Last weekend, the Volvo Ocean race yachts were in town on a stopover before heading off to St. Petersburg, which is the last and final destination of this round the world, 9 months tour. Stockholm is a perfect stopover firstly because Volvo is the main sponsor (duhh...) and secondly because its a natural seaport with people crazy about boating.
First stop, the 15 minutes video about what the race is all about in this bubble dome. Quite a good video, I must say.
You can hire a plane to fly you around where the yachts are to see them from a good vantage point. The boats go out on some days for short day races.
An amphitheater with lots of performances.
The biggest sponsor, Volvo displaying their concept car. Very nice.
There is this section about responsible driving. This one is weighing scales that tell you how heavy you will be when you crash through the windscreen if you dont wear your seatbelts and the car is going at 30km/h. I'm 64kg, and will exert a force of 920kg when I fly out of the car.
A model of the newest 7l engine thats ecofriendly supposedly. HUGE
The front of the Volvo showroom
Had a picnic last Sunday with the Church gang. It was midsummer day and so it was decided that we should meet the sun at the park.
vertical bbq!
Their charcoal there are reconstituted wood all of the same size, and the fire starter is made of paraffin.
my version of fried rice. those attending gave it rave reviews :)
hot dogs
kid 1
Kid 2
The gang
cold pasta
The long awaited chorizo (spicy sausage)
kids on a trampoline - ordinary:
large adult on trampoline - extraordinary!!!
desert: frozen strawberries and krispie, a puff made with marshmallow and butter.
kid 3
in Sweden, do as the Swedes
noticed a new weird form of transport.
Breads galore!!!
Most of them I have no idea what they are made of or taste like until I buy them and bite into it.
This one is full corn 'boxes'
Obviously pumpkin bread
High fiber bread.
Rye cake?
Soft bread?
little cinnamon rolls.
Thin bread, used for wraps
carrot bread. Can't taste the carrot actually.
Full corn bread. Very dense and heavy.
sour rye bread. really sour.
Viking bread??
