While sipping on a delicious espresso and doing some work, I caught word that Saturday, April 7 was the world-wide Pillow Fight Day...who knew? Interested to see the battle, I grabbed my camera and headed down to Sergels Torg in Stockholm.
The event was purely for fun, so the swinging never really got too hard. It was great to see small children in the mix, slamming everything they could see. A few groups wore costumes, nothing as elaborate as in "The Community," but there was one brave soldier who was decked-out in a bike helmet and elbow+knee pads.
Nothing says "Happy Easter Eve" quite like a tunnbrödsrulle...two hot dogs, mashed potatoes, lettuce, onions, ketchup, mustard, and a bit of shrimp salad all wrapped up in a some thin bread. It may sound and look strange, but it is surprisingly tasty!
Easter Sunday was a bit different this year...instead of eating jellybeans and dark chocolate smidgens with the family, it was spent at Skansen, the oldest open-air museum in the world. Without knowing much about the place, Roberts and I dished out 100 SEK to see what was inside.
It turns out that Skansen is essentially an old-time, miniature Sweden. Straight from the brochure: " Traditional buildings and farmsteads from all over Sweden create 75 acres of living history..." Just inside the entrance was the tobacco and match museum...although tobacco doesn't tickle my fancy, I still enjoyed taking massive whiffs of different styles of tobacco & flavorings, and of course, seeing the world's largest cigar.
There was also some traditional glassblowing (check out the faces as one of the kids blows the glass so hard that it shatters).
Besides the lackluster taste of lunch, it must have had a negative side effect on my ability to walk on stilts...Roberts made everyone look like fools.
In addition to having original buildings from all over Sweden, there is also a portion of park with traditional Nordic animals. We were (un)lucky to catch the brown bears making love in front of a crowd...how brave!
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