2010-06-24 -> 26 Sweden Midsummer in Eskilstuna

Together with Oliver we do a Trip to visit Ken and Jenny for Midsummer.

Thursday 2010-06-24
We get up very early in the morning and take Bus to the Airport Frankfurt Hahn. The Flight time is just an hour and a half before we arrive in Skanska Sweden. From there we take a car that we hire. We are lucky to get a brand new VW Golf at a the Car Rental store.
With the Car we drive to Nykopen and have a small snack before we continue the ride to Eskilstuna. Ken whom I meet in Australia lives there with his girlfriend Jenny. They have a nice flat where they recently moved in. Ken “plays” the tour guide for us tourists and shows the beautiful parts and Snak, Coffe and Ice-cream locations in his hometown.

Friday 2010-06-25
Yeah Midsummer is today! Oli and me sleept very Well at Jenny and Ken s apartment. They have prepared heaps of delicious Swedish food and cake for the Midsummer celebration. They also invited some of their friends to a house party. In the Afternoon we drove to a castle where there see traditional Swedish midsummer celebrations. People were dressed in Traditional cloth, played music and sang while dancing at a maypole. We also joined the dance which was greater fun than I expected.
Nearby the Castle is a lake with a beach. We had some BBQ there and played the game Kubb.
Kens friends where so nice to invite us to a Party at their place for the evening. We played Guitar Heros and a Karaoke game called Sing star. Great fun!

Saturday 2010-06-26
Today we go to a nice Swedish Buffet at a Restaurant called Mary’s http://www.maryscafe.se/erbjudande.html. It is a bit outside of Eskilstuna and we would have never found it without Ken and Jenny. Was a very nice atmosphere. Felt like being at a private celebration in a big farmers family. We hear the rumour that Swedish girls jump over fences on this day and pick seven different flowers. So did we.
It is quite a hot and sunny day so we drive to a lake nearby and relax in the Sun.