On the midsummer Friday everybody leaves town, the shops close 14:00 and after that time the towns look strangely deserted. We do not have the same tradition in Norway, so this weekend was very special to us.Just arrived and very excited :)
After a wonderful meal there was Kubb - a typically Swedish physical game with wooden sticks (where we untrained Norwegians were doomed to loose). Actually, the more wine the easiest to hit the cube. I guess we just did not drink enough :)
Lea run like crazy all day chasing cats and playing ball. She has so much energy!
After physical exercise - some mental exercise, too! Lots of fun and mental challenges.
Next morning the bravest of the two house cats showed up.
Lea just cannot figure out why they do not want to play with her. This is soooo egoistic of them, isn't it!
On Saturday we went to the old university town of Lund and visited the historic museum.
We were amazed how beautiful and lush the old Lund looked. The town was originally Danish, this explains its continental look.
Lea, alert curious as always, at the museum cafe. Here with my friend Angela.
After this a wonderful meal at Angela's home, an evening run at the bird reserve and just good relaxing evening. We played Kubb, hitting a bit better this time. And Lea was having most enjoyable time.
Sunday began with a morning run. After breakfast we went to a guided walk at the 500 years old Torup castle listening to the dark secrets of the past.
After a little lunch a 2 km walk in a wast castle forrest among magnificent old trees, dark swamps and light fields and meadows.
Unwillingly had we to say good-buy and drive 7 hours back to Oslo.
We loved being in Skåne.
Thank you, Angela, my dear friend, for giving us this wonderful experience.
Great weekend! Lea looks realy happy! Does she love cats? Strange dog!)))
ReplyDelete"...listening to the dark secrets of the past" Awesome! What secrets?))
She has always tried to make friends with cats but all she gets is a cat paw in her face! But that does not discourage her. She is so desperate to play with anything tat moves around! :)
ReplyDeleteAhh "the secrets of the past" are actually very sad stories about the nobelity owning the castle...For example, there is one story about why since 17th century the castle is not surrounded by a vast pond anymore.
The story begins with the castle festivity with several hundred guest dressed up in crinolines and over-the-top clothing. Tere are lots of boats on the pound surface. All three (or were they four??) children of the family ownig Torup castle are in the same boat.
Suddenly the boat turns upside down and all tree children fall into the water. None of the children can swim, and none of the several hundred guests witnessing the catastrophe can swim. People just did not have any swiming skills in the 17th century!
The crinolines soaked in water get extremely heavy. THey make it impossible for the girls to fight for their lives any more, so one by one they sink to the bottom and die while parents watch them and cry, desperately reaching their hands to their dying children...
Right after this sad event the pond was drained in order to remove the bodies. The parents almost completely got rid of the pond, having kept just an absolute minimum.