This is the title because we haven't mentioned that we get a free pint of luscious strawberries everyday, and "jordgubbar" is the Swedish word for strawberries. They are very, very good, and we are pleased that the growing season is so long. We have tried to pay for them, after all, it is our hosts who helped them, not us, but they insist. They are as friendly and giving as we have found all the Swedes.
Dan took Kathleen and Linda to Linkoping early in the morning, they had just stopped overnight. We then drove to Orebro today, with a stop along the way to Medevi. We continually notice the beautiful green color of the fields, a green i cannot quite describe. This country is so clean! Everything is clean and neat, and makes you feel comfortable.
Medevi is an old town that used to have a spa, and it was the oldest mineral spa in the Nordic countries. We stopped at a few of the stores first. Hillary bought a necklace in one store, and the friendly owner told us he has an Icelandic horse, which is a very popular breed here, known for it's gentleness and friendliness. They are small, and although we'd like to ride them, Dan is actually too big for them! We will try and take a picture of them, as they are really cute. We also bought a salt shaker in a pottery shop, and the owner, the potter, was quite interested in our home trade, wanting the web site. We generally find the shop owners eager to talk to us, we think to practice their English, but also because they are all so nice and polite. They generally ask us if we have family here, if that is why we are here, out in the country, and are surprised that we don't, but are interested that we do a house trade.
When we were walking around Medivi, we came to the old spa and a woman who works there insisted that we have some of the water, from the old well from the 1600's. The waters have curative powers allegedly. It tasted quite good. We all noticed that we all got quite sleepy after tasting the water and leaving the town! But we plowed on anyway.
Dan took Kathleen and Linda to Linkoping early in the morning, they had just stopped overnight. We then drove to Orebro today, with a stop along the way to Medevi. We continually notice the beautiful green color of the fields, a green i cannot quite describe. This country is so clean! Everything is clean and neat, and makes you feel comfortable.
Medevi is an old town that used to have a spa, and it was the oldest mineral spa in the Nordic countries. We stopped at a few of the stores first. Hillary bought a necklace in one store, and the friendly owner told us he has an Icelandic horse, which is a very popular breed here, known for it's gentleness and friendliness. They are small, and although we'd like to ride them, Dan is actually too big for them! We will try and take a picture of them, as they are really cute. We also bought a salt shaker in a pottery shop, and the owner, the potter, was quite interested in our home trade, wanting the web site. We generally find the shop owners eager to talk to us, we think to practice their English, but also because they are all so nice and polite. They generally ask us if we have family here, if that is why we are here, out in the country, and are surprised that we don't, but are interested that we do a house trade.
When we were walking around Medivi, we came to the old spa and a woman who works there insisted that we have some of the water, from the old well from the 1600's. The waters have curative powers allegedly. It tasted quite good. We all noticed that we all got quite sleepy after tasting the water and leaving the town! But we plowed on anyway.
We moved on to Orbero, which is also a lovely town. There is a University there, and it was lively and thriving. There is a castle there, which was right in the middle of the town, but we didn't take a tour. We walked around it, and saw all kinds of creative artwork, like many shirts in a row hanging from a window of the castle into the water. Also a sculpture in the water that looked like fried eggs. We thought perhaps there was an art school at the University.
We shopped a little, and Hillary found her Ekelund towels, which i also bought. We then had a "take-out" fika, and then drove home.
Oh, our dinner was interesting. We went to the nearby store of our village, Nykyrka, and met the owner, who of course knows Per and Inger well. She helped us buy a veal roast, and then took the time to give us the recipe to cook it . she had to run around the store to show us all the ingredients, so nice of her. It was very good, and we felt proud that we cooked it from her recipe.
By the way, it is very hard for us to understand Swedish. I don't know how they all manage English so well, except they learn it early and watch English t.v. But we think we are getting the pronunciation of the village, Nykyrka. It is sort of like "kneejerker" only it's "knee-scher-ka."
bye for now, Copenhagen tomorrow.
We shopped a little, and Hillary found her Ekelund towels, which i also bought. We then had a "take-out" fika, and then drove home.
Oh, our dinner was interesting. We went to the nearby store of our village, Nykyrka, and met the owner, who of course knows Per and Inger well. She helped us buy a veal roast, and then took the time to give us the recipe to cook it . she had to run around the store to show us all the ingredients, so nice of her. It was very good, and we felt proud that we cooked it from her recipe.
By the way, it is very hard for us to understand Swedish. I don't know how they all manage English so well, except they learn it early and watch English t.v. But we think we are getting the pronunciation of the village, Nykyrka. It is sort of like "kneejerker" only it's "knee-scher-ka."
bye for now, Copenhagen tomorrow.
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