Mid Sommar at Leksand

I spent Mid Summer which is probably Sweden's closest thing to Australia day at Leksand a town about an hour by bus from Falun and mid summer at leksand is serious turned out more people showed up to watch the Maypole being raised and dance around it than turned up to Hultsfred Music Festival. Crazy would be the best word to describe Swedes at Mid summer.

All in all Mid summer turned out to be great fun. It also included a killer Breakfast the next day with me and Ryan who were both heading to Borlänge having a kilo of yoghurt each and sharing a litre of Orange Juice.

9.30pm Sunset

Hultsfred 08

WOOOOOH!! just returned from Hultsfred Music Festival which was Awesome. I got to see RATM who I missed by a week in Perth so looks like Karma is on my side. I just think it was a great experience to see that part of Swedish culture and to find some Swedish bands that are worth listening to.

So basically on the 7th of June I departed to Hultsfred and arrived very late so I simply set up my tent and slept the next day we set up Pausen (The Pause) a snack place for functional staff and the place I would be working that week. Then from the 9th till the 11th we watched as the festival was set up around us. Then the 12th to 14th were festival time where when I wasn't working I was out exploring Swedish festival culture. Then came the 15th a day of exhaustion packing up and going home. But this is definitely an experience I will remember for ever.

Disney Concert

Hey! Wow two post in one day I'm doing pretty well. At school during the past few weeks a lot of my spare time and weekends was spent on practising for the Music classes Disney concert. Basically what it was is the Music class at my school had arrange all kinds of different Disney pieces themselves and recruited and band, singers and dancers to perform them. As I play trombone I was recruited for the band and even though a lot of time was spent practising for the concert I feel it was worth it because all three performances turned out spectacularly.

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Biology Camp in Stockholm

Ok sorry I am a bit behind in my blogs but here it goes. A few weeks ago All the Science line classes in my grade at school got to go to a Biology camp in Stockholm. Yes I'm aware of the irony that we had to go from the country to the city to see nature. While we were there we got to visit an Outdoor museum which was the first of its kind in the world. But if you ask me it's just a zoo with heritage building put all over the place. Go bird watching near a lake where I spent more time figuring out what the translations for bird names are then bird watching.

We Slept at a Backpackers inn and my group totally got the best room it was breakfast room adjacent. So much so that only a curtain separated the two rooms, now that is convenient. The next day was off to the Natural history Museum and the Stockholm Gardens as well as a talk from a Professor on Bio-toxins. Then all that was left was the ride home.

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