OK my Swedish is a little rough… We arrived in Sweden (Denmark, actually) sometime Friday evening after limited mis-adventure. Our flight was delayed out of KC, so that kicked off a series of mild inconveniences, like our luggage not arriving. Since we had the wedding on Saturday and our good clothes were packed, this wasn’t going to work out, so we had to sit around the airport several hours waiting to see if it showed. It eventually did and we were on our way, no worries. We took a train from Denmark to Malmo, Sweden, where Johan’s brother Martin picked us up and drove us the rest of the way. By the time we hit the hotel in Vaxjo we’d been traveling 29 hours; We slept well that night.
Saturday, after a solid night of sleep, we spent the day with the wedding events. The ceremony was at a nearby Chapel, then we took a short walk to the ruins of Kronoberg Castle for the reception. (At least I think that’s where we were… That’s what my 10 minutes of research leads me to believe, and the pictures looks similar.) We had a good time, even if we didn’t understand 5 words the entire evening. There were lots of speeches, toasts, songs, and TONS of food. We just kind of hung back with silly smiles on our faces, laughed when everybody else did, and held our glasses up when everybody else did. I’ll post the pictures soon so everbody can see the impressive feast that was laid out, and the awesome room we were in, and all the wedding decorations. Oh wait, I don’t HAVE any pictures, because I took two sets of dead batteries with me. Oh well, maybe I will just happen to be back at the castle some time soon and I can take some then. LOSER!!!
Yesterday Johan’s parents took us on a nice tour of the area surrounding Vaxjo. We had lunch at their house, looked at (everybody else’s) pictures, and watched them open gifts. When we got back to the hotel we borrowed some bicycles and went downtown for a bit, which was quite comical to us but nobody else seemed to notice. We found the bikes rather amusing, but they are pretty standard issue over here. A rather “utilitarian” style… Sure beat walking though.
Today we are heading back south to Malmo with Johan, where we will spend the rest of our stay in Sweden. I may even get fancy and throw out a mid-week update, who knows.
Not nearly as comical an update as your one from Denver, what with your friend Martin’s header off a cliff and all, but still a nice summary. Bonus points for it being from a foreign land.
Yeah, keeping things kind of “brief” being on vacation and all. One little tidbid
you might enjoy: It appears I have accidentally blocked the largest ISP in Sweden from my
website so I have to dial into work every time I want to read/update my own page. Oops.
Kinda surprised the issue with world wide access is just coming to light. I would think with the vast following of PBP you would have may readers impacted by this issue.
Yes, remarkable indeed!! Apparently my international following is a bit limited. Perhaps I need to market the “Float Trip Countdown” timer more aggressively.
I’m so jealous – I love Sweden!!!! I want to see pics. Can’t wait to see you and Doni at Pigfest!
When will you have pictures up on the web site. I even looked at Johan’s and no mention of the wedding anywhere. Are you sure you went to a wedding? I think when the Martins meet up with you in Spain, Chris will do something that will add laughter to your update. Hope you guys are having a great time.
I don’t have any way to put up the pictures from the hotel… I need my home PC for that. I have certainly taken a lot though.
I’m afraid that our homepage has fallen out of use somewhat… but we do have a web page devoted to the wedding, http://brollop.adell.nu. Unfortunately it’s only in swedish but the pictures should work anyways.
Where’s the pictures from the wedding?? What have you been doing up there anyway, get busy!!
We are still gathering all the pictures and we are still doing some tweaks to them. I will also try to make a new homepage where I can post them.