Söndag, 10 augusti 2008
GLAD MIDSOMMAR!
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Midsommar morning at Sjölunden!
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The lake was so still . . . |
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. . . as we gathered for "andakt," a few moments of song and reflection to start off our glorious midsommar celebration!
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Our midsommar tradition is to have breakfast in the stuga or outside close by. The boys from Nimis pick up their frukost. |
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God morgon, Globen! |
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Dags att hissa flaggan!
Time to raise the flag! |
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Time for a song, too. |
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Today's daily expression was "lagom," which means "good enough!" |
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Now it is time to jobba! jobba! jobba!
(work! work! work!)
Some stugor decorated the dining hall while some stugor picked flowers . . . |
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. . . while others gathered branches and worked tirelessly on decorating the midsommarstång or maypole.
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At 1:30, the bell rang letting us know the work was finished, and it was time to get dressed for the celebration. Each stuga had a picture taken of them.
Here are the girls from Gröna Lund. |
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Here are the credit boys from Riksdagen.
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Here are the flickor from Ullevi.
Here is the real Ullevi in Sweden:
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Hej alla pojkar i Nimis!
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Hej, Ishotellet!
Here are pictures from the real Ishotellet i in Sweden:
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Alla fina credit-flickor som bor i Visby . . .
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. . . och Globen!
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Välkomna till våra gäster!
Welcome to our guests!
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Now it's time to promenera to the fotbollsplan where we will raise the maypole! |
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The instruments are ready!
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Here we go! |
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Janne gives instructions to those who wanted to raise the midsommarstång. |
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nästan . . . fyra |
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fem!
Åh, hej!
Glad midsommar! |
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Lindas folkdräkt kommer från Dalarna och Katjas folkdräkt kommer från Småland.
Linda's folk costume comes from the province of Dalarna, and Katja's folk costume comes from Småland. |
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Vi är så hungriga! Off to the matsal for the awesome smörgåsbord awaiting us!
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Magda presents the food today.
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It is traditional here at Sjölunden that the ledare go first in line.
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The villagers are getting restless . . . |
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Guess whose plate this is? |
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It's Rasmus from Sweden! |
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And this one? |
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It's our newest ledare, Astrid! |
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And this one? |
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It's Martin's! |
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It's Alf! |
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and Emilia! |
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Hurrah! The credit villagers get to go next!
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Which student had this plate? |
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It's Mattias! |
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It's Dagmar! |
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Hej, Tyra! |
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Äntligen! Var så goda, två veckors deltagare!
Finally! The two week villagers get to join the line!
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We had great entertainment during the smörgåsbord! Tack!
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The credit pojkar from Riksdagen had their own idea of entertainment! |
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Wow! Yes! They stacked fyra mjölk kartonger!
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Look what we had for dessert! |
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Tack to our head cook, Ragnar, and his staff for a wonderful midsommar meal!
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Tack för maten!!! |
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Time to take some special pictures!
Our staff this summer . . . |
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our nine native Swedes . . .
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Look at all the folk costumes!
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During free times, Olympic results were available! The Olympic Games in Swedish is called Olympiska Spelen. Sweden has one silver medal!
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Volleyboll was a popular activity!
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So was brännboll! |
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What's the score Åsa?
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Some opted to work on their portfolios . . . |
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. . . or chat or work on knitting . . .
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. . . or seek new hairstyles! |
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That's my mentor! |
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Time for the midsommar picnic! |
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The evening was perfect for a walk down to the campfire (brasa). We end midsommar with a gathering around the brasa as each stuga shares its song.
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We sang a welcome back song to Isak! |
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The night ended with Riksdagen's song "God natt, tjejer!" |
