Where is Little Bo Peep?

After taking Hillary and Ken to the train in Linköping, we decided it was nice enough to take that bike ride we've been trying to take on the Gota Canal. Besides, Pat sprained her ankle last night, which is still hurting alot, and walking seems out of the picture. We found a place in Borensberg to rent bikes for a few hours, as we didn't want to go very far. It was really lovely, and a highlight for me. The biking helped both of us stretch out our muscles from all that walking, and it helped my ankle. We biked along the canal, as many people do, and saw many boats, some locks, and several drawbridges that are lifted as the boats go through. This is a really nice spot, and the weather was warm and sunny. We saw many others on bikes, and everyone says "hej". We also saw many sheep along the way, and as the picture indicates, actually ON the path! They were having their "siesta", as this woman said to me when we walked our bikes through them, since they were not going to move! We didn't go far, but had a very nice ride. We hadn't had a chance to do this earlier, either because of weather or agenda, so it was nice we got the chance, too bad Hillary and Ken didn't, but they are off to Stockholm to see yet another castle and yet another museum.

So then we shopped around Motala. Realized the shops close early, especially the liquor store, which is too bad for Per because we were trying to buy an extra bottle of Aquavit for him. We'll just have to drink one in Ann Arbor when we return.

Took a few pictures, and we thought Paul would like this one.

Bought the jordgabbars on the way home from the next door neighbor, got her to take a picture.

Here are some words we've almost mastered in Swedish:

far far -- (grandfather, or more accurately, father's father)

mar mar-- (grandmother, or mother's mother)

far mar --(father's mother, or, paternal grandmother)

mar far---you can figure it out. I love these, by the way.

hej-- hi (usually it's hej, hej)

tak--thanks

Nykyrke--our village, spelled phonetically in another post

Linköping ---pronounced Leen-sure-ping

jordgabbar--strawberries

ja--yes

sheet---you can guess.