Aquaria‘ – Stockholm’s tiny, but very nice, aquarium.
Once inside we discovered a tiny rainforest, a tiny sea area, and a tiny Swedish area!
Leon stole my camera and decided to take photos of each and every [...]
Friday Night at Bauhaus
Posted in Journeys and Trips on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Friday night on the outskirts of Stockholm. Our oldest child is at a party. So what should we do? Have friends round? Go out to dinner? Go to the pub? No – Let’s go to ‘Bauhaus’!
‘Bauhaus’ is your crucial big hardware store. Home Depot in the US. Home Base in the UK. And don’t [...]
“Autumn Holiday” in Kungsträdgården
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Seasonal on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Swedes are not big on Halloween. There is the odd shop which sells some costumes or decorations, but other than that there is just one main shop ‘Buttericks’ which has been around since 1923, selling the most amazing costumes and articles for parties and celebrations. We tried to visit it today with the kids, but [...]
He can swim!
Posted in Journeys and Trips on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, it’s true, today our wonderful Leon swam three widths unaided, and I’m so very proud of him!
Leon has had swimming lessons both in California, and here in Sweden, and has always remained ‘luke warm’ about them. And yet, because swimming is one of those essential things you really should learn in life, we’ve always [...]
Walking with Dinosaurs
Posted in Building and discovery, Journeys and Trips, Role play on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend we went to see the BBC stage production of ‘Walking with Dinosaurs‘. It was totally fantastic! What would be termed ‘life size’ robotic models of dinosaurs on the stage, some wonderful plant and volcano effects, and an excellent ’story teller’ (albeit in Swedish!) who steers away from the ‘fear factor’ and concentrates on [...]
Natural History Museum (Stockholm)
Posted in Building and discovery, Journeys and Trips, Nature, Uncategorized on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was a rainy Saturday so we decided to head to the Natural History Museum. It’s a huge museum just outside of Stockholm, with some amazing exhibitions. We started with the dinosaurs (Leon was particularly taken with the fossils), went on to the prehistoric man exhibition, and onto the endangered species and the polar world. [...]
Barnadiset
Posted in Celebrations, Journeys and Trips on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As Leon’s birthday is in the middle of the summer holiday and either his friends, or ourselves, are away, we always end up having his birthday party months later! This year it wasn’t too bad (only 10 weeks late), at least better than last years, which we had in March …
Personally I much prefer doing [...]
