Duck, duckely, duck, duck!!
All love to one of my oldest friends from Sweden. Johline I will never stop being a child in your presence : )
Helgälg
- Weekend in Umeå with old buddies. Glad to see you guys again! Thumbs up!!
California Raod trip: Day 3
So on the third day, and also the last day in LA, I took my family to Santa Monica.
I think they quite enjoyed it. Something to do for everyone, young and old, with the beach and its famous pier with the Big Ferris Wheel, as well as shopping just a couple of blocks away :)
Second day of roadtrip: LA!
The second day I took my family to Universial Studios, Walk of Fame and the China Theatre, as you've all seen :) It's a must to excperience Hollywood and movies once in LA!
California Raod trip: Day 1
So on June 16th my family, meaning my mom, my dad, my two sisters, both of my grandparents, my aunt, her daughter(my cusin) and her boyfrined, arrived at the LAX airport in LA, in order to go on a two weeks long roadtrip through California and parts of Nevada and Arizona.
The first day they spent with my host family, who was so kind to plan a BBQ in order to welcome my family to the US. And as you may see, we had a fabulous time! If there's something I've learned during my stay here, it's that Chris and Jan knows how to throw a party!
My summer house
So this is where I spent my time the first week after my return to Sweden :)
Pure love to this place!
Ornässtugan
Hi everyone back in Cali! Just thought I would share some pictures from Sweden and todays trip to Ornässtugan, which is the oldest historical museum in Sweden.
In the 16th century a noble man by the name Gustav Eriksson was chased by the danish king "Christian the Tyrant" (who wanted to rule over Sweden) since Gustav tried to rebell against him. The reason Gustav wanted to stand up to Christian was since his father got executed, along with most of the noble families from Sweden, in the legendary bloodbath on Stockholm's big square.
He took his flight to Dalarna and was befriended by a couple in Ornäs. Gustav told his plan to rebell against the king to Arild Persson, who seemed enthusiastic but thought they should sleep on it.
When Gustav was sound asleep on the uper floor of the guest house (Ornässtugan), Arild rode off to fetch a danish friendly nobleman from the neighboring village, since he'd heard that Gustav had a price on his head.
But as he rode off, his wife Barbro Stigsdotter, woke Gustav in an atempt to rescue him. He now had to climb down the outhouse, since there was no windows and there was a gard down by the stairs, and that way he managed to escape.
Later Gustav was successfull in driving the danish king and his men out of Sweden and was crowned king of Sweden the 6th of June, 1523. Today he is known as Gustav Wasa!
And here you may see the outhouse where Gustav escaped
