
Last weekend was a relaxing weekend and I really felt I needed one because I feel like I'm getting a cold and I'm really tired. So Saturday, we went to the seaside to buy some fresh salmon which is the best salmon I've ever tasted; baked with creamy feta cheese and yogurt sauce and lemon and fresh herbs. I was so tired that I fell asleep on the pier. Then we went to a store to buy some plants and I took a nap on a pile lawn furniture coushins. That night, Anna's friends, Sofia, Karin, Matilda, Elin, Sandra, came over for an early supper then we went to a movie called 'Flickan som lekte med elden'(The Girl who played with fire). It was a good movie but very hard to follow(since it was all in Swedish) and not as good as the first movie The Man who hates Woman. It was a good night but I was dead-tired afterwards.
Sunday, I felt better, so I went to church. It is a Lutheran Church and quite different from my United Church, for one thing, it was built in 1672! The building is magnificent and it's having its steeple worked on so I couldn't go up there to check out the bells, which ring automatically ever 30 minutes. The interior is all beautifully paint right up to the vaulted ceiling. The service was pretty boring, to tell the truth, even if I could understand what the priest was saying, she talked in a monotone voice. We had communion; after blessing the bread and the wine, we knelt by the alter and got a cracker to dip in the wine(it was real wine-not grape juice). After the service, I talked to some of the priests and deacons and got invited to go across the street to a building where some of the congregation was having fika(coffee). A lot of the people there wanted to talk to me-the exchange student, which was nice. I spent the rest of the day organising my things, learning Swedish, reading a book and enjoying one of the last summer-like days.
Hi Julia
ReplyDeleteHope your cold is all better - I see you're still having lots of fun. Carry on. Love Dad