Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 In a message dated 6/30/2005 7:30:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, linda.sebek@... writes: it was Midsummer! This sounds kind of like our fourth of July which we all will be celebrating this coming weekend with lots of food, fun and fireworks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 In a message dated 6/30/2005 7:30:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, linda.sebek@... writes: it was Midsummer! This sounds kind of like our fourth of July which we all will be celebrating this coming weekend with lots of food, fun and fireworks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 We spent the weekend (Thursday - Monday actually) in Siljansringen in Dalarna in Sweden. This place is a VERY old meteorite crater. This weekend is at least as important as Christmas here - it was Midsummer! We started of by having 2 seminars at a Down Syndrome camp, our kids joined the children at the camp (one of their friends was there) with the activities they where doing and my husband and I talked to parents about Communicating Partners. Afterwards we had a barbecue together, then we went to a camping site (just as half Sweden and a lot of other tourists). The next day was midsummer eve, we started of by visiting the Japanese garden in Leksand and Xerxes through our water bottle into the pond. The we had the pleasant job to by things for a strawberry cake - just like all the thousands of tourists! The Swedish strawberries were out so I bought Belgian instead. Then back to the place for the camp, where some had stayed behind to celebrate midsummer even though the camp was over. Some new had arrived that was going to the camp this week. We had classic midsummer feast with raw herring and potatoes (with sauce and things too) and the strawberry cake as desert. A little rest and then of to a close village (Siljansnäs, not Leksand - too many people there) to watch the Midsummer Pole go up and dance a little before the rain came (it always does). We barbecued for dinner (and had the rest of the herring). Midsummer day was exploring for us. We went to Rättvik just north of Leksand. First we went to an place were it was easy to spot fossils. Zacharina was very exited! Then we went to an old spring, just beside it was a stream with not to cold water so the kids took their cloths of and went out. A short stop to look at an old stone for offering. The kids left a coin each - you never know ;-). And at last we went up a tower at a vista point to overlook the crater lake, Siljan. Of course we counted the steps, 143. Sunday - most campers left the camping site, it became quite empty. We took a trip to a Internet friend in Gagnef and then went back for dinner at the Down syndrome Camp and meet all the new arrivals. Monday - We took down the tent and checked out from the camping site. A little shopping at Clas Olsson in Insjön (took a beautiful detour to get there). And then up to the Birch-mountain (Björkberget) in Siljansnäs and round a long nature-trail. Xerxes LOVED it. In the evening it was time for two new seminars and then we home again. I will try to put some pictures for you in the photo-section. Yours Mamma till tvillingarna Xerxes (DS) och Zacharina, födda 990129 och lillasyster Majken född 030513 (Mother to the twins Xerxes and Zacharina, born 1999 - 01 - 29 and little Majken born 2003-05-13.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 At 14:49 2005-06-30, Sharon wrote: > >Is Midsummer a big holiday in Sweden? Oh yes! Very important indeed. >What is the temperature this time of year where you live? Right now? 15 Celsius (59 F), but a few days every summer it gets hot, 30 C (86 F). It has been a cold summer so far :-( / Mama to three -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sebek E-mail: linda.sebek@... Oskarsbergsv.8, 73373 Ransta, Sweden Phone : +46 224-20360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 At 14:49 2005-06-30, Sharon wrote: > >Is Midsummer a big holiday in Sweden? Oh yes! Very important indeed. >What is the temperature this time of year where you live? Right now? 15 Celsius (59 F), but a few days every summer it gets hot, 30 C (86 F). It has been a cold summer so far :-( / Mama to three -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sebek E-mail: linda.sebek@... Oskarsbergsv.8, 73373 Ransta, Sweden Phone : +46 224-20360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Sounds like a lot of fun! Our 4th of July is next week, of course a really big deal. However, I will be working (I am a nurse), so won't be celebrating with my family. I have to laugh, those temperatures sound wonderful to me! We have consistently been in the high 80's to low 90's. Our humidity level hasn't been below 90% in a week. Take care Sharon H. Mom to , (13, DS) and , (9) South Carolina Re: Midsummer At 14:49 2005-06-30, Sharon wrote: > >Is Midsummer a big holiday in Sweden? Oh yes! Very important indeed. >What is the temperature this time of year where you live? Right now? 15 Celsius (59 F), but a few days every summer it gets hot, 30 C (86 F). It has been a cold summer so far :-( / Mama to three -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sebek E-mail: linda.sebek@... Oskarsbergsv.8, 73373 Ransta, Sweden Phone : +46 224-20360 Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Sounds like a lot of fun! Our 4th of July is next week, of course a really big deal. However, I will be working (I am a nurse), so won't be celebrating with my family. I have to laugh, those temperatures sound wonderful to me! We have consistently been in the high 80's to low 90's. Our humidity level hasn't been below 90% in a week. Take care Sharon H. Mom to , (13, DS) and , (9) South Carolina Re: Midsummer At 14:49 2005-06-30, Sharon wrote: > >Is Midsummer a big holiday in Sweden? Oh yes! Very important indeed. >What is the temperature this time of year where you live? Right now? 15 Celsius (59 F), but a few days every summer it gets hot, 30 C (86 F). It has been a cold summer so far :-( / Mama to three -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sebek E-mail: linda.sebek@... Oskarsbergsv.8, 73373 Ransta, Sweden Phone : +46 224-20360 Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Welcome to the group. Sweden is a facinating country. Your Christmas customs and May Day celebrations are really interesting. i have been trying to learn some Swedish for about a year (I like to dabble in languages). It is kind of hard. I am amazed at some of the words. Like a barn is a child. Of course in old English, a barren is a child too. I like the names of some of your foods--westkoastsullad and hjorton with glass. We live in the extreme Southern Midwest U.S., about 100 miles north of where the Deep South begins so we are a combination of Middle Western/Southern culture and heritage and a balance between prairiebilly and hillbilly. Dad to , Kristi, and (all three Down syndrome) and (Cri du chat) Husband to C. in Missouri USA Uncle Daddy to and in California (both Down syndrome) Re: Midsummer > At 14:49 2005-06-30, Sharon wrote: > > > >Is Midsummer a big holiday in Sweden? > > Oh yes! Very important indeed. > > >What is the temperature this time of year where you live? > > Right now? 15 Celsius (59 F), but a few days every summer it gets hot, 30 C > (86 F). It has been a cold summer so far :-( > > / > Mama to three > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sebek E-mail: linda.sebek@... > Oskarsbergsv.8, 73373 Ransta, Sweden Phone : +46 224-20360 > > > > > Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Welcome to the group. Sweden is a facinating country. Your Christmas customs and May Day celebrations are really interesting. i have been trying to learn some Swedish for about a year (I like to dabble in languages). It is kind of hard. I am amazed at some of the words. Like a barn is a child. Of course in old English, a barren is a child too. I like the names of some of your foods--westkoastsullad and hjorton with glass. We live in the extreme Southern Midwest U.S., about 100 miles north of where the Deep South begins so we are a combination of Middle Western/Southern culture and heritage and a balance between prairiebilly and hillbilly. Dad to , Kristi, and (all three Down syndrome) and (Cri du chat) Husband to C. in Missouri USA Uncle Daddy to and in California (both Down syndrome) Re: Midsummer > At 14:49 2005-06-30, Sharon wrote: > > > >Is Midsummer a big holiday in Sweden? > > Oh yes! Very important indeed. > > >What is the temperature this time of year where you live? > > Right now? 15 Celsius (59 F), but a few days every summer it gets hot, 30 C > (86 F). It has been a cold summer so far :-( > > / > Mama to three > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sebek E-mail: linda.sebek@... > Oskarsbergsv.8, 73373 Ransta, Sweden Phone : +46 224-20360 > > > > > Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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